Migraine Stories
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Taiyeba’s experience of chronic migraine and cluster headache
Ideally, I’d crawl into bed in a cool dark room at every attack. But this means I am left with 10-15 days to actually work, see friends and enjoy family
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Lily’s story of migraine and school
My attendance and grades at school plummeted because of migraine but I’m glad I didn’t give up
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Rhianna story of managing migraine while fasting during Ramadhan
The change in routine can throw off the schedule I try to stick to that I know doesn’t aggravate my symptoms
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Gemma’s story of how migraine affects her son Dylan who is 6
As a mum, I wish I could take the migraine attacks, instead of him
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Mathew’s story of how migraine in childhood and in the workplace
At school I always felt under-valued as my migraine attacks were misinterpreted as ‘not paying attention’
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Conner’s story of growing up with migraine and supporting The Migraine Trust
When I was a teenager, people around me didn’t understand migraine that well and the effect that it can have on your mental and physical wellbeing
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Julia’s story of finding out she has migraine after 16 years of symptoms
I had no idea that sinus pain could be migraine or that what I was experiencing was not a normal headache
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Marième’s story of growing up with migraine
When I have a migraine I can get confused and my memory is really bad so I cannot do anything that requires thinking a lot
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Barbara’s story of migraine with aura
The aura symptoms make me extremely vulnerable and can be temporarily disabling
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