I have suffered from migraines for over 40 years. I get a migraine about once or twice a month. I get the flashing light in one eye before it starts. Sometimes vertigo comes with it. I feel like I got stabbed with a screwdriver in my eye. Light and sounds bother me. I have to cover my eyes and sometimes put an ice pack on my skull. For all those people out there who suffer with migraines, my heart goes out to you. I am now in my 60's and it doesn't get easier.

The frustration is exacerbated when your medical provider gaslights you because they can't see it through a blood test or scan.

I actively flinched when the collegue turned the lights on in the board room. So glad I can work in low light.

This is very good, Migraine Canada. It is the blunt and awful reality. I could not stop myself from crying as I watched, as it is my life. Thank you for producing this.

Thanks for creating this- we need to get more awareness out… no one can ever fully understand unless they truly suffer.

I literally cried after watching this video, I think this is what I am going through every week😢😢

This felt so real. The stigma and lack of understading is the worst part. I often feel ashamed and like there is something weak about me. 😢

Wow, this is so US ( the ones we suffer Migraine)

On day 2 of a migraine. Prayers for all who suffer.

This is my life ..and I'm so sick of hearing about fresh air water eat healthy ..do this try that take your meds ..its like a jack hammer to your brain ..i throw up for 12hrs solid i cant even drink water..I'm now hypersensative to noise and at times i have felt like being here in this form is not worth the endless hours of pain .. What you bave another migraine ! those words alone rattle my brains ..as the years pass and my age increases so do my migraines and it destroys my time on this earth . You all have my thoughts and nest wishes x

And the worst part is the migraine headaches go away only after puking out the contents and emptying your stomach. It sucks

Truly impactful video. I'm not a mother, but I saw myself so well in the roles of wife and employee as a woman living with chronic migraine. Thank you Migraine Canada and Abbvie.

I get migraines everyday and this video is so true. People say you use it as an excuse to miss work or not go to social functions when they have no idea that the pain you are in is excruciating. People have no empathy or feeling for others

It’s like your stuck in this place doing things at arms reach from the moment you wake up. While the world moves around you. While everyone is so productive. Your in survival mode all day, all week, all month for years. But its your brain and you don’t want to seem incapable. You have anxiety….your double checking everything, trying to sound engaged even though your vision is blurry and head fog makes you just want to be alone.

Since i was a little boy i saw my mother suffer from Migraine . i always felt that she was in deep pain and nobody understood her . when i turned 15 my Migraine kicked in . i am 37 now and beside Migraine i have now cluster Migraine . what is hard is that nobody understands the pain . and they want u to go out and have a normal life while u can't even walk or see light or heard any sound !

Currently struggling from suicidal thoughts due to chronic migraines I’ve been experiencing for quite some time now. I just want my pain and suffering to end. I get the ones with the aura and the debilitating pain afterwards. I don’t want to end my life but I’m sure God will understand. Tired of trying different remedies and praying. To all the migraine sufferers, keep going. It’s tough. Im rooting for you. ❤ As for myself, I give up. This is something only God can heal ✌🏾

Thanks so much for making this film for us all ! Luv the falling down depicted as that's how I feel in so many ways.

ok so ill just say this, this video showed how someone is managing to cope with migraines its quite accurate... what it didn't show is when your migraine peaks and you become totally desparate for help.

Very good and informative. Thank you Migraine Canada. It was very difficult going to work and looking after other people when I was in the throes of a migraine. The worst!

Thank you so much for this …

THIS!! Thank you so much for this video ❤️🙏🙌

Thanks for bringing this up so accurately and honest. It’s my routine, felt so authentic and got touched how everything matches with what I go through every single day!

I am so tired of how everyone undermines you when you have a migraine. They are so ignorant

When people ask me how bad my migraine are I always tell them the following: "Even if Jesus, Michael Jackson, the president and my celebrity crush would stand in front my front door I could not get up out of bed during my migraine attacks."

I used to get them as a kid and while at school. The nurse in the school didn't take it serious. I'm in my 50s now and its still a struggle. I get the headaches almost daily. The only thing that work's is prescription migraine medicine. The shots work the best. I worry if i lose my insurance. I tried to toughen up tonight and deal with the throbbing pain, but it turned into a full blown horrible migraine. There is no way i could drive, work or fuction at all. I just find my self thinking death would bring relief. I'm terrified because my son gets alot as well. I worry if im not here for him what may happen. I notice that eating triggers them most times as well.

😭😭😭😭😭😭this made me cry. I hate not being able to explain

I'm having migraine right know I am fedup because of this pain I want to give up

This hit hard, they started 6 years ago, once every couple months, then once a month, then once a month for days... now years later I am getting them 6-8 times a month and it took a doctor at a WALK IN clinic I went to to get a doctors note for work to refer me to a neurologist, not even my primary care did this... over 10 different medications and nothing has worked. Now I am at a new company and a year later I am still dealing with this... Used all my sick time my first year I am running on MDA sick days with no pay, and just about to start college just to get a AA and BA in IT so I can do a work from home job... It's eating me alive, any work from home entry job is customer service and you can't do that with a migraine. There's so many issued I face with little help... I even thought about going on disability but here in WA it's $1300 a month.... how can I survive on that and pay for school

Well done

Why do the tags have womenshealth but not menshealth aswell?

When I feel a migraine coming on I like to be alone and get into bed with no light I take paracetamol,I get numbness and tingling on my left side,including my lips and tounge I can't get my words out properly and I can't see,this has made me have many days off work my manager isn't very sympathetic I'm frightened off going anywhere I fear one will come again

At a past job, I called in with my migraine and just took the heat from my manager. I was not even able to get up.

Take magnesium supplements, its a life changer, suffered migraines most of my life, been free of the curse for 2 years now

Im a teenage girl and migraines have totally destroyed my academic performance

Drilling in my head😭😭😭also it is in half of head, another half is fine. My right eye is aching😣😖

Моята позната приятелка Гергана, съученичка на Станислав моя втори братовчед, на която помогнах да завърши медицина и да стане дипломиран лекар чрез "гледане на кафе", майка и страдаше от мигрена, направих и само няколко сеанса с ръце над главата и....💧.📍.💦. 🦄.⚫ проверете я, бивша учителка е - има ли оплаквания от мигрена и от кога няма.....

Not drinking enough😂 ... They have no idea...

My life 😢😢

DONT WATCH THIS WITH A MIGRAINE THERES A VERY LOUD SHARP NOISE THATLL MAKE IT WORSE

migraine attack is trauma. I hope medicine comes.

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I use herbal enemas for migraines.

Hey on a plus side... I got nothing.

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Terrible feeling

Neurologist wants to try Botox for me. Ugh.