Stories

For me, the most frustrating thing is not being believed when the topic of my migraine disease comes up. I married into a family that summarily dismissed anything that was...

I recall from as young as 5, crying from siring pain in my temple with blurred vision, vomiting. My momma would always comfort me during those times. Then once at...

“That a migraine doesn’t kill you it is both a blessing and a curse”Virginia Woolf. TMJ and tinnitus seemed to progressively get worse at the same time 2 years ago...

I’m an RN in a local hospital. Stress is one of my triggers and I was getting migraines from the stress at work. This lead to a lot of sick...

Another day, another morning missed with my son. All because I had to actually feel emotions. Any strong emotion can take the next day away from me. Excitement, joy, sadness...

I have tried and heard so many suggestions to stop getting migraines yet I can say I am in deep gratitude. What have I done to find a cure? What...

I started getting migraines when I was a teenager. I was at a sweet sixteen disco party, at a nightclub, when I had my first really bad one, complete with...

I started having migraines as a child. Luckily they were few and far between until I hit my 20’s. They then steadily began to increase. Once every few months, then...

One really frustrating thing about migraines is that I often experience attacks or migraine cycles when I’m far away from home and have limited resources with me to deal with...

I started getting migraines when I was 8 years old, I'm now 51. They started occurring more frequently when I was in my 20's. In my very young years, I...

Suffering chronic migraine is unbearable. Too many times I planned my death. It brought comfort to know I could say goodbye and not have to drug myself to sleep for...

I have had migraine symptoms as far back as I can remember. They started with the weather, pressure from storm fronts moving in, and the direct sunlight. In high school...

I have had migraines my entire life. When I see was young they thought that the migraines were caused by my long thick hair. So each summer I got my...

I don’t see the world the way you do. I live in an ever-changing prism of visual anomalies. They shift with the light, the time of day, my stress level...

I started getting headaches in middle school. My family always told me I would be fine just take some ibuprofen. Years went by and by the time I was in...

I was first diagnosed with chronic migraine in my teens and it has been a downward slope with my migraine disease since then. I recently began to put together what...

My migraines were “formally” diagnosed in my mid-thirties, but I’ve had “headaches” since my early 20’s that we’re debilitating and likely migraines-undiagnosed. My migraines were controlled with preventative medication for...

Sometimes I find it hard to separate who I am from my migraines. Of course, I am more than just my migraines - but, at this point in my life...

I work on a computer all day under fluorescent lighting. I had migraines so frequently and learned to work with them that I call them livable migraines even though I...

I was diagnosed at the age of 12 with migraines. This long journey began while I was in middle school and continuously was being picked up from the school nurse's...