Stories

Hello fellow sufferers - My story will be in outline form as I, too, share your pain, symptoms, & situations and don’t wish to be redundant. Hx 30+ years of...

I remember not going to Kindergarten because my head hurt so much that I vomitted. I am one of the male statistic that have chronic migraines. On your column I...

I am a mom of seven, gave birth to three and adopted four. The oldest is 37 married with 3 sons, the middle son 35 lives on his own works...

Migraines run in my family. My father and younger brother have them. My paternal grandmother had them. My brother has suffered from disabling migraines since he was a child -...

Hi, I have had migraines off and on all my life. If I caught them early I could usually stave off the worst symptoms by lying down in a dark...

I was wondering if anyone else has had this experience. On Sunday i had one of the worst migraines compared to my frequent migraines i get. They are actually coming...

I suffered from migraines for decades, but in recent years they were getting worse and more frequent. I was starting to have them twice a week and would last a...

I have had migraines since I was in high school. I remember calling my mom crying because I hurt so bad. I didn't know what I had, but I figured...

Hello friends, I experienced first attack of migraine in childhood on the day when I was playing cricket. During game I slipped and when I stood up, surprised to knew...

Hi all, I thought that I'd take some time to share my story. I was diagnosed with migraines 6 years ago. I had gone to the neurologist with a headache...

I would like to share my story hopefully someone can give me some advice, i am new to these migraines (treatment). For 12 years i have had Lupus, RA, Sjorgrens...

Sudden onset of severe, at times debilitating headaches, I'm 51 and have never had a history of headaches. 4 doctors later, many different meds with no relief. Oh, and these...

I have had migraines since the 4rth grade. At first my doctor wasn't sure what was wrong so he sent me for a MRI. After the results came back normal...

My daughter now age 44 has been suffering with migraines for many years. She has been to all types of specialists, pain management, ENTs and has had CAT scans, MRI's...

I have been coming to this website reading so much, it has really helped me see that I am not the only one and that many are much worse than...

Last May, I started an auric migraine in the airport in Frankfurt, Germany on the way to Berlin, Germany while on vacation with a German friend. I usually catch these...

At 28 I consider myself a “pro” with describing and dealing with illness. I figured I could handle a diagnosis, seeing as I had one before. In 2006, I was...

I started getting migraines as a teenager, mostly hormone related at that point, and they continued that way until I was about 33 years old. I didn't know they were...

Just read the article about acupuncture and yes, that's one of the ways I tried too. Whereas acupuncture worked wonders for an injured arm and for tennis elbow, it didn't...

My migraines began at age 19 with a worst-case scenario migraine that put me in the Emergency Room: a terrible pain on one side of my forehead, partial blindness, flashing...