Personal Narrative: My Migraine

It’s 5a.m and I can barely move; everything is blurry, my right hand is numb, and the right side of my head is pounding. A couple hours later everything transferred from my right side of my body to the left side of my body. It is a migraine that I am having, and this has been my life since 6th grade.

Migraine, while it's usually known as gloriously painful headache, ask a teenager and they will presumably say it's a hit song from the Ohio based synthpop, rap rock, indie rock, and yes even reggae, band Twenty-One Pilots. Underneath the techno beat and flying piano notes, are lyrics with a profound meaning. The excellent lyricist, Tyler Joseph, in a spit-fire fashion, confronts many prevalent feelings and struggles. Within the song, Tyler Joseph defends himself from his brain, that keeps sending him depressing, and pessimistic thoughts. This song uses many allegories represented by literal images. “Migraine” by Twenty-One Pilots is a unique song that puts a voice to the battles of the mind; it has a riveting theme, complex figurative imagery, and an intriguing syntax.

Transition: Now that you know what a migraine is, the causes and symptoms and the burden on a person.

n the first quarter of my junior year, I suffered a blow to the head. I thought it was a minor injury at first. I continued my work as if nothing had happened and did not even mention it to my parents. But the headaches did not go away, growing more intense as the days went on. Finally, about a week and a half after the accident, I realized I could no longer hide my discomfort as it became obvious that I had a concussion.

I have had Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome my entire life. It is an extremely rare disorder that influences a usually hospitalizing migraine every 70 days consisting of violent pain and vomiting. When I wasn’t having a CVS episode, I was battling everyday migraines which severely limited my functionality. These health deficiencies plagued my life, yet

Frequent and severe headaches interfere with daily life and can lead to lost hours at work or school, not to mention the emotional affects of being in such acute pain. Unfortunately, taking pain medication too often can exacerbate the issue and cause rebound headaches. So how does one break the cycle?

Because of these symptoms, my doctor suggested that I don’t go to class or do any physical activity until my symptoms clear. I did any assignments that I was able to during the last few weeks of classes though I needed to stagger them and do them infrequently to avoid making my symptoms worsen again. I was approved to return to physical activity during the last week of the academic calendar.

Usually, I wake up with my migraines so getting the in the middle of the day is a rare

Dark, striking, and afflictive are adjectives that my mind conceives when experiencing a migraine. The word migraine has become ingrained in my vocabulary as a menacing antagonist. The migraines took the last two years as its hostage, and are a merciless captor. Also, migraines have managed to grasp onto the thresholds of my education. For instance, during the second semester of junior year I missed twenty-two days of school. This is a side-effect of being a migraine sufferer and presents the challenge of missing course work during college. Furthermore, it has been an exhausting, strenuous, and demanding two years; however, it has been a period of betterment that was never intended to occur and developed pertinent skills needed to be successful

Headache History – Your history with headaches and migraines can tell us a lot about how we can help you.

I have always suffered from migraines since I was little I have never seemed to outgrow them I have always felt because my mom suffered from them too she gave them to me as well. Furthermore, doing some research on this subject I came a across an article by the Mayo Clinic (mayo.clinic.com) who described the definition of migraines and the symptoms. Migraines can be described as an, intense throbbing or a pulsing sensation in one area of the head and is commonly accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and extreme sensitivity to light and sound. In addition, when a migraine attack happens it can cause significant pain for hours or even days some individuals who suffered from are accompanied by sensory warning symptoms, such as flashes of light, blind spots, or tingling in your arm or leg. Treat for a migraine can vary usually medicine will work (I.e. Excedrin or Advil) if treat still hasn’t worked for talk to your doctor about medicines you can take and

blacking out. The migraines made it impossible to complete my school work because I was having a hard

Next thing I knew I was going back and forth from class, nurse, home, doctors (repeat for as 30 days). Finally, a doctor had some diagnostic and my gosh was I happy, but all that changed in a matter of 5 minutes. The doctor sits down and goes “well there's a 50 50 chance she has a tumor, but we can't get an MRI for two weeks.” My heart stopped. Two weeks I was expected to go through school not worrying about whether I had a tumor or not. No one expected me to worry about this because they would always say, “you’re fine. You probably just exaggerated.” I was shocked as to how my fears of what was wrong with me were just shoved off. This feeling was the first part that migraines actually changed my life. I was learning how to relax and be more independent.

The World Health Organization ranks headaches 19th among “causes of years lived with disability”.1 Patients that suffer from migraine headaches are more likely to have psychiatric comorbidities, a lower socioeconomic status and additional occupational disabilities, which additively create a diminished

What is a migraine? What causes a migraine to start? How can you treat a migraine? And can you prevent a migraine? Migraines are painful as well as has impact on how your go about your day. Also, it can impact how you feel about yourself, as well as how you interact with important people in your life. In this paper, I will explain what is a migraine, describe how they start, explain how can migraines can be treated, and explain how to prevent migraines.