Category: Migraine In Real Life
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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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Stephanie’s Story: Why is migraine so difficult to describe?
Written by Stephanie for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc I have started writing this so many times. It is so hard to put into words how disabling migraine attack is, without it sounding like a bad headache. I thought long and hard about how I would explain it in this blog. I really wanted you to…
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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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Never Give Up
Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. would like to thank Dolores for her contribution to our blog. My name is Dolores and I have been living with migraine since the age of five. I am now 47. Over the years I have tried just about every treatment available; chiropractor, red light therapy, physical therapy, Botox, and pressure…
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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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Tammy’s Migraine Story
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 had them reoccurring about the same time…
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Jenny’s Migraine Story
Written by Jennifer McPherson LEGAL A PW for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. The first time I remember having a migraine attack was in third grade. I was a shy, quiet child so I was nervous about telling the teacher that I didn’t feel well. I was afraid I would make a spectacle of myself. The…
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Deena’s Migraine Story
Written by Deena Patel for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc I remember having what was probably my first migraine when I was about eight-years-old. At the time I didn’t know what it was, all I remember was that I needed to be in a dark room. I started getting chronic migraine attacks seven years ago. I…
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Lori’s Migraine Story
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 worst attacks would surround my menstrual cycle and…
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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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