What is the Cause

I really enjoyed this. It is so relatable for so many of us out there!

Thanks for sharing!!!!

oh darling,

my twin :D As you well know, I have the same PFO problem added on to the migraines , and been accused of just faking it, etc etc. my god... we really just might as well be twins .

I cried my eyes out reading that. our stories are really too much the same and you managed to put it into poetry. I hope the ones who "didnt get it" happen upon that poem....

all my love and admiration and gentle hugs

bim

leeloo;

I want to thank you for your beautifully written post. Like the two previous replies I was touched very much by your words.

"Euphoric" during an attack that sounds great. No not me though. I, many times, would be euphoric when the pain had, temporarily,ended. Gosh, how I use to get the kitchen floor to shine. It was as if I was bouncing off the walls. I had no one to talk with afterwards. My children were toddlers, my husband wasn't interested, and my mom just never thought my pain measured up to her pain.

Many many years later I go through what I call a migraine hangover but ofcourse without the headpain. It may last a day or two before it is time to start the round over again.

My gosh, your words were as if I were reading for the very first time, confirmation of the world I(you) live in.

Greatfully,

Marlene    =^"^=````~  

I have been a migraine sufferer for 27 years (since I was 5) and it wa always hard to explain to people what was going on, if they even cared to listen or believe me. Migraines take my self esteem and tramples on it, they disrupt many areas of my life; it was as if I wrote your poem. Thank you.