Blog

Welcome to the Migraine Meanderings blog where we share patient stories as well as information on migraine triggers, symptoms, disease management, treatment options, and much more! Learn more about life with migraine and discover the impact of the patient's voice.

We invite you to sign up for our blog and be notified whenever a new one posts. Also, if you would like to share your patient story about life with migraine, please feel free to contact us at: info@migrainemeanderings.com.  Your voice matters and we want to hear from you!

How To Stay Connected With Others While Managing Migraine

Do you find it hard to stay connected with others while managing your migraine disease? Having migraine can be incredibly isolating. We often stop attending...
Read More about How To Stay Connected With Others While Managing Migraine

Three Things to Know About Going to Therapy with Migraine

Living with migraine, we often spend a lot of time caring for our physical health. We go to doctors’ appointments, take supplements and medications, try...
Read More about Three Things to Know About Going to Therapy with Migraine

Fostering Empathy in a Migraine-Filled Relationship

How Can We Foster Empathy in a Migraine-Filled Relationship? Do either you or your partner suffer from migraine attacks, or perhaps even both of you?...
Read More about Fostering Empathy in a Migraine-Filled Relationship

Insurance Delays and Denials Impact Patient Access to Migraine Treatment

How Insurance Barriers Impact Migraine Treatment Access Migraine is a complex neurological disease that affects more than 42 million people in the United States alone....
Read More about Insurance Delays and Denials Impact Patient Access to Migraine Treatment

Beyond Medication: Sleep and the Migraine Brain

Sleep and Migraine If ever there was a tale of a complicated relationship, it is the story of sleep and the migraine brain. Get too...
Read More about Beyond Medication: Sleep and the Migraine Brain

Growing Up With a Disabled Parent: Empathy or Resentment?

It would be an understatement to say that it’s difficult growing up with a parent who struggles with a disability. It changes the way you...
Read More about Growing Up With a Disabled Parent: Empathy or Resentment?

Finding Answers: Taking Control of Chronic Migraine  

Managing migraine day-to-day requires constant effort, no matter how long you've lived with migraine disease. People with chronic migraine - defined as a minimum of...
Read More about Finding Answers: Taking Control of Chronic Migraine  

Managing Migraine at Work: Strategies for Success

According to the American Headache Society, nearly 113 million workdays are lost each year due to migraine. The work environment can be full of migraine...
Read More about Managing Migraine at Work: Strategies for Success

Do You Have an Individual Exercise Plan?

“I was a marathon runner until my migraine became intractable and chronic daily. I lived to run. It was my physical and psychological outlet. Then…boom…it...
Read More about Do You Have an Individual Exercise Plan?

Migraine as a Coworker

Having migraine as a coworker can be challenging. None of us are strangers to calling out of work for one reason or another. Whether this...
Read More about Migraine as a Coworker

Create an Attitude of Gratitude With Migraine

With Thanksgiving and the holidays just around the corner, the season of gratitude is underway. For those of us living with chronic illness like migraine,...
Read More about Create an Attitude of Gratitude With Migraine

Are You a Caregiver For Someone With Migraine?

November is National Family Caregivers Month Are you a caregiver for someone with migraine? Every November, we take the time to acknowledge those who provide...
Read More about Are You a Caregiver For Someone With Migraine?