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…
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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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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….
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…
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,…
I had my first migraine at age seventeen. I suffered with the pain, nausea, and sensitivity to light. Over the next 20 years, I went from doctor to doctor looking for relief. I was put on Inderal as a preventative,…
