Stories

July 26, 2011 I fell dropping on our insurance payment. I hurt my shoulder & knee & had a headache. I went to the dr., he said to just wait...

My jouney began last spring when I was having constant migraines. I was put on Topamax and it worked wonders and I pretty much found out what my trigger was...

Hey everyone For as long as I can remember I have a hypocondriac. I will admit that. I stayed home from school with "headaches" and "stomachaches" and all that. Although...

When I first started experiencing migraines at the age of 25, I thought I was suffering from a 24-hour stomache bug. My head hurt, but by far my worst symptoms...

My headaches started at the ripe old age of 6. I remember my first one just like it was yesterday. I was on Christmas break from school and my mom...

I don’t remember my exact age when I had my first migraine—but I know I wasn’t yet a teenager. My parents literally took me to a migraine specialist’s house for...

Two weeks after I had my wisdom teeth out, I started having headaches. I was on a month long break from school, so I was getting plenty of sleep and...

Since the age of 12 I have struggled with migraines. Through my adolescence and early adulthood they have morphed and changed. From the beginning I struggled with that woozy feeling...

While I have had only a handful of migraine headaches, my wife has had literally thousands. My wife was two years old when she began suffering from massive migraines. Doctors...

My migraines started when I was young, in childhood, but were quite rare then. They really only happened when I went from a low to a high altitude in a...

I previously shared my migraine story on this forum under the title of "Feeling Validated," about my headaches. First, let me apologize for the typos and left out letters in...

I am a 31 year old female living in southwestern Ontario, Canada. From the age of around 24 I started experiencing these 'episodes'. The first one started after finishing exams...

It all started two weeks after going on the combined contraceptive pill although I didn't realise the connection until a few months later! I was sitting in my parents house...

But first, my history: I am a 45-year-old Caucasian male who endured my first migraine when I was all of 9 years old. For the remainder of my youth and...

I recall having migraines straight after doing physical exercise in my early 20's particularly when it was a warm day or I was over exerted and possibly dehydrated. I would...

I had to retire from teaching Health Care at the University Level because of my migraines. I couldn't predict when I would have one, and would let people down -...

My migraines started when I was 9 yrs old... I am now 85. My mother would put me in a dark room for about an hour. My attacks consisted of...

I had my first Migraine when I was 8 years old. I was in recess, running around with my friends, when suddenly a kind of pounding appeared in my head...

My suffering started very early in my life about second or third grade I had constant headaches my mother decided it was time to see the doctor who promptly said...

My migraines began around age 8, but I wasn't diagnosed until my freshman year in college. It was during a test on greek gods and godesses. I started having trouble...