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Last night was torture. My sister and BIL are in town, so my grandparents and I took them to a brewery and dim sum restaurant and then to a concert...

Wow. It's ironic that my disability rating is highest for migraines, as a veteran, but I can't get reliable care for them in the VA system. I was told that...

It begins. Two people meet....Fall in Love....Get Married....Have children....Bonnie and Clyde get married in the 60's. Both suffer from migraines. Clyde's are so debilitating he cannot work his sheet metal...

I have had “headaches” ever since I was in third grade. Everyone said I was just a baby and wanting attention and that I was to young to get headaches...

Hey there. I was checking out migraine resources as I am a reluctant member of the club and thought it would do me some good to share my story. I'm...

Hello I am Drew and was diagnosed with Migraine headaches after years of reoccurring headaches that made me vomit over and over again. I finally went to a neurologist and...

In 2014 I was diagnosed with status migrainous which is a very rare condition in which there is debilitating pain for more than 72 hours. This condition can cause a...

I have found some very important details about my chronic migraine journey recently. I started recording my daily pain levels, triggers and med use back in June 2015. I actually...

I have been getting ocular migraines for years off and on. I am having them more than ever now and with some rather frightening experiences! A short time after the...

My mom had migraines when she was younger, the kind that laid her out for 2 days, in complete darkness. I was the oldest of five and had to take...

It started around when I was 19, I had no idea what a migraine felt before. I still have no clue as to what triggers it. My doctor tried having...

Migraines have been a part of my life for over 50 years. I had always gotten an aura migraine which was usually brought on by hormones or stress. In earlier...

In December 2012 I had the worst case of flu that I ever had in my life. I really thought I would not live through it. I had never had...

For as long as I can remember I've suffered from migraines that last for weeks or months at a time. The worst was my Junior year of High School, while...

I can remember having those first migraines in high school. They weren’t too terribly bothersome back then - I guess when we are young we handle pain better or perhaps...

I started getting migraine attacks at 19 and for several years just suffered through them unmedicated as best I could. The attacks (about 8 a year) lasted 5 days, with...

I have been taking this med for over 20 years. I went thru a hospital stay and both that dr and my primary agree this is what works. With the...

My name is Jennifer and I have been suffering from Migraines since the age of 5. My mother would have to sit on top of me to give me suppositories...

Mine started when I was 14 yrs old, I'm now 57. I have been diagnosed with cluster/migraines. Where one can set the other off. I have never had auras or...

My first intense headache was when I was 17 and I'll never forget the day I got the worst headache ever, it felt like someone had hit me in the...