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I am a 51 year old Male, suffering from, diagonised as, Transformed Migraine for the last 25 years. I have consulted so many doctors and tried various forms of Medical...

Hello everyone, Completely new here, and very indulgent as i already post without having read more than 2 other stories, i'd like to post this, also as a form of...

I had headaches as a kid but NOTHING like what hit me when I was 21. This was 1991 and since then I have had migraines, about 10-14 headache days...

Hello fellow migraineurs! I have been to many migraine specialists, neurologists etc and have finally found some relief! I think some of the biggest keys to my success is identifying...

I started getting Migraine's when I was about 16 years old. I am now 29 and it seems like I get them more often the only thing that helps me...

"I love those who smile in trouble" it or something similar is attributed to DaVinci. It's the motto I've long held in regard to my migraines. I've had epidsodic migraines...

trig·ger noun \ˈtri-gər\ :something that acts like a mechanical trigger in initiating a process or reaction The path that I have taken through my journey of migraines started at the...

My migraines started 30 years ago when i was about 20. After suffering with them for almost 20 years I went on the Atkins diet with my wife and realized...

Today is the first day that I feel pain free since Monday. On Monday, I felt that weepy, depression-like mood that feels like PMS. Only my head feels like it...

I found a wonderful neurologist who specializes in headaches/migraines. She is running many blood tests to look at vitamins levels, hormones, and more importantly auto immune disorders (a possible factor...

I started getting migraines when I was in 5th grade. Essentially, my migraines went from zero to 60 overnight and I went from being perfectly normal to having a migraine...

I've been a classic migraineur, suffering from relentless attacks of zigzag migraine, medieval torture device migraine, not so merry go-round migraine, and all and sundry seriotypes in extremis since I...

My dad had migraines when he was a young boy but grew out of them when he was a teenager. He was born in 1928 so it would have been...

When I was a 6 I started going to day camp in the summer. Everyday at the end of the day I went home feeling overheated, sick and absolutely exhausted...

Like others, I have had migraines since I can remember. I am know 53 years old. I can remember as a little girl going to the hospital for a "research"...

I've had migraines since after giving birth for the last 34 years. Aspirin, advil or any of the other over the counter headache medicines don't even make a dent in...

Lately, my doctor has put me on so many different medications, and the current one i'm on (i m sure) isn't preventing my migraines. I am at work, and while...

I was very lucky to have had only two painful migraines in my life before my fifties. Both were bad enough to send me directly to the hospital. In my...

I am so sorry for everything you are going through but you are not alone. My migraines started in my 20's, no big deal 2-3 a year. As I got...

Through conversations with people I have realized one thing - people who don't have migraines are often extraordinarily curious about what it is like to have a migraine. Even those...