This is the third in a series exploring the topics covered in the book You Are Not Your Pain [Amazon affiliate link]. See You Are Not Your Pain: An Introduction to learn more. Pain has two components, the physical sensation and our emotional reaction to the…
This is a reader-submitted story. Want to share your 30 Things? Here’s how: Migraine & Headache Disorders 30 Things Meme. 1. My diagnosis is: chronic migraines 2. My migraine attack frequency is: Pretty much everyday I have some form of migraine symptoms – the severity varies…
I’ve been taking an Amerge (naratriptan) and two Midrin twice a day since April 2015. The medications allow me to function, but have the potential to increase the frequency, severity, or duration of my migraine attacks through medication overuse headache (MOH), which is also called…
This is the second in a series exploring the topics covered in the book You Are Not Your Pain [Amazon affiliate link]. See You Are Not Your Pain: An Introduction to learn more. When I was my sickest, I went to bed most nights wondering…
“I turn 40 next month. Migraine has devoured my 30s and most of my 20s. I’m so sick of it. And I’m so tired,” I said to my headache specialist through tears at my appointment last week. My words are unsurprising given the grief I’ve…