Stories

I've had migraines since I was 9 years old, but 3 years ago it turned into the dreaded perma-headache of daily chronic migraine. I had just re-enrolled in school to...

I remember getting occasional headaches as far back as kindergarten, back when a simple, crushed aspirin did the trick. Gradually, the headaches became worse - both in frequency and intensity...

As a little girl I was always sensitive to noise and hovered in the quiet places. I guess that was the start of everything. My parents told me I hated...

I am very passionate about. Passionate because it is a major part of my life-Chronic Migraine Disease, Depression, Panic Attacks PTSD, OCD, IBS, SAD, Fibromyalgia and CFS. I write about...

My dad was in the Air Force and I grew up in different states. The first time I was hospitalized for dehydration was in Texas and I was nine years...

My name is Kelli. I know now that I suffered migraines as a child. When I was young I didn't know what to call them. I would just say "My...

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...