Migraine Explained: Migraine During Pregnancy
Pregnancy Plan I read the “What To Expect Before You’re Expecting” book from cover to cover before I got pregnant. As soon as I saw two lines on my pregnancy test, I moved on to its highly anticipated sequel, “What To Expect When You’re Expecting”. I even bought the “What…
Migraine Explained: Photophobia
Photophobia or light sensitivity is an intolerance to light. Many chronic illnesses include this as a symptom so having a dark room to escape to is very important. I have a severe sensitivity to light and am unable to tolerate the light coming in from a window. I have to…
5 Rare Types of Migraine
Migraine is classified into two classifications, Migraine with Aura and Migraine without Aura. Within these two classifications are several rare types of Migraine. Each of these rare types of Migraine comes with specific symptoms. It is important to identify what type Migraine you have in order to receive the proper…
Migraine Explained: My Migraine Life with Kriti Jindal
As part of the Migraine Explained series, I wanted to share some stories of the people that struggle with Migraines. I tell my story on this blog but I want to give other perspectives of the disease as well. So, Occasionally, I will be having a guest writer that will share their Migraine Life.…
Migraine Explained: Migraine Safety
As I have mentioned before, I have a rare type of Migraine called Hemiplegic Migraine. My aura symptoms include stroke like symptoms and includes vision loss, right side paralysis, Transient Aphasia and right side facial numbness (includes tongue and sometimes throat tingling). That is on top of the excruciating headache,…
Migraine Explained: My Migraine Life with Brittany Gray
As part of the Migraine Explained series, I wanted to share some stories of the people that struggle with Migraines. I tell my story on this blog but I want to give other perspectives of the disease as well. So, Occasionally, I will be having a guest writer that will share their…
Migraine Explained: Transient Aphasia
One of the most annoying symptoms that I have during my Hemiplegic Migraine episodes is aphasia. The National Aphasia Association defines aphasia as, “an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech.” Although aphasia is generally permanent, transient aphasia is temporary and is the type that accompanies migraines.…
Migraine Explained: My Migraine Life with Julie Davis
As part of the Migraine Explained series, I wanted to share some stories of the people that struggle with Migraines. I tell my story on this blog but I want to give other perspectives of the disease as well. So, Occasionally, I will be having a guest writer that will…
Migraine Explained: Silent Migraine
Did you know that it is possible to have a Migraine without pain? You might be scratching your head because you thought that a Migraine is a headache. Well, if I do nothing else with this blog, I hope to educate some people about how untrue that assumption is. A…
Migraine Explained: Migrainous Stroke
One of the stigmas most people that battle Migraines have to endure is that it is “just a bad headache”. Nothing could be further from the truth as I discussed in the four-part series, The Phases of Migraine. There are also some serious complications that can occur due to Migraine…
