seeking joy in a life with chronic migraine, chronic daily headache and chronic illness
This is a reader-submitted story. June is National Migraine and Headache Awareness month. I am not very candid about my struggle with migraine outside the realm of my close friends and family, but because this illness is so raw and affecting to me, I am choosing to join in on the “30 Things” challenge. Thank… Continue reading Jorie’s 30 Things About Living With Migraine
1. My diagnosis is: chronic migraine 2. My migraine attack frequency is: It’s currently twice a day, but they are managed fairly well with abortive medication. They’ve been constant for most of my adult life and, until recently, didn’t respond well to abortive medication. The current state is much better than that, but it’s not… Continue reading 30 Things About Kerrie’s Life With Migraine
Thanks to my extreme sensitivity to odors, getting a haircut often triggers a migraine. Here’s how I’ve learned to avoid salon-induced migraine attacks. 1. Avoid salons that do nails. Need I say more? 2. Go to an Aveda salon. While the scent of Aveda’s products is too strong for me to use on my hair,… Continue reading Migraine Problems: Haircuts
Does anyone else hear about companies’ attempts to “enhance” our olfactory experience and think, “NOOOOOOO!”? The latest of these endeavors to assault our senses is the oPhone (“o” for olfactory). A person can attach an smell to a message and the recipient “gets” to smell it. Both the sender and receiver have to have oPhones… Continue reading Olfactory Overload
As you’ve likely noticed, fatigue, both physical and mental, ranks high on my list of migraine complaints. Since finding some effective preventive medications in the last year, fatigue has probably become my most debilitating — and annoying — symptom. Though my doctors and I think the fatigue is a migraine symptom (it is far worse… Continue reading Searching for Fatigue Source Reveals Overlooked Midrin Overuse