Number 8 is so true! Thanks for posting!

Number 33. People just don't get it. This is my life of chronic pain and migraines everyday. Every Single Day.

Great post, thanks.

Lynn

Thank you for posting this, Yvette!
Especially Numbers 9 & 11.

I have learned to not expect others to understand what I am going through.
I do have 1 older brother who also has very bad migraines :( and we do discuss every so often and he "gets it.".

Having family that understands makes such a difference, doesn't it? My sister and I don't much get along, honestly. But the closest moment we had recently was when she commented she had two migraines in all her life and cannot fathom what it's like for me to have them so often. It was like that one moment of understanding that's been missing for 30 years. :)

Number 34 made me laugh, and I identify with it so much. And I know for a fact it has been said in this group by people who just "pass through". It said "And stop telling us to just drink more water". As if we don't already know that dehydration is one of the first things that will trigger a migraine.

I'd like to add one.

35. Using Migraine as an excuse when you only have a headache, is like saying you have epilepsy when you only have the shivers.

I have a number of people in my life who believe me and try very hard to understand. What bothers me though is when these people say they have a headache "but don't want to complain to me because its nothing like what I have".

While this may be true, my pain does not diminish yours in the least. Granted, most people don't understand what its like to live this way, but c'mon folks - you can have a headache too! Its really ok! I promise! ;-)