Category: Medication & Treatments
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Nurtec Success Story
Written by Kelly Amspacher for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. Oh my heavens…I think I’m having a burst aneurysm and I’m going to die. This is the worst pain imaginable, more than childbirth. Is how I was awakened. Is how I was awakened February 18, 1999. The trip to the emergency room is forever etched…
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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 husband used to think I had superpowers.
Written by Carlisle Webber for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. One winter night when we were dating, we were talking on the phone and I felt a pinch behind my left eyebrow. I told him he’d better make sure to have the snowbrush and ice scraper in his car because it was going to snow soon.…
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Migraine commercials :
Written by Kelly McCarthy for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. Is it just me, or does anyone else cringe every time they see an ad for a new migraine medication. An attractive 30 year old woman is working for a very prestigious company. She’s got a corner office with windows and a presentation to give. Suddenly,…
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GOOD DAYS VS BAD DAYS
Originally posted December 20, 2019 on SparklyAura.com Sometimes it is very difficult to be positive about my journey through migraine. I have good days, bad days & everything in between. The good days seem to fly by, while the bad days seem like they last forever. On good days I can’t help but to expect…
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*UPDATE July 20, 2020* You Need Community; A New Treatment Option.
Written By Nancy Harris-Bonk Presented by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. * Disclaimer * CMA does not endorse this or any product. Here’s a great offer for people with migraine disease during National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month – Therancia, the makers of Nerivio® are offering a $50 rebate for new prescriptions dispensed during June 2020.…
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Advocacy Spotlight: Alicia Wolf
Written by Jenn Heater Originally seen on MigraineHeadacheAwarenessMonth.org Alicia Wolf was sitting in the driver’s seat of her parked car filled with a bunch of her co-workers when she felt like she was being propelled forward. It was that moment that solidified that, in addition to the months of dizziness she had been experiencing, that…
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Advocate Spotlight – Gina Fabrizio
Written by Kristen Estep Originally seen on MigraineHeadacheAwarenessMonth.org Gina’s first memory of migraine was when she was about 5 years old, however her mother tells her that she has shied away from all light since birth, and was an extremely colicky baby, so she may have actually suffered since birth. She states that her symptoms…
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Migraine as a Member of the Armed Forces
Written By Eula Moore-Marshall Originally seen on MigraineHeadacheAwarenessMonth.org Upon joining the U.S. Army Reserves, I always kept in mind the possibility of going to war. As far as migraine goes, I was familiar with bad headaches, but I’d never felt as though my brain was trying to escape my skull. I’m a (Ret) female combat…
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Receiving Migraine Infusions During a Pandemic
Written By Victoria White Presented by Chronic Migraine Awareness Inc. It is beyond surreal entering a hospital in an almost empty center city Philadelphia right now. I cannot help but feel anxious about the possibility of accidentally spreading COVID-19 to another patient or to a healthcare professional if I’m an unwitting carrier and also some…
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