Tag: migraine
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Kayley’s Story: When Chronic Migraine Derailed My Life
Chronic Migraine Awareness would like to thank Kayley for sharing her story with us. I would like to share my story, I’m just a normal, young married, working mother of 2 amazing boys ages fourteen and ten. I have always been on the go, busy and never suffered any real ill health. That was until…
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Mita’s Story
Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. would like to thank Mita for sharing her story. I am a 42-year-old multidisciplinary artist and podcast hostess. I use Pacing and Creative Coping strategies to get through life with chronic migraines and other chronic conditions. Quick Backstory: I grew up with tension headaches and occasional migraine. Following a whiplash injury…
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Charlotte’s Story
Chronic Migraine Awareness Inc. would like to thank Charlotte for sharing her story. I am thirty-four and live in the United Kingdom , and I have had Hemiplegic Migraine (HM) for 24 years. I have never found my triggers or medications that help, yet. I have been in hospital a few times for a couple…
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Shame, Guilt & Worthlessness
Written by Kristen L Estep for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc. “Shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances that life puts on us.” -Ann Patchett Anyone who has a chronic disease wrestles with these emotions, but for this post we will be talking about chronic migraine. As chronic migraine…
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I’m Fine…
Originally posted on SparklyAura.com By Kristen Estep Do you really mean it when you say I’m fine? I know that I don’t. That’s the thing, people ask how you are, but they really don’t want any other answer besides I’m fine or I’m good. I personally don’t think that they mean to be rude or…
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Sending Kids Back to School with Migraines
By Amanda Workman When summer ends, and it is time for students to go back to school, it can be a stressful time for both parents and children. Attempting to acquire all the school supplies on the massive lists, meeting the teachers, and having the child learn their way around a campus can be a…
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PTSD, Anxiety, and Migraine
By Steven Workman An Inconvenient Combination of Symptoms Any of these conditions can be overwhelming all on their own. Dealing just with PTSD has such a wide variety of side effects, that it would be difficult to define them all in one article. For my purposes, I will focus on the symptoms that affect my…
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