by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Jan 9, 2021 | Advocacy and Migraine, Children and Migraine, Medication & Treatments, Mental Health and Migraine, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective
Written by Melissa Bearden for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. I’m Melissa, and I’ve been living with one constant (yes, 24/7 and non-stop) migraine attack for just under 20 years. I had bacterial spinal meningitis (the Haemophilus influenzae type B or HIB...
by Kristen Estep | Nov 20, 2020 | Advocacy and Migraine, Medication & Treatments, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective
Written by Kristen Estep with contributors; Jenny Jacobs, Nicole Atkins, Jodie Gregg and Jennifer Cook As we all can attest to, migraine treatments that work for some of us, may not work for others. I am bringing you both a failure and success story regarding Nurtec,...
by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Sep 28, 2020 | Advocacy and Migraine, Get Real About Migraine, Medication & Treatments, MHAM2020, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective
Written by Ronetta Stokes for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. My migraine journey began when I was in high school. I would occasionally get headaches (were these migraine attacks). Nothing that I couldn’t handle without medication. Once high school ended I went on to...
by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Sep 1, 2020 | Advocacy and Migraine, Children and Migraine, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective
Written by Donna Kobayashi, first seen on MyBeautifulMigraine.blog and shared with Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. Migraine has always been a part of my life. So when I was asked about my first migraine experience, I had to think a bit. When was my first memory of...
by Kristen Estep | Aug 8, 2020 | Advocacy and Migraine, MHAM2020, Migraine Community
Today marks one year since I became the Blog Manager for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. Time has flown by! I have learned so much about blogging while running this blog! It has been fun and at times I have been frustrated with myself, but I wouldn’t change...
by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Jun 29, 2020 | Advocacy and Migraine, CMA Day, MHAM2020, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective
Written By Catherine Charrett-Dykes Originally seen on MigraineHeadacheAwarenessMonth.org Every June during National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month, Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. (CMA, Inc.) works hard to spread awareness and education for the four million...