by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Jan 13, 2021 | Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective
Written by Lori Francisco for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. I’d like to share my migraine disease story. I have had migraine since childhood, it runs in my family from my mom, to me and my sister, not my brother but, it continued to my brother’s son. My...
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 Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Nov 23, 2020 | Medication & Treatments, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective
Written by Brandy Garcia I have lived with the ups and downs of chronic migraine for over fifteen years. As you can imagine I have tried numerous preventative and abortive medications. But today I am going to talk about a new medication my father told me about....
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. | Nov 4, 2020 | Get Real About Migraine, Medication & Treatments, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective
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,...
