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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,…

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Carol F.

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,…

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Rachel A.

I started having vascular headaches after a car accident in 1999. At first, they started out as infrequent, mild annoyances with extra sensitivity to sunlight. But as I grew older, they began to impede on my life. Some months I…

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Chris

I’ve suffered from severe Migraine headaches for well over 10 years. I have been to six different Neurologists and each one of them gave me different prevention pills to try and keep the headaches away, including Topamax, Effexor, and Verapamil,…

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Dr. Scott

I have been diagnosed as having chronic daily intractable migraines. I’ve struggled to keep working for 11 years, but they kept getting more intense. No medications have helped, and my doctors have tried every known medication that is not contraindicated….

Headache Poetry: The Unknown Mystery Headache

“My body is weak and I almost fall.
I’m numb everywhere and can’t stand it at all”

Headache Poetry: The Pain Never Goes Away; I Call It My Friend

“I call you my Friend, you are always there, From dawn to dusk, every day.”

Submitted Poetry: The Noodle is Under Attack

“It starts in the front and moves to the back.
My noodle is under attack”

Headache Poetry: Status "Migrainosus"

“I struggle with the pain.
Nothing to do but wait,
I cannot see the light
screaming Inside my head.”

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