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1. My diagnosis is: Migraine, Migraine with Aura, Chronic Migraine
2. My migraine attack frequency is: Daily
3. I was diagnosed in: 2012
4. My comorbid conditions include: Depressive Disorder
5. I take _0_ medications/supplements each day for prevention and _3_medications/supplements to treat an acute attack
6. My first migraine attack was: about age 16/17
7. My most disabling migraine symptoms are: pain, allodynia, aura, fatigue
8. My strangest migraine symptoms are: numbness/tingling
9. My biggest migraine triggers are: weather changes, just living
10. I know a migraine attack is coming on when: They’re 24/7. I’m never without one.
11. The most frustrating part about having a migraine attack is: missing out on life.
12. During a migraine attack, I worry most about: the things I need to be doing.
13. When I think about migraine between attacks, I think: On low pain days, I’m constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop.
14. When I tell someone I have migraine, the response is usually: “Have you tried….?”
15. When someone tells me they have migraine, I think: I wouldn’t wish this on anyone.
16. When I see commercials about migraine treatments, I think: I wish that worked for me or that I could afford that.
17. My best coping tools are: Reading, writing poetry, and humor.
18. I find comfort in: My supportive family.
19. I get angry when people say: “It’s just a headache.”
20. I like it when people say: “How are you doing?”…and mean it.
21. Something kind someone can do for me during a migraine attack is: Not touch me! Allodynia hurts!
22. The best thing(s) a doctor has ever said to me about migraine is: “We’ll keep trying. Don’t give up.”
23. The hardest thing to accept about having migraine is: Missing out on time with family.
24. Migraine has taught me: To appreciate the things that really matter and to treasure the good moments.
25. The quotation, motto, mantra, or scripture that gets me through an attack is: “It’s okay to not be okay.” ~my sister.
26. If I could go back to the early days of my diagnosis, I would tell myself: “You don’t have to try to be so tough all the time.”
27. The people who support me most are: My sister and my son.
28. The thing I most wish people understood about migraine is: It varies so much from person to person; don’t judge a migraineur based on what yours are like.
29. Migraine and Headache Awareness Month is important to me because: It affects so many people, yet is among the most under researched disorder in the world.
30. One more thing I’d like to say about life with migraine is: It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever lived with/done in my life.
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