Comments on: What is Migraine? (the scientific story)

By: Holly

Holly — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:56:43 +0000

I have suffered from migraine for most of my adult life. My father had them, and his father, born in Norway, had them.

While researching the family tree, I made contact with a second cousin in Norway. She said that my grandpa’s sister (in Norway) had migraine, as did my great grandmother! AND many of my other cousins (from that bloodline in Norway) also have them.

It just happens that I was able to trace my family tree, through this great grandmother, back to a very vicious Norwegian Viking king. Hmmm….I wonder if ALL migraineurs might be descendants of this same Viking king, and that we all are paying for his evil deeds??? It seems like an explanation for the genetic component of these “demons.”

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Gravity’s Rainbow » Blog Archive » Forgot? — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:27:40 +0000

[...] If saving the world isn’t your thing, but you think I’m awesome, the Migraine Research Foundation is another good place to send your hard earned money. I’d like for there to be new drugs for me to try once I get health insurance again. Or a better explanation for the root cause than “something happens and the brain stem doesn&#… [...]

By: James

James — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:26:07 +0000

Thanks so much for your kind comments, and the great information you’re adding to the conversation!

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Migraine Art: The Migraine Experience from Within (review) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:12:01 +0000

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By: Sucheta

Sucheta — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:58:24 +0000

Hi Everyone!
My Migraine started with a blind spot when I was in 8th grade. I used to get severe migraine attacks like lightning, vision disturbance and vomitting I started drinking 5 glasses of water daily morning after I got up by this severe attacks stopped. Now I get only mild headaches and after taking Antacids and pain killers it stops so no worry. I am fine.

By: Rashmi

Rashmi — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:11:51 +0000

Its a very detailed article. Thank you
Am also a Migraine sufferer for past 15 years. Though it is not as sever as some of the people have mentioned above, it does stop me from doing any work and all I end up doing is sleeping. I rarely take medicines for it and sleep through the headace. I have a 11/2 year old daughter. Am during my pregnancy and few months after delivery, I rarely got any migraine. I was almost happy that I was cured. But now again it is back. I am now trying out Yoga. Let us see if it will help me out.
–Rashmi

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:00:57 +0000

Thank you for this article. My daughter has had horrible migraines for almost 20 years now. She has seen so many doctors and taken so many medications but if something works (and very few have), it only helps for a very short time and then no more. She was on homebound for school and couldn’t go with her friends to things like ball games, dances, movies, etc. The friends fell away until they are all gone. For the past 10 years her headaches have been so horrible and constant 24/7. Her quality of life is just awful as she is home either in bed on in the lounge chair most of the time. She used to love to read but she feels so awful that isn’t possible anymore. As I said she is homebound and on disability and lives with me and I am usually the only person she sees.

By: Dale

Dale — Sun, 10 May 2009 15:55:56 +0000

After my hysterectomy in 1993, I have been migraine “active” since then. Before my surgery, headaches were only 2 or 3 times a year. In the last couple of years, I have had chronic migraines. Some meds. that I have tried are only good if I take them when I get the first symptoms before the migraine starts. My biggest problem is getting a migraine in the middle of the night and waking up with a full-fledged episode! By then, the meds. pretty much don’t effectively stop the pain. My mother had really bad migraines all her life and stopped getting them altogether when she reached 80 years. I’m hoping that I don’t have to wait that long before I can find something that can manage these migraines. I have become quite frustrated in recent years….sigh. Thank you so much for this great website!!!

By: The Migraine Brain: A Review

The Migraine Brain: A Review — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:24:44 +0000

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By: DJ

DJ — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:37:53 +0000

I have just been diagnised with atypical migraines. I lost my speech in a recent attack that sent me to the ER thinking I was having a stroke. This article has helped to inform me about what is happening in my brain. Since that attack I have suffered from a perpetual headache that is only slightly diminished with Fioricet. Thanks for all the info.