seeking joy in a life with chronic migraine, chronic daily headache and chronic illness
I was standing in the bedroom alone with my eyes closed, taking deep breaths. I didn’t know Hart had entered the room until he asked, “What’s up?” “I’m nervous about you leaving,” I said, and the tears I’d been keeping at bay burst forth. Even though I don’t have an anxiety disorder, I have subclinical… Continue reading Migraine Mood Changes: Depression-Like Symptoms
This is a reader-submitted story. Want to share your 30 Things? Here’s how: Migraine & Headache Disorders 30 Things Meme. 1. My diagnosis is: Chronic, Complex Migraine with TIA 2. My migraine attack frequency is: pretty much daily with at least 3-4 a week that keep me from normal activity 3. I was diagnosed in: 2005… Continue reading My migraine journey
This is a reader-submitted story. Want to share your 30 Things? Here’s how: Migraine & Headache Disorders 30 Things Meme. 1. My diagnosis is: Chronic Complex Migraine. 2. My migraine attack frequency is: daily headache, migraine 3-6 days weekly with current treatment. 3. I was diagnosed in: Initial migraine dx in 1997, Chronic Complex dx in… Continue reading My Chronic Migraine
Want to share your 30 Things? Here’s how: Migraine & Headache Disorders 30 Things Meme. 1. My diagnosis is: Transformed Migraine, Chronic Migraine and a bunch of other Migraine Types 2. My migraine attack frequency is: Every single minute of every single day, although it varies in intensity 3. I was diagnosed in: 2005 4. My… Continue reading 30 Things about My Migraine
This is a reader-submitted story. 1. I have had chronic daily headache (CDH) for __16__ years. 2. The first headache I remember is: I was younger than age ten. 3. After the headache started, it took __11 years____ [weeks/months/years] to get a diagnosis. 4. My pain level is steady/fluctuates. Level fluctuates, but the pain is… Continue reading Brianna’s 30 things about chronic daily headache