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What r/migraine is talking about this week

r/migraine has 236,937 members and 58 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 17 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

236,937members
58posts in the last 24 hours, newest 3 min ago
17comments an hour right now, newest 5 h ago
1,038points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/migraine this week

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Top threads this week

  1. HRT: mistake

    I stopped my combipatch on 10/22 and I am on week 6 or 7 of a migraine. That’s the only thing it could be. I wonder how long until it goes away.

    1,038 points50 comments7 d ago
  2. Does anyone else wake up every day with a slight headache?

    Every day, I wake up with a mild headache—the kind that, if left unaddressed, turns into a hellish migraine. I’m not sure if what I’m doing is the right approach: as soon as I wake up, I take...

    768 points215 comments4 d ago
  3. "We do not put patients on disability for their migraines"

    This is the response I received from my neurologist after asking for a letter stating my inability to work due to my vestibular and regular chronic migraines so I could keep my medicaid... I am a...

    692 points301 comments7 d ago
  4. THE LAST WEEK BEFORE MONTHLY MIGRAINE SHOT

    Day 1: Hope. Day 2: Denial. Day 3: Bargaining. Day 4: I can hear colors and see jackshit. Day 5: Brain has filed for divorce. Day 6: Death is a reasonable alternative. Day 7: THE LORD HAS RISEN....

    627 points49 comments2 d ago
  5. Waking up after taking amitriptyline
    483 points108 comments5 d ago
  6. Finally saw a Neurologist today after putting it off for years... And I'm deeply heartbroken by what he said my options are...

    So I'm 33, I've been getting headaches/migraines LITERALLY every single day since around age 14. Excedrin or knock off Excedrin was the only thing that used to work, but it doesn't work as it did...

    332 points551 comments6 d ago
  7. i drew today’s migraine

    i saw this girl on TikTok who draws her migraines and i wanted to try too.

    321 points18 comments4 d ago
  8. I'm not afraid to say it, masturbation (in particular edging) cures my migraines sometimes.

    Am I the only one? Can we have a conversation about this? I, like most of you, would try anything to rid the pain of a migraine. My children and I play a game, where we say what we would wish for...

    276 points55 comments5 d ago
  9. Do you ever avoid doing things because you're afraid they'll trigger a migraine?

    I've noticed that dealing with migraines can make you think twice before doing almost anything. Sometimes you want to go out, exercise, drive or even spend time in a busy place, but you start...

    234 points82 comments3 d ago
  10. Can't even just look down, reflected right back up at me!

    Took this while waiting for my kid's haircut to be done. They're good and cheap but huereereeeerrrrrrgh

    221 points39 comments6 d ago

Newest posts

  1. Running out of things to try…
    1 points0 comments3 min ago
  2. Scared to do Botox
    1 points0 comments17 min ago
  3. Ubrelvy didn’t work last night. Might it work tonight?
    1 points0 comments19 min ago
  4. I got a prescription for Emgality. Should I have my hopes up??
    1 points0 comments40 min ago
  5. Should I go to ER
    1 points0 comments1 h ago
  6. Here we go again..
    1 points0 comments2 h ago
  7. Weird zappy headache
    1 points0 comments2 h ago
  8. Anyone taking lamictal?
    1 points0 comments2 h ago
  9. any teachers with migraine? thoughts?
    1 points2 comments2 h ago
  10. Did anyone else’s migraine symptoms get worse as they aged?
    1 points0 comments2 h ago
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