Migraine - All SharePosts Relating To "Migraine disease"

evansmom

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posted 09/29/2008, comment (1)

Day by Day, Chronic headaches, accompanied w/Migraines w/aura

I'm not sure what to do w/this sharepost? I quess I will just tell my story. I am 35yo female, happily married, and have a 6yo son. I've had migraines since about 1994. Prior to my son being born they would just be the aura in which I would lose my peripheral vision to the right side and I would not be able to see the right side of someones face... Read more Chevron

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Nebula

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posted 09/25/2008, comments (2)

let down

I was so excited at the beginning of the summer. It felt like a fog had lifted and I was myself again. I got off the topamax that HATED and began taking amitriptyline. I like being on it and for most of the summer it seemed to be working really well. Now I'm a semester into my senior year and it seems to have stopped working completely. I've taken... Read more Chevron

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Rhonda

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posted 09/24/2008, comments (2)

Hello and Thanks!

I'm new here, but migraines are an old nemesis. My fist migraine hit when I was 11. I got to this site by following Teri Robert. Went to About.com because of a link in her book. She was gone! Glad I found her here. Teri, if you're reading this -- I cannot thank you enough for your book and what you've written online. You have... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/20/2008, comments (0)

Atherosclerosis, Migraine and Blood Clots

Recently, a study was conducted to see if there was any correlation between Migraine and atherosclerosis (harding of plaque in artieries) and increased risk of venous thromboembolism (blood clots), aka VTE. People who suffer Migraine with aura (MWA) are at an increased risk for stroke (see Migraine and Stroke... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/11/2008, comments (2)

National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week

Having chronic illness can make life difficult. When these illnesses are "invisible," it becomes almost intolerable at times. September 8 - 14, 2008 is National Invisible Chronic Illness Week. This years theme is ''Hope Can Grow from the Soil of Illness.'' Karen Lee Richards, co-founder of the National Fibromyalgia... Read more Chevron

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