My One-Year Emgality Update: Side Effects, Migraine Frequency, and Insurance StressorsI’ve been taking Emgality, one of the new CGRP antibody medications, for a year now and wanted to report my experience. Below I share about side effects, insurance stressors, and...reactions14comments
What's In Your Toolbox? Migraine-Friendly ProductsWith an often overwhelming array of “products” that either claim to help migraine or make life more manageable, it can be hard to know where to start. In fact, it’s...reactions16comments
2020 Has Me Short-TemperedI don’t feel like myself right now. The stress of living in 2020—plus the increase in migraine severity that stress has brought—has me short-tempered and quick to anger or tears...reactions1comment
Why I Stopped Hiding And Started Talking About My Migraines“Mom, I’m good at keeping secrets because I always forget them,” my 6-year-old said. We giggled over the reason he was a super-secret keeper and I remembered there was a...reactions2comments
What’s Your Secret to Opening Migraine Medications?In this What’s Your Secret video, Holly explores the frustrating challenge of trying to open migraine rescue medication packaging. There are many varying types of rescue medications out there and...reactions156comments
Tips for Managing an Increase in Migraine AttacksHow do you manage a sudden uptick in migraine attacks? I’ve been asking myself this as I’ve wrestled with stress-triggered attacks for the last few months. After hearing that many...reactions18comments
What If We Thought About Work Differently?Earlier this week, I woke up with undoubtedly the worst migraine I have had in a really long time. I couldn’t hold my eyes open, pain pounded throughout my teeth, my...reactions11comments
5 Things You Need to Know to Abort Cluster Headaches with OxygenHigh-flow oxygen may be the most effective treatment for cluster headache attacks, but it is not as simple as breathing through the nasal cannula you often see on movies and...reactionscomments
Cluster Headaches During Pregnancy: What Do You Do?I've always known there was a possibility that I would experience cluster headaches during pregnancy. I've been pregnant twice before but sadly have no living children yet. Cluster headaches are...reactions2comments
Prodrome: Anyone Need A Nap?Sleeping Beauty is my favorite Disney princess. As a child, I was enthralled by the way she could dance so effortlessly with chapeaux-wearing forest owls. It was as an adult...reactions21comments
In America: What's That?The In America survey is now closed. Are you one of the millions of people living with migraine? Whether you have found symptom relief or are searching for better treatment...reactionscomments
Guest Post: OT's Routine for Relieving Tight Neck MusclesCan you relate to the following sensations? If you thought “oh yes, that’s me” to any of those statements then it's time to relieve the tension in your tight muscles...reactions6comments
Maintaining the Migraine MachineMy migraine (mygraine, gotta get in that portmantua) journey has been quite the complicated one, wherein I’ve never really been consistent. What started as a nagging feeling at the back...reactions3comments
What's In Your Toolbox? - Migraine and CannabinoidsIt is interesting that with the rise in migraine research and FDA approval of multiple new treatments, there is a corresponding rise in interest in alternative treatments. Possibly seen most...reactionscomments
When the Stress of Migraine Is a Migraine TriggerNormal stress isn’t a migraine trigger for me, but extreme stress is. Given how 2020 is shaping up so far, my migraine attacks have increased in both frequency and severity...reactions16comments
The Day I Learned Migraines Weren't My FaultI can admit when I’m wrong. Like the time I permed my hair in high school so I could look like a member of the band White Snake — that...reactions18comments
What Do You Wish You Knew When You First Started Having Migraine Attacks?What do you wish you knew when you first started having migraine attacks? I pondered this myself recently and was curious about what other people thought, so the Migraine.com team...reactions5comments
When The Migraine Monster Touches Our Children: Part 2One of the saddest aspects about migraine from my perspective is that it doesn’t discriminate when it comes to age. In part one of this article, I mentioned the devastating...reactionscomments
What's Your Secret Horror StoryIn the following video, Holly shares a story about how a migraine attack appeared quickly and suddenly and left her in a dangerous situation. Has a migraine attack ever...reactions21comments
Are COVID-19 Restrictions Impacting Your Migraine Patterns?The restrictions and transitions related to COVID-19 have brought so much change – from changes in schedule to changes in who we see and what we do every day. Unfortunately...reactions9comments