Migraine · experiences
It's not in your head. It's in your brain.
Migraines are often dismissed as an exaggeration. The invisibility between attacks makes it extra difficult to be taken seriously. Below are a number of patterns that often recur.
🔒 These are anonymized, composite patterns based on what patient associations, research and healthcare providers broadly report on this subject. They are not quotes from one specific person. As soon as we receive real, consented experiences, we publish them here carefully and with attribution.
Recognisable patterns
What people often experience
WorkOften
“I often say that I 'have a dip for a moment' instead of that I am having a migraine attack, because the latter raises just too many questions.”
The own pill cabinetFor years
“I just took another painkiller when the last one didn't help anymore, until someone told me that the pills themselves were part of the problem .”
RecognitionAgain and again
“Everyone has a headache sometimes, I hear. But no one lies in the dark with earplugs three days a month in.”
The search for the right doctorYears
“It was only during the third GP that I was really asked about how often I took painkillers, and then the penny dropped.”
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