by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Feb 9, 2021 | Medication & Treatments, Mental Health and Migraine, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective
Written by Tammy Berg for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc My first experience with migraine was around the age of twenty-five (not sure about migraine and all they entailed) I went to the hospital. I was given my first shot of Demerol. For the next couple of years, I...
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 | Dec 19, 2020 | Get Real About Migraine, Mental Health and Migraine, Migraine Community, Patient Perspective
Written by Kristen Estep for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. So it’s the holidays already. I don’t know about anyone else but this year it just doesn’t feel like it to me. I keep procrastinating on all things holiday. This year has been absolutely...
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...
