By: naolstaylor
I’ve had 6 out of the 12 this week. It’s been lovely. I’ve had a headache since Aug 3, non stop.
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I’m so sorry naolstaylor. Hang in there. I think most people simply don’t understand that what they’re saying is not helping us.
View ArticleBy: jodiesprings
I have migraines all the time and people just don’t understand. They tell me these things all the time!
View ArticleBy: tucker
You don’t look sick – sometimes I just have to cry in my chair at work instead of going to the bathroom since I rarely puke (but the nausea is really high). But I guess the alternative is that we could...
View ArticleBy: pooh2you
Ahh!! My mother is a famous one for giving me “ideas” to “help me” with my migraines. She is always reading something or hearing something somewhere that can help my migraines get better. I hear almost...
View ArticleBy: mamalou
Here is one I receive chronically from well meaning family and friends: What IS your neruologist doing? This should be fixed by now. You should go to this medical Center – I know it is farther away,...
View ArticleBy: suzizobair
my personal favourite ‘you should find out what’s causing it’….I feel like saying – ‘really, I hadn’t thought about doing that in the 20 odd years I’ve suffered. Silly me’. But I don’t as I’m too polite.
View ArticleBy: Nancy Harris Bonk
That’s rich! Stump them with this next time – Migraine is a genetic neurological disease thought to be caused by a cascade of events and overly excited neurons in our brains that are easily triggered...
View ArticleBy: Nancy Harris Bonk
I find those folks who say that either have never had a Migraine attack or have only had a few that have indeed been relieved with Tylenol, lucky them…
View ArticleBy: Nancy Harris Bonk
TMJ may be a trigger rather than a cause of Migraine. Migraine, a genetic neurological disease is thought to be caused by a cascade of events and overly excited neurons in our brains that are easily...
View ArticleBy: lancem
Are migraine sufferers mostly women? I’m sure really data is not that hard to come by but it seems that everyone I have met with real migraines (not headaches that people call migraines so they can go...
View ArticleBy: rudykipper
Don’t know but I am male and have had migraines since youth (now over 55). When young, no one would understand so I usually became nauseaus and lost several hours at a time. Finally my normal cure is a...
View ArticleBy: majorheadache
I have had migraines since I was twelve. Some persons who worked for me in the past would beg off claiming migraines. I required them to return with a doctor’s note. They would balk at that and most...
View ArticleBy: artgirl27
Really liked the article. I happen to have a low grade migraine-y headache today. Had severe one at work on Friday. It’s just about every day of my life, low grade to high grade depending on triggers....
View ArticleBy: Nancy Harris Bonk
You are so right, Art Girl. It’s great that you know stress can play a role in your migraines, but I wonder if you’ve kept a migraine journal lately to see what your other triggers are? We have some...
View ArticleBy: melbykins
I really get angry at the comments I get. Apparently I need to smile and act like my head feels like it isn’t about to explode! Education is definitely key
View ArticleBy: fknhurts
I think mine are triggered by my Epilepsy and not the meds I take for it. in Florida the legislature introduced medical marijuana on the ballot this year but since have removed it. I would have gotten...
View ArticleBy: j0eschm0e
sometimes, people go too long without eating properly. then they have a drop in their blood sugar levels, which produces a headache. I am glucose intolerant. one step away from insulin dependant...
View ArticleBy: j0eschm0e
try drinking a V8 vegetable juice. it is well worth a try. drink it just as it starts or before, dont wait till its full blown headache. but if you already have the headache drink it, to refresh your...
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