by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Jul 17, 2020 | Migraine Community
Written By Jane Litwin Taylor and Jeannette Rotondi Sadly, the migraine and headache disorders community mourns the death of Susan Jillian Smith. Susan was a strong and supportive advocate and one of the founders of Brain Wreck Rebels (BWR) which includes 1,000+...
by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Jun 29, 2020 | Advocacy and Migraine, CMA Day, MHAM2020, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective
Written By Catherine Charrett-Dykes Originally seen on MigraineHeadacheAwarenessMonth.org Every June during National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month, Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. (CMA, Inc.) works hard to spread awareness and education for the four million...
by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Jun 28, 2020 | Advocacy and Migraine, Medication & Treatments, MHAM2020, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life
Written by Jenn Heater Originally seen on MigraineHeadacheAwarenessMonth.org Alicia Wolf was sitting in the driver’s seat of her parked car filled with a bunch of her co-workers when she felt like she was being propelled forward. It was that moment that solidified...
by Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. | Jun 27, 2020 | Advocacy and Migraine, Get Real About Migraine, MHAM2020, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective, stigma
Written by Alexis Ziegler Originally seen on MigraineHeadacheAwarenessMonth.org Happy National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month. The phrase “I am not alone” is used quite a bit in the migraine and headache communities. When I was first diagnosed with migraine...
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 18, 2020 | Advocacy and Migraine, Children and Migraine, Get Real About Migraine, MHAM2020, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life, Patient Perspective
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN TAKING THE LEAD IN ADVOCATING FOR THOSE WITH MIGRAINE AND OTHER AND HEADACHE DISORDERS Written By Peggy Artman Originally seen on MigraineHeadacheAwarenessMonth.org Migraine and other headache disorders can begin well before adulthood. For...
by Kristen Estep | Jun 15, 2020 | Get Real About Migraine, MHAM2020, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life
Written By Nicole Safran Originally seen on MigraineHeadacheAwarenessMonth.org When I first was first diagnosed with chronic migraines after an accident, my family longed to understand what I was experiencing. Many did not know much about migraines prior to me being...
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 | Jun 11, 2020 | Advocacy and Migraine, Get Real About Migraine, Medication & Treatments, MHAM2020, Migraine Community, Migraine In Real Life
Written by Kristen Estep Originally seen on MigraineHeadacheAwarenessMonth.org Gina’s first memory of migraine was when she was about 5 years old, however her mother tells her that she has shied away from all light since birth, and was an extremely colicky baby, so...
