Stories

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...

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...