This is a reader-submitted story. 1. I have had NDPH for over 21 years. 2. It started on a Sunday afternoon in January, 1994 during my sophomore year of college: 3. After the headache started, it took 20 years to get a diagnosis, but I…
This is a reader-submitted story. 1. My diagnosis is: chronic headaches, chronic migraines and stroke 2. My migraine attack frequency is: daily since 2009 3. I was diagnosed in: 2008 4. My comorbid conditions include: light sensitively, sound and smell sensitivity, paralysis in the morning,…
Stopping the methysergide seems to have resolved my migraine crisis. My mood has been fine, though I still feel fragile. I’ve had no aura since Sunday and have only had mild migraine attacks the four times I’ve eaten. And that’s without taking triptans or Midrin after eating. As…
This is a reader-submitted story. 1. My diagnosis is: Chronic Daily Headache, Chronic Migraine, cervical dystonia. 2. My migraine attack frequency is: 1-2 times a week. 3. I was diagnosed in: 2002 4. My comorbid conditions include: Depression, IBS, GERD 5. I take 4 medications/supplements…
“Hellish” does not sufficiently describe the last couple days. 16 hours after the last infusion ended, I suddenly, shockingly developed a migraine aura. This is disconcerting because I have migraine without aura. The closest I’d come to an aura before Saturday is that I occasionally get faint flashes…