Stories

When I was young my migraines got so bad that I seriously considered using a drill to relieve the pain. I told the doctors that they came with airborne allergies...

For the last 14 years, I have suffered from debilitating migraine and have really tried to manage this using a natural/holistic approach. This has meant using herbal remedies, watching particular...

Hello There Caring People of the World, I wrote a story about three months ago, at the end of my rope, exhausted by the pain, reaching out for help. Your voices...

When I have a migraine my head feels like it is in a vice grip and one small twist is all it would take to blow my skull into a...

My experience with migraine began as a brand-new twenty-year-old who had just started her sophomore year of college. Thankful to have an awkward freshman year under my belt & ready...

So apparently subcategories of migraine actually exist. I had no clue about any of them. My issue, in particular, had zero pain related to my type of migraine which is...

Hello, to all of my fellow migraine sufferers. I send hugs and prayers and thank you for sharing your stories. I started with migraines that were related to my monthly...

I had my worst migraine ever yesterday it was the worst pain I ever experience it was so different than my usual migraines. I had pain behind my eyes my...

I have suffered like everyone else. My husband was in the military and you would think they would give excellent care of my migraines but in the ER they shot...

Today my heart aches for my daughter. She sees mommy laying down in the dark cold room when she arrives home from daycare. She may be thinking, "Why is it...

Hi everyone. I'm very new here. I'm writing this mostly with my eyes closed. I am on day 3 of a migraine. Day 1 was the worst I've experienced in...

Hi! My name is Kim and I have been diagnosed with chronic daily intractable migraine a little over a year and a half ago. Prior to this, I had my...

My migraines come on a little less frequently since being on Aimovig. They can still register close to a 9-10 pain level. Emgality did not work well for me. The...

I have suffered from an average of 2 migraines per week for the last 25 years. These migraines are usually triggered by various foods but sumitriptan works well at relieving...

I have a place in our home that when the migraine hits, you'll find divine. It's a room that has black-out curtains on the windows and black-out blinds also. No...

I am a 53 year old female that has only known headache pain her entire life. My parents were young when they had me and never took me to the...

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...