This is a reader-submitted story. 1. My diagnosis is: Chronic migraine with aura 2. My migraine attack frequency is: Usually a few a month, but it can vary to up to 20 days straight 3. I was diagnosed in: Childhood 4. My comorbid conditions include:…
I’m generally quiet when meeting more than one new person. I like to observe for a while before jumping into the fray. My entire life, this has led to people to assign me to one of two categories: mysterious or, more often, snobby/standoffish/bitchy. Being perceived…
People with migraine do not treat an attack with triptans 43% of the time despite significantly more disability when they do not take a triptan than when they do. This finding, from a study presented at the American Headache Society conference in June, was not news to…
This is a reader-submitted story. 1. My diagnosis is: Migraine with aura 2. My migraine frequency is: Varies. Depends on what triggers are “triggering”. Like weather or hormones. 3. I was diagnosed in: 1990’s. 4: My comorbid conditions include: Lyme disease 5: I take 0…
Comforting me during my post-DHE/methysergide freakout was almost impossible. I refuted everything Hart said to try to soothe me. In wondering what might have comforted me then, I came up with the idea of a comfort plan. It’s more of a list, really, of things that…