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1. My diagnosis is: chronic migraine
2. My migraine attack frequency is: several times per month with headaches every 3 days
3. I was diagnosed in: formal diagnosis October 2014
4. My comorbid conditions include: high blood pressure, abnormal MRI with brain lesions consistent with multiple sclerosis
5. I take __2__ medications/supplements each day for prevention and ___up to 4_ medications/supplements to treat an acute attack
6. My first migraine attack was: January 2011
7. My most disabling migraine symptoms are: inability to see and vomiting
8. My strangest migraine symptoms are: irritability and wanting to physically attack others
9. My biggest migraine triggers are: hormones, stress and weather
10. I know a migraine attack is coming on when: I’m very irritable
11. The most frustrating part about having a migrraine attack is: not knowing when it will happen and how bad it will be
12. During a migraine attack, I worry most about: whether I will have a stroke or because of the level of pain harm myself
13. When I think about migraine between attacks, I think: I try not to think about it
14. When I tell someone I have migraine, the response is usually: I have them too or it’s not that bad or they will go away when I get older
15. When someone tells me they have migraine, I think: they understand me
16. When I see commercials about migraine treatments, I think: our society and our doctors think pills are the answer and when is someone going to discover the cause and a cure and quit prescribing me all these pills
17. My best coping tools are: darkness and rest
18. I find comfort in: being able to take a pill and pillows
19. I get angry when people say: it’s no big deal
20. I like it when people say: I’m sorry you have to deal with that
21. Something kind someone can do for me during a migraine attack is:
22. The best thing(s) a doctor has ever said to me about migraine is:
23. The hardest thing to accept about having migraine is:
24. Migraine has taught me:
25. The quotation, motto, mantra, or scripture that gets me through an attack is:
26. If I could go back to the early days of my diagnosis, I would tell myself:
27. The people who support me most are:
28. The thing I most wish people understood about migraine is:
29. Migraine and Headache Awareness Month is important to me because:
30. One more thing I’d like to say about life with migraine is:
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