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I was informed back in 2014 when I I hit my head on a railing and I was informed that there is a spot on my right side of my head and come to find out that I have a enlarged blood vessel that is pushing on my Brain on my right side of my head, I have been told by neurologists that it is an extra blood vessel that I was born with and I have gone through 3 opinions and they said they are going to keep an eye on it and ever since then I have been getting severe migraines Headaches to the point… read more

Thank you! In new to this. Has anyone else gone through having a
Continuous migraine for 5 months, has a procedure. (Placed stent in right transverse sinus, in head, not normal for narrowing) last week and went from 4/10 to 6/10 going to 10/10 over a dozen times already. I am exhausted but can’t really sleep, they wake me up in the middle of the night but chronically wake up often, nausea frequently. Can’t even do my ADL’s without assistance now. How sores this get better? I don’t even see… read more

Can someone give me the clinical definition of these type headaches? I am a person who has been headachey since my late 20s early 30s. For a period of time they were quite bad but my former primary of years ago said my headaches were for vascular in nature. My persistent debilitating headaches waned in my late 30's through my 50s but recently I had a brain bleed(now resolved) but I don't know if that is the cause of my new type headaches because I also got the J&J vaccine, which did not agree… read more

Anyone else get lower GI issues with a migraine, esp diarrhea and pain?

I spent a lot of time in the sun yesterday. Went for a 2 mile run- 25 minutes and then spent maybe another 35 minutes doing photography outside. Started having a pulsating headache around 4:30 PM. Can too much Vitamin D cause migraine?

Have any of you taken more than one of the preventative CGRPs (Aimovig, Ajovy, Emgality)? Did one work better than the others?

What do you guys know about triptan overuse headaches?

I just learned of them from a nurse at my neurologist’s office. This had never been mentioned before by my neurologist and he prescribes me 30 rizatriptans per month and 7 frovatriptans per month, which covers my 20 migraines (if they decide to work). However, I had no idea that by taking the prescribed medication as directed, I could actually be causing more migraines. But if I don’t take them, I’m in excruciating pain and am… read more