Stories

My first Migraine Aura happened when I was 7 and playing in the front yard. I remember it as clear as day. My friend and I were looking at the...

For most of my life I would occasionally experience unexplained nausea, dizziness and flu like symptoms. Around mid May of ’09 I started experiencing these symptoms on a more regular...

I just spent about an hour trying to tell my migraine story here in this space. But I deleted it all in frustration. How do you condense eight decades of...

When I was young I heard my paternal Grandmother talk about suffering from migraines. I didn't know the significance of this until I was 11 and just starting 6th grade...

Growing up I was aware that my Mum suffered dreadfully with migraines. She struggled enormously and without much sympathy or assistance from our doctor. Many times we would have to...

I've lived with migraines my whole life, and although they have changed over the years, I've become a pro at dealing with them, out of necessity. The bulk of my...

I remember it like it was recent - I was 13, in junior high, and in English class. It was silent reading time, and all of a sudden, the words...

I've suffered with migraine disease for more years than I want to count. With drugs, chiropractic and acupuncture, I felt I was handling them fairly well considering my 2 main...

I am 25 years old and suffer from chronic migraines. I was diagnosed at an early age because I was holding my hears, and my parents took me to a...

My story started early one morning in 2008 while sitting at work in a typical office environment. I started seeing "transparent fireworks". I mentioned it to a co-worker and said;...

There was a time when I got a maximum of four migraines each year and I thought I had it bad. When the blurry vision would set in, I would...

I remember vividly my first migraine. I was in first grade. We were traveling by auto from Wisconsin to Colorado. I told my mom that the "sun hurt my eyes...

I pulled into the parking lot at work one day, and my life fell apart. A weird dizziness and a pressure behind my left eye. I called in sick, (sitting...

I first began having migraines when I was 12 years old. After having a migraine nearly every day for a year they stopped. I didn't have another one until I...

I have a best friend. Her name is Melissa. We have been friends going on 14 years. I think the adjective "best" is too small a word when it comes...

I had an MRI last week and I was wondering if anyone else that has had one ever felt it? I actually felt pressure in my head everytime it was...

I'm one of those who never remembers a time I did not have a headache of some form or other. Migraines initially were hormonal and only occurred once or twice...

I no longer remember a time that I didn't feel awful, most of the time. I'm 54 years old and have been suffering from chronic daily migraines for over 30...

My name is Adriana and I am currently 37 years old. I have suffered from migraines since age 20. I realized 1 fateful day that my so called intense headache...

Well, I'm a 53 year old male, started the classical migraines when I was 15 years old. I used to get them really bad. I tried many different medications for...