Headache

Once upon a time… Who am I kidding. Let me start over. Most of the time in a land controlled by migraine… Welcome to the world I like to call sensory overload. It hit me the other day that even though everyone understands what “senses” are, and everyone understands the concept of being overloaded, overworked [...]

Listen to The Mighty Podcast episode, “Living With Chronic Migraine.” We’ve also provided a transcript below. To talk about the episode or share topic ideas, join the Podcast Peeps community on The Mighty.  In this episode, The Mighty Podcast host, Ashley Kristoff, discusses Chronic Migraine with neurologist Dr. Margo Butchee, MD, MPH and “My Crazy Good Life” [...]

When many people think of migraine, they probably associate it with really bad head pain – maybe even some nausea or light sensitivity, too. It’s often assumed that all migraine attacks look the same, when that couldn’t be further from the truth. While migraine is a neurological disease that can certainly cause classic symptoms like [...]

The last time it happened was in the parking lot of my local library. I was about to get out of my car to heave a few recent reads into the book drop bin when my vision grew cloudy. My stomach began to churn like one of those cruise-ship-vacations-gone-wrong and I could hear my heartbeat [...]

One of the most challenging aspects of living with migraine can be feeling a sense of total isolation and detachment from those around me, especially when I’m in the middle of an attack. Even more poignant when loved ones are “one door away,” and I feel worlds away locked in a pain vortex. Learning to [...]