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I developed severe symptoms as a teen: auras, photo sensitivity, pain and nausea followed by fatigue. I learned early to down some ibuprofen and caffeine, and to retreat to a...

While I dearly love my husband, two of my children inherited his migrainey brain and I can't help but lovingly (?) frown in his direction when they have an attack...

I used to get two or three migraines a month, and each migraine would last maybe two or three days. For me, the pain started out on one side of...

Im 43 years old and having been having Chronic Migraines since 2007. I don't get the usual migraines as it seems as most people do. I can be in a...

I started my periods at 10 yrs old. I often had headaches that came with them but never to the point of a migraine. My mother would get her "Bad...

Hi I'm Shona I'm 39 and I'm new here. I live in Scotland but have been enjoying reading your stories. Your site seems more helpful than the ones I've been...

My name is Alta, 51 years old, a teacher in South-Africa.I have been suffering chronic migraines since the age of 7.  I don't want to take preventative medication-because of side...

At this festive time of year, many of my friends are writing “Thankful Posts” on social media. It is delightful to see everyone’s posts and read about all of the...

Hi, my name is Bridget and I'm new to this blog. I have been suffering migraines for 20 or so years. I spent the last 20 trying to find a...

Have you ever heard that word? The first time I heard it was the day I had the worst headache of my life. I got up one morning 13 years...

I have read all the problems people have with fragrances and Migraines and have always had problems with odors myself. Even having to leave school when the cafeteria was cooking...

How do people deal with the stress and pressures that chronic severe daily migraines puts on a family?? My husband is so supportive but there are those times when he...

Ever since i was a little girl I've gotten really bad migraines. I've seen many Doctors and nothing ever helped. In 2011-2012 we found a medication that finally started to...

I cannot remember a point in my life when there wasn't a dull ache somewhere in my head. And after years of suffering through the pain of a migraine and...

After years of living in pain and a multitude of testing, I was diagnosed with chronic migraine and migraine associated vertigo about a year ago. Like many migraine sufferers, I'm...

Apparently I have some "headache" gene passed down to me. Both grandmothers and mother had them, and my only brother has them too.  I was hospitalized when I was four...

Since 8 August 2011 I have been experiencing weekly (ish) migraine attacks. I wake with discomfort in the right hand side of the base of my neck which slowly grows...

It has been almost 8 years ago now since I was in a snowmobile accident that nearly cost me my life. fractured right orbital, jawbone broken in 3 places and...

The first migraine attack with debilitating headache and vomiting was after my piano recital when I was 13. In my late 30s I went to a headache clinic where tests...

I had to retire at 62 because of chronic migraines. After retirement I had a 3 month migraine.  I had nerve decompression surgery 3 years ago and have been migraine...