All People Who Are Taking "lyrica"

Tracey Rains

What a neat surprise!

I signed on to check out the migraine connection site Sunday and found a great surprise. I had a message! I had never had a message, and my first message was from Germany! I thought, "How weird would it be if this was from Heike!" When I was in grade school, I got a German pen pal, and we became such good friends that she came and... Read more Chevron

posted 06/30/2008, comment (1)|

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hoopsky

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Stages of Emotion

Pending dread, anxiously awaiting, The inflamation, the tender hints of eminent possibilities, Negative, apprehension about unborn moments, Waiting, knowing the impending misery, Biding time until the demon arrives. Announcing its arrival, Brutal, tortuous, excrutiating and relentless, Neverending, with its crushing pressure, Nausea... Read more Chevron

posted 04/10/2008, comment (1)|

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Frustrated

I ended up in the ER the other night and once again I had to hear from the doctor "so, you have a headache?" My partner piped in and advised him that I did not have a headache, I had a migraine. I don't know why it is so important for me to make that point, but I think it minimizes that intense pain of a migraine when a health care... Read more Chevron

posted 02/24/2008, comments (6)|

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Angieann

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Hello everyone!

Hi everyone. I've read this forum now for some time, and finally decided to join. I'm 35 and have been suffering relentlessly with migraines now for about 2 years. My family doctor is in the process of referring me to the UNC Chapel Hill headache clinic. If anyone here has had an experience with that facility I would love to hear it. I... Read more Chevron

posted 12/28/2007, comments (2)|

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Doctors vs. Migraines

What is it with ER doctors and Migraines. Are there that many people who fake migraines and go to the ER just to get narcotics for ER Doc's to have this stigma that ALL people who come to the ER with a nuro diagnosed disease of Migraines are drugies? It's either that or they consult you to Psych. I just don't seem to understand.

posted 12/08/2007, comments (14)|

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