I experienced my first migraine was when I was 8 years old. I carpooled home from
school with neighborhood friends to an empty house. My mother was
running late from work and I had to sit on the front steps with what
felt like a headache that was going cause my eye to explode from the
inside out. As soon as my mother got home, I was able to rush inside and
throw up. (Pizza, if you were wondering, sausage rectangular school
pizza. To this day I still have a difficult time with school pizza...which wouldn't be a problem if I wasn't a teacher.) The
rest of the day is a blur.
Now at the age of 29, I have been
suffering with migraines since. They begin to increase in severity
and frequency in my teen years. At 21 they became persistent and
frustrating. By 23 they were debilitating and chronic.
My symptoms
mirror that of many other migraine sufferers, sensitivity to light,
sound, and odors, occasionally I am nauseous and throw up, my neck
becomes sore, and I have difficulty thinking clearly and communicating.
Once my hand went numb, another I physically couldn't get out of bed. Sometimes I have all of these symptoms, sometimes none of them.
So here I am...29, yet to find something that works,
with a myriad of treatments behind me, all tried and failed. At my last neuro
appointment I asked my neurologist if I had stumped him yet, he replied, “Almost.”
This blog is my attempt at recognizing Chronic Migraines as a disease and sharing my journey with others.
