Category: Advocacy and Migraine
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Reflection: The journey continues with selfcare, self-awareness, self-esteem, and perseverance.
Written by Ronetta Stokes for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. As I sit back and reflect when I first started my advocacy journey, I am truly blessed to say I am still here and will continue to fight. Migraine has not changed, nor will it change my daily routine. COVID is here along with this delta…
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Migraine and Me
Written by Hana Lewis for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. Perhaps, like me, you’ve heard your neurologist say “it’s the way you’re made. You just have to learn to live with it.” I’ve seen their glazed expressions and even a shrug or two. Saying “I feel desperate” or “I have no quality of life” made little…
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Connecting to Migraine Communities
June 12, 2021 Originally posted on MHAM and shared with Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. What was your world like prior to March 2020? Were you working outside of your home? Getting together with friends and family? Going to sporting events, concerts, parties? Enjoying a meal out with friends/family? Going on vacations? Business trips? Walking around…
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Finding your way through migraine mentally intact
Written by Kristen Estep for Chronic Migraine Awareness Inc. As I look back to my youth, I can honestly say that I have always had depression and anxiety, I just did not know it. In the 70’s and 80’s no one talked about these things, so I had no idea why I felt the way…
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Even Physicians Face Stigma
Written by Yadira Ramos for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. Once I turned 30, my migraine attacks became worse. There was a period when I would get them every single day. Back then, I was only working night shifts at the hospital. Little did I know that sleep deprivation was a trigger. I was going through…
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Migraine and Racial Disparity
Written by Ronetta Stokes for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. As I look back on last month and reflect on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I think back to the,” I Have a Dream Speech”, the marches for equality, and all of the famous quotes. One of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s quote that stayed with me is…
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My Twenty Year Migraine…
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 strain) with lots of complications when I was a toddler and almost died, it was 13 months before…
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Nurtec; Failure and Success Stories
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, a new acute migraine medication. My call to action…
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My Migraine
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 college. I had a few more headaches; nothing major. I was able…
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My First Migraine Attack
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 this neurological “storm?” And then I stumbled across a…
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