Why I’m Quitting Amitriptyline for Fibromyalgia guest post by Boni Wagner-Stafford I woke up this morning much sooner than I’d really like. Just ninety minutes after the last time I got up to pee and six hours after getting into bed. I’m best on between eight and nine hours’ sleep each … [Read more...]
Living with migraine
My experience living with chronic migraine. Advice, medical studies, and inspiration. I've lived with migraine for more than 30 years and have experienced chronic migraine several times during those years.
6 Ways to Enjoy Your Life with Migraine
6 Ways to Enjoy Your Life with Migraine -guest post by Samantha Wilson Do you feel that migraines are ruining your life? They have almost ruined mine. But I accepted the challenge and learned to enjoy my life. Most information on migraines discuss how to deal with one when it … [Read more...]
The Holiday Guide to Referred Pain (Guest Post)
Referred Pain: Holiday Style Here’s a fun fact (heavy sarcasm on the “fun” part): pain can develop in an area of the body completely unrelated to its origin. It’s called referred pain, and it can make diagnosing and treating a chronic pain syndrome incredibly difficult. You may have encountered … [Read more...]
30 Things About My Life with Migraines
My post today is part of Migraine and Headache Awareness Month. You can learn more about this 30 Things About My Life with Migraines meme at dailyheadache.com. If you blog and live with migraines or headaches of any kind be sure to share your own 30 Things answers on your blog. If you don't blog and … [Read more...]
Frequency of Migraines in Fibromyalgia Patients #MAHM
Every so often a study comes out that just leaves me saying "well duh!" and I'm sure I'm not alone. This week I read one of those studies. I thought it was common knowledge that there was higher frequency of migraines in Fibromyalgia patients, that Migraine is a co-morbidity of Fibromyalgia. … [Read more...]
Verapamil for Migraines and Cluster Headaches
Verapamil for Migraines and Cluster Headaches Verapamil is a blood pressure medication that has been found to improve chronic migraines and cluster headaches. I'm actually surprised it isn't used more, and that I hadn't heard about it until the last six months or so. A search of the … [Read more...]
Chronic Migraines and Cluster Headaches
Migraines have been on my mind a lot lately, both literally and figuratively. I started another period of cluster headaches about a month ago, and as I've talked with friends about my migraines I realized that I'm often finding myself defending my migraines (at least it feels that way). The truth is … [Read more...]
Do you use your illness as an excuse?
I have a confession, I've used my illness as an excuse a time or two. I've said I had a migraine to get out of something or to leave something early. We've had an event or two that neither of us really wanted to attend, so I developed a migraine after we got there to give us an early out. On the … [Read more...]
30 Things You May Not Know About My Invisible Illness
I've had this 30 Things meme started for months, and kept forgetting about it. I'm finally posting it as part of the September Headache Disorder blog carnival (hosted by The Daily Headache). Also, Sept 8-14 is Invisible Illness Week, another good reason to share this. 1. The illness(es) I live … [Read more...]
Fibro Warrior Wednesday – Nikki Albert
This week I'm getting to interview Nikki Albert. She's the author of one of the blogs that I love, Brainless Blogger. Nikki is from Alberta Canada. In addition to blogging, she enjoys reading, and writing both fiction and non-fiction. She is in a common-law relationship, and has three cats. She was … [Read more...]
