Stories

I have had migraines since I was 13. I am now 33. They, unfortunately, run in my family, so, I know my son will have to suffer as I have...

Very strong hungry feelings erupted after the first vaccine shot. Continuing till today, when one month has passed. After appetite craving, high blood pressure shoots up which became unmanageable. Just...

I have finally found a drug that has given me a new lease of life since my first migraine attack at age 6 years!! I have since then tried every...

So today I had the biggest migraine of my life. My head throbbed and it felt like heavy waves crashing in on my brain. It hurt so bad I can't...

Hi, I have been dealing with headaches since I was 2 or 3 yrs old. They continued to gradually increase as time went on. They're getting worse so I go...

I'm a 66yr old male. I've had severe migraines from 16 to 40 years old with no relief from meds other than strong pain pills that would knock me out...

Today and for the past two years, I did my Aimovig injection. It doesn’t hurt me, it doesn't give me scarring side effects. However, my migraine went from 17-19 per...

I am a 64-year-old male who started having migraines with visual aura at 13. At 40 years old they went from the visual followed by the migraine pain, to a...

I've been a migraine sufferer for almost two decades now, and in some ways, I'm doing better than I ever have with this disease. I get Botox every three months...

“I know someone who gets migraines, too.” To many migraineurs, this sentence is all too familiar. I have spent the majority of my migraine diagnosis underplaying the toll of my...

I slept poorly my entire life. This affected my mental and physical health. After developing migraine, sleep became more crucial. Only a trip to the hospital or sleep ended a...

Hi! I am struggling with accepting my limitations when I have a migraine. I feel as though I'm struggling on all fronts. I have been getting daily migraines and try...

My "well-meaning" younger brother put me in a nursing facility 2 years ago and has thrown away the key. He seems to think that due to my debilitating migraines I...

For years I was having what I thought was the aura that comes before a migraine, even though the painful migraine never arrived. Lately, I had also been having additional...

I recently lost my job. My former employer would never say it, but it was in large part due to my chronic migraine. In all fairness, I was pretty miserable...

Emgality!!! That is the miracle. I have had chronic migraines my entire life. The first one I remember was when I was 7 and on a girl scout camping trip...

When I have a really bad migraine I suffer from what I call my brain fog. I can't think of words I want to say. My train of thought goes...

Migraines have been a part of me since I was in middle school. At first, we didn't really know what was causing them, as there were a lot of things...

I’ve lived with migraines ever since I can remember. I’ve also had stomach issues since I could remember. Then, when my son started having migraines, I bought a book on...

About 6 years I had a strange experience where I didn't know what I was saying or what others were talking about, seemed gibberish. Was first diagnosed with TIA but...