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"I feel so guilty for what my migraine attacks do to my kids!" If you’re a parent with migraine, you’ve likely had a similar thought about your own children. It’s...

In “Has migraine made me weaker? Part 1” I concluded that migraine has not made me literally or physically weaker overall, but rather has changed the ways I use, care...

The headache specialist said: “Research is finding new treatments, but nothing is available to help you now. You’re the same age as my daughter. I would want her to have relief while...

I recently participated in a patient survey conducted by a pharmaceutical research company. Although the survey targeted a different type of headache disorder, I still learned a few things that...

In addition to pain, sickness, and - for many - daily disability, migraine carries a severe burden of discrimination and negativity from many community members. This is social stigma. History...

Just as the placebo effect can have a positive impact on treatment results, the opposite can be true as well. It’s called the nocebo effect. Because the mind and body...

Nutrition plays a powerful role for the person living with chronic migraine. What we crave can signal the arrival of a migraine; what we eat can prevent or conversely trigger...

I admit that I use my iPhone way more than I wish I did. When I see other people in public using their phones instead of engaging with the world...

Okay. It’s confession time. I was packing for my final trip of the summer when I made a startling discovery. Flipping open the pill box containing my naratriptan, I found just...

--> The team at Migraine.com conducted our annual “Migraine in America” survey with the goal of gaining a better understanding of the challenges faced by those with migraines. In this...

The dreaded letter came in early July. I was being summoned to jury duty. Ughhhhh. My first reaction was to begin looking for the letter my former neurologist wrote to...

“Migraine is treatable.” That statement is small comfort to many who have lived with migraine for decades with minimal or substandard treatment. It fails to encourage those who have been...

Pretty recently, one of my friends started getting what she believes to be migraine attacks. It sounds like this is most likely connected to perimenopause and the dizzying hormonal changes...

After a migraine, do you ever have that “beat up” feeling as if you’ve been hit by a truck? That’s your body telling you to take it easy. Do you...

The migraine world has been abuzz lately about new drugs in development to prevent migraine attacks. These drugs, called monoclonal antibodies, target an amino acid called CGRP (calcitonin gene-related peptide)...

In 2015, I asked my neurologist about non-oral migraine meds I could try. Most of the time when I get a migraine, I don’t end up vomiting, but it had...

Has this ever happened to you? You emerge from a multi-day migraine, finally able to leave your bedroom, finally able to even consider returning to work — if not today...

You chronic migraineurs know how it goes: you have used as many triptans as you can safely use in one week and it’s time for the rescue medication (assuming your...

This video was taken a few years ago by a neurologist, not a headache specialist. At the time, I had to see him for Botox for insurance reasons and now...

I love catching up with friends. We’re spread all over the country and so busy managing our daily lives that it’s hard to stay connected. Those moments we steal are...