by Kristen Estep | Oct 20, 2020 | Get Real About Migraine, Mental Health and Migraine, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective, stigma
Originally posted on SparklyAura.com, shared with Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. Sometimes I wish you knew how this feels. The searing hot pain in my eye, head, neck, face, ear, jaw and skin. The never-ending nausea & vomiting. The overactive senses, light...
by Kristen Estep | Aug 22, 2020 | Get Real About Migraine, Medication & Treatments, Mental Health and Migraine, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective, stigma
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...
by Kristen Estep | Jun 24, 2020 | Advocacy and Migraine, Get Real About Migraine, Mental Health and Migraine, MHAM2020, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life
Written By – Kristen Estep Originally seen on MigraineHeadacheAwarenessMonth.org I have had migraine since the age of 12, I had headaches before that for most of my childhood but did not receive a diagnosis until adulthood. My migraines remained episodic until...
by Erica Carrasco | Jun 22, 2020 | Advocacy and Migraine, Get Real About Migraine, Mental Health and Migraine, MHAM2020, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective, stigma
Written by Erica Carrasco, aka Achy Smile Presented by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. Back in the olden days…well more like 16 years ago…when my migraine attacks turned into a limping, stuttering, one-eyed, drooling monster I knew of no one living through the same...
by Kristen Estep | Jun 13, 2020 | Advocacy and Migraine, Mental Health and Migraine, MHAM2020, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life
Written By Jamie Valendy Presented by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. My journey has a clear before and after line: October 2008. I was in a car accident, which involved a concussion and resulted in post-traumatic headache and migraine disease immediately becoming...
by Kristen Estep | May 18, 2020 | Covid-19, Get Real About Migraine, Medication & Treatments, Mental Health and Migraine, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective, stigma
Written by Rachel Huley Presented by Chronic Migraine Awareness The difficulty of finding a doctor for an invisible illness is hard enough every day of the year when hospitals aren’t flooded with contagion and warranted mass hysteria. During a world-wide health...
