Information and opinions on Migraine from Teresa at MyMigraineConnection.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/968560 http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/968560/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/968560 http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/968560/51163/kind-migraine Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:49:52 -0500 Teresa My name is Teresa and I suffer from migraines.         I live in Roanoke Virginia. I have had migraines all my life-27 years to be exact. I suffer from tension headaches, left ice pick migraines, and the skull smasher. I call it the skull smasher because my neurologist has not told me what kind of migraine this is. This is a fairly new migraine & started when I turned 40. I'm now 44. I was... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/968560/51163/kind-migraine http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/968560/50996/things-migraine Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:52:41 -0500 Teresa Things You Should Never Say To a Person With a Migraine Headache                           "Smile! I need to see if the flashon my camera is working!"                         "What do you mean you need to rest after... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/968560/50996/things-migraine http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/968560/49932/skull-demons Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:20:07 -0500 Teresa One, two -what do I do? Three, four- bang my head on the door. Five, six- on with the ice picks. Seven, eight -this is my date. Nine, ten -here we go again. Eleven, twelve -I think I've gone to hell. I have horrific pain in my brain.The skull demons think my head is their home for hosting the "war zone". This fight will go on and on for hours, even for days. I wish it... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/968560/49932/skull-demons http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/968560/49931/man-hammer Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:17:48 -0500 Teresa There's a man on the couch with a hammer in his hand sitting next to me,We are chained together,I to him.He to me.There's no escape, for I do not have the key.Our days and nights are spent together as you can see,He uses his hammer to smash my brain until I cannot hear and cannot see.I laugh in defiance and pretend I am free.But smash! Crash! Crush!He swings him hammer again!He is part of me.There's a man on the bed with a hammer in his hand... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/968560/49931/man-hammer http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/968560/49930/migraines-genral Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:14:33 -0500 Teresa Migraines are not just a headache, they are a neurological disease. I get tension headaches, dull headaches, left ice pick migraines, and then of course the Skull Smusher AKA the brain ATTACK.I've had a "tension headache" for about a week now. I have tightness around the forehead and back of the head. It feels like a rubber band being stretched back and fourth. The pain is not "horrific" nor is it "mind blowing" but it does hurt. It's almost a... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/968560/49930/migraines-genral