Stories

My name is Alex and I am a college student. I am studying political science and history. I love college football and basketball. I love movies and going out with...

Below is an autobiography assignment written by my 15 year old son detailing his ongoing battle with Chronic Daily Migraine. He has given me permission to share it.  This condition has changed...

I was officially diagnosed with complicated migraine syndrome in 1999 when I was 39 years old by one of the foremost Neuro-opthalmologists in the country at the time at Syracuse...

I had my first migraine in September 2009. I didn't initially know it was a migraine; all I knew was that I'd never experienced a headache of that severity before...

Please bear with me. I would like to start with my current status. Still with me? Thank you. I promise this won't take long. I am 44 3/4 years old...

Growing up I was never sick. I never experienced PMS and rarely went to a doctor. I had great vision and was thin and fit. When I was 20 I...

I've been suffering from migraines for over six years now, and while that doesn't seem very long at all compared to many people on this site, I'm sure everybody would...

So this is my stroy fellow migrainer, one that will probably ring true with many who read it. I apologise if I ramble, I have held this in for so...

Hi, I am a 27 year old female living in New Jersey. I started getting a lot of headaches around the age 7 and went to a Pediatric Neurologist for...

I have been a migraine sufferer for over 20 years. Though in the past 5 years, they have been getting considerably worse. I average 16 migraines a months, and average...

My migraines started after I was injured in an auto accident in 1966. Back then there was no such thing as "closed head injury." My face hit the steel dashboard...

My migraines shoved their way into my life when I was 16, having joined forces with heavy, painful periods. I was well versed in migraines because both my mother and...

My first migraine started when I was 24. I got the aura and actually thought I was going blind! Then I got the horrible headache and my life with migraines...

I'm 25 and have been a migraine sufferer since I was a teen. However, in the past few years they went from once every couple of months to several times...

I have lived with migraines since I was 10 years old. At first my parents took me to an Ear Nose and Throat Dr who diagnosed me with allergies. I...

My path of migraines started when I was around 25. I thought they were just hormonal, but then when I grew older and was having them 3 a month they...

My story is complicated as so many here have been. I had my first migraine my second year in college. I assumed it was another symptom of my newly diagnosed...

I am a 42 year old woman who was diagnosed Migraine with aura at age 13. I first experiece an extreme sensetivity to light, sound and smells. Very soon after...

Hi, I am a 47-year-old female who has had migraines for 25 years. I used to get only 3 or 4 attacks a year with about 1 or 2 sending...

Hello I am 41 years old from ohio. I have headaches everyday i think diet cola,cheese, some meats, are the things giving me these headaches but im not sure because...