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I am 62 and have had migraines almost all my life. I was started on Vicodin about ten years ago, progressed to Percocet and about two years ago started seeing...

After 70 years of suffering constant Migraine headaches I have found the cause. I AM LACTOSE AND GLUTEN INTOLERANT After eliminating products containing LACTOSE or GLUTEN from my diet I...

I am a 31-year old female who has been dealing with migraines for approximately six years now. There is a long line of migraine sufferers in my family stemming from...

I am 33 years old, I have been on disability for 7 years, and I take more medication then most people twice my age. I have had severe migraines all...

I started having headaches around the age of 9. They progressed to migraines by my early 20s and chronic migraines about 10 years ago. Am in pain 24/7 to some...

My daughter is 22 years old. When she was 16 she got a Migraine headache that never went away. She has been to numerous doctors in our area over the...

They started four springs ago-- a hammering in my head that overtook me on especially rainy or hot days. Curled into a sit on the bathroom linoleum, I rocked until...

I guess I will being by saying I have had migraines since the age of 5. I will be 40 in Jan. 2014. I was originally told it was because...

I was officially diagnosed at age 36. The doctors try, but others in your life don't get it. It runs your life. I am on intermittent FMLA at work, but...

Between migraines and my allergies I was always felling horrible. I read a book called "anti-cancer a new way of life." In this book it recommended mushrooms and turmeric to...

I started getting migraines when I was 15 years old, and they were simple, maybe 1-3 per month, and I would occasionally have to miss a day of school. I...

Two years ago I passed out while on the treadmill and broke and fractured my skull. I had brain surgery and got some neat metal plates in my head. I...

That's it, that's what I am, just completely exhausted. I've been 30 for a month and within the last 6 months I've suffered from chronic migraines...for what seems like, no...

I was a bit concerned to see the website suggesting that migraines without headache don't normally need treatment, they do. I was quite lucky when I was diagnosed quite quickly...

Migraine sufferers are a proud breed of people. We are excellent at hiding our pain, feeling guilty for spending 2 days in a room with black out curtains, curled up...

Sorry that you are in the "club" as the other posts state. I am new to this site also. Jules, don't give up on finding a good Neurologist. I like...

Traversing down the migraine road now for some forty-four diagnosed years with migraines, I feel like I have seen and heard it all. I mean from the caring people to...

Hello.  So glad to have found this site a few months back, it has been so helpful to me just to have others who understand! I started getting migraines from...

Dear Mr. D—, While I was assured by the forms sent by the SSA that "the determination on this claim was not made by my own doctor or by any...

I had been a person who suffered with migraines for many, many years. I took a variety of things from Ibuprofen, Advil, herbal remedies, ointments rubbed on the temples and...