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. | Dec 6, 2020 | Get Real About Migraine, Medication & Treatments, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective
Written by Jennifer Ross, Tanya L Stewart and Kristen Estep Jennifer was truly kind to share her experience with migraine and medication with us. She states she lives with chronic migraine and has some level of migraine pain every day for 44 years. Migraine disease...
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,...
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 Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Sep 28, 2020 | Advocacy and Migraine, Get Real About Migraine, Medication & Treatments, MHAM2020, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective
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...
by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Sep 18, 2020 | Caregivers Perspective, Get Real About Migraine, Medication & Treatments, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective, stigma
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...
by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Sep 10, 2020 | Get Real About Migraine, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective, stigma, Uncategorized
Written by Fiona Nicolas and Graciously shared with Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. It’s very personal and very unlike me but I felt the need to put certain feelings into words…. you are my closest friend. i say i never know when you are coming but you...
by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Sep 6, 2020 | Get Real About Migraine, Medication & Treatments, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective, stigma
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...
