Stories

Hi. I’m Carrie. I turned 30 last week, (and celebrated by throwing it back to the '90s). I have a chronic illness and first started having health issues when I...

It all began in 2019 after taking blood pressure medication, not even sure what it could have been. I feel it's my fault I allowed the pharmacist to give me...

I’m 64 and have had migraine since puberty. I am sharing my tools to help prevent attacks, and also some remedies. I’m currently taking Aimovig, and over the past six...

I have had the two vaccinations plus the booster for COVID-19. I found that they affected my migraine headaches, sadly for the worse. My closest friends understand that my vestibular...

I know, I know... you are asking, “What in the world do aromatherapy and dog farts have to do with migraine?!” Well, let me tell you my tale/tail... but before...

Working and living with migraine is super difficult, as you all know. I have been through 3 jobs and couldn’t keep them because I just could not function in person...

My headaches/migraines began 4 1/2 years ago and they have been a mystery ever since. In this time I have seen all types of practitioners, taken all types of medications...

My migraines started almost 8 years ago and I thought I was going to die. It started as a normal day at work then quite literally out of nowhere I...

I have had ocular migraine for approximately two years. All the classic symptoms without any severe headache. Eleven days ago I experienced numbness and tingling in my right hand, lower...

My neurologist suggested I try Ajovy because I have multiple aura migraines per month. To add to the fun I have headaches approximately fifteen days every single month. Each time...

I started to have migraines almost 10 years ago. I had a cervical decompression and fusion in 2017 which wasn't much help and I am in limbo for now. I...

This is how I have come to feel about my migraines. Diagnosed at age 8 with migraine it has been a journey shared with this constant "being" always there. At...

When I was young my migraines got so bad that I seriously considered using a drill to relieve the pain. I told the doctors that they came with airborne allergies...

For the last 14 years, I have suffered from debilitating migraine and have really tried to manage this using a natural/holistic approach. This has meant using herbal remedies, watching particular...

Hello There Caring People of the World, I wrote a story about three months ago, at the end of my rope, exhausted by the pain, reaching out for help. Your voices...

When I have a migraine my head feels like it is in a vice grip and one small twist is all it would take to blow my skull into a...

My experience with migraine began as a brand-new twenty-year-old who had just started her sophomore year of college. Thankful to have an awkward freshman year under my belt & ready...

So apparently subcategories of migraine actually exist. I had no clue about any of them. My issue, in particular, had zero pain related to my type of migraine which is...

Hello, to all of my fellow migraine sufferers. I send hugs and prayers and thank you for sharing your stories. I started with migraines that were related to my monthly...

I had my worst migraine ever yesterday it was the worst pain I ever experience it was so different than my usual migraines. I had pain behind my eyes my...