Stories

Migraines have always been a constant battle. Having them since I can remember, I finally got diagnosed at 18. Before that, it was dark rooms, ice packs, and ibuprofen (and...

I've been a migraine sufferer since my early 20s. My mother had terrible ones so I believe I inherited them from her. I didn't understand why she spent so much...

I am 73 years old and was diagnosed with migraine headaches when I was about 30. The headaches began much earlier, but as is so common, were misdiagnosed for years...

I have never been fond of going to doctors, but have recently decided to urge my Primary Care Physician to schedule me to see a neurologist. My migraines have been...

I started having migraine headaches when I was 12 yrs old but unfortunately, the doctor didn't believe that my pain was as severe as it was so I was given...

I have had migraines since around age 12. They started intensifying as I grew older. I would get them before every storm, during every period, if I got too hot...

Sometimes I have no idea where to begin, and today is one of those days. It seems like I have been on the merry-go-round of headache and migraine for so...

As a child, I would sometimes be headachy when I was sick with a cold or virus, but the migraines began in earnest after I got married and quickly became...

I have been living with migraine for over 15 years now and have only started learning to manage them in the last two. For years I thought everything was a...

I had always wondered why my migraines suddenly began soon after I got married in my late 20's, early 30's. I never had any issues before that time with headaches...

My migraines started in my late 20's. I would get migraines periodically, no big deal. I would talk Tylenol and be done. Well, the older I got the worse it...

I started having migraines in my early 20's. Never had headaches or migraines before this. They have progressively become worse over time. I have tried several medications including high doses...

My migraines started with all the symptoms except the headaches. I had visual disturbances and nausea, great fatigue, and a sense of doom. Finally, one doctor looked at me and...

I've suffered from migraines since I was 17 years old. They've progressively gotten worse as I've gotten older. Longer, increased severity, and more triggers. I'm sensitive to medications so the...

I have had migraines since I had children, but they're chronic, and I've lost weeks to them for 11 years or so. I grieved the loss of identity as an...

I remember my first migraine at age nine. I had an accident at school and fell face-first off a jungle gym onto a concrete pad and seeing only half of...

I was in my early 20's when I had my first "headache". I'd always been told about my paternal grandmother having bad headaches but I didn't know that what I...

I've had migraines since my 20s, but started getting chronic daily migraines in my 40s and have been unable to get them under control. I've tried everything from Botox to...

I am a 63-year-old woman and have suffered from migraines since my teens. I have been in the ER more times than I can count. I have seen so many...

I have had migraines since I was a preteen. I would frequently tell the doctors, especially my GYN that my migraines were worse when periods happened. I was always told...