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Hi Migraine sufferers. I have had migraines since age 22 but skipped a lot of years in the incidence of them. I was 52 when it began again. I have...

I have had migraines since I was 6 months old. I don't remember that one, but I have been told by many family members. I do remember being about 3...

My Hemiplegic migraines started in May of 2002 after a car accident. I start getting weakness in my arm and it moves to my leg. My speech is affected. My...

I started getting Migraines when I was 8 years old. I am now 53 and long for a good solution. I get 10+ per month. Recently my insurance told me...

I had my 1 migraine when I was 12. For many years I had 1 or 2 a year that lasted a day or 2 and weren't more than temporarily painful...

While I've suffered migraines since I was 12, I had never suffered like this before. It hit me that something just wasn't right when my husband said to me "You...

My daughter started vomiting at 18 months, crying at night. Fast forward to age 5. After Xmas she got ill with what I thought was the flu, but the vomiting...

I also had daily migraines for years and they increased after pituitary surgery.  It saddens me greatly to hear all the meds, lost lives and ER experiences.  I underwent migraine...

I suffered a severe head injury in my early 20′s, then I had viral meningitis in my early 30′s, in my mid-30′s I had a total hysterectomy, and my mom...

My migraines started in my early teens; short bursts of pain on the right side of my head that caused me to seek shelter in darkened silent rooms, with my head...

The first migraine I recall having took place at the age of 19, about 45 years ago. I had the visual disturbance referred to as the Migraine equivalent or the...

I remember experiencing severe pain since the age of 3. Yes, 3 years old. I remember this because my sister who is 1 year older, began pre-k. My mother used...

My migraines began in my late teens and as the years went by they just kept on coming.  Many visits to the doctors and hospitals and still not finding the...

My story starts when I was in the 6th grade. We had to turn in an assignment on the constellations. I drew Orion and was handing it in to my...

Our history: My Maternal & Paternal Grandmothers had Migraines albiet without a title.  My Mother experienced them.  My Sister & I have, my Daughter has/does and now my 15 yr...

Starting in childhood, I had frequent migraines. As an adult I was started on one of the new migraine meds. It helped however I continued to have them and rely...

3: first migraine My first migraine happened when I was flying over the ocean, from Amsterdam to Chicago. I had just finished a meal with fish, had been looking at...

I have been a migraineur for over 23 years.  When I was younger, they were much more infrequent and as my career progressed, children grew and stressors increased - so...

I have classic migraine. Had it since about age 8 when I began to experience 'aura', intense pain, nausea followed by vomiting, sensitivity to light, sound etc. Fortunately, episodes occurred...

I see my migraines as a 'Control-Alt-Delete' of my brain. Of my body. It is as if everything, my brain, my stomach, my whole being is 'reset' during an attack...