Stories

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...

I would like to share my success story as a way to give hope to so many people who suffer from migraines. I have suffered from migraines since I was...

We have a history of migraines in our family but this is the usual beginning of the story for most migraineurs. Growing up before the age of the internet, it...

I remember my first migraine. I was 22 years old in the fall of my first year of teaching and had such a strange headache I went to the ladies...

When I was a child, I was horrible to ride in the car with. My 2 siblings and I would cram in the backseat of our parents' Grand Am and...

As a 28-Year-Old, that shouldn't be something that your coworkers and close friends have to ask you every day. Even in previous years, that was the norm. I would go...

Well, I grew up on a farm with a father that would make John Wayne look like a smurf. I tried to tell my parents about the blinding pain that...

So, it's here again. One more to survive. I know I can do it, because I have done it so many times before. But every time I feel closer to...

I have had chronic daily migraines for seven years. I began having migraines at about five years old. At least that's the age I remember. My mom called them sick...

Migraines made worse by car accident Posted by marlenerossman—January 16th, 2012 Updated May 29, 2013 In 2010, I was MIS-diagnosed with Lung Cancer. (I have had cancer twice previously and...