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Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Linda

My name is Linda and I live in Maine, I am a 56-year-old female. I recently suffered a complicated migraine, which was my first one. My husband rushed me to the emergency room, where they treated me for a stroke….

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Robin

I am a 51, almost 52-year-old woman. As a young child, I had chronic daily headaches. I cannot remember a time or day of no headaches. My first migraine was at age 5. I was running up the side of…

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – J.S.

Migraines destroyed by career and my bank account! They nearly caused me to destroy the life of a patient. When suffering from a migraine, my brain and hands do not seem to be connected. When trying to type, I will…

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Deborah

My name is Debbie and I am from Dayton, Ohio. I am 55 years old, a holistic health care practitioner, and have been living with migraine headaches for over 27 years. I have tried every recommendation that has crossed my…

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – David

I have had headaches all my life. Having kept a detailed diary for five months recently, I now know that I get a headache about 12 days a month often beginning with pain in the blood vessels of my neck….

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Angie

I have 15-20 headaches a month. Most of my migraines are stimulated by the environment. I am 43 years old and have lived with migraines since I was a child. If I clean my house, I am guaranteed a migraine…

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Carol

I began having migraines when I was 3-years-old. At first my mother tried to treat my pain with what was available in 1964, and that was limited to over-the-counter. Eventually she took me to a pediatrician who recommended a visit…

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Wayne

I’m 75 year old disabled Veteran and I started having headaches in 1957 while in my early 20’s. They tended to come in “clusters of migraine.” Sometimes I had enough of a warning to head them off. In my case,…

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Alison

Telling the story of my Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) caused migraines is like telling the story of a tsunami! At one time they were predictable but not now, and sometimes nausea even accompanies them. The headaches, which began as the…

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Janice

I have suffered Basilar Artery Migraines which I was diagnosed with, but after reading articles from The National Headache Foundation I believe that I should be diagnosed with Hemiplegic migraine. Although I still do not totally fall into this category….

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Twyla

I am a migraine sufferer and have been for many years. In 1987, a young man, who had been coming to our hospital’s Emergency Room for seven years with headaches, went to the Cleveland Clinic, and was diagnosed with brain…

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Charlene

I started having migraines in my mid-twenties when I became pregnant for the first time. I suffered with the migraines, nausea and vomiting for years before seeking help. I think I have tried everything known to mankind, including maintenance medicines,…

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