Personal Narrative: My Family History Of Migraines

The medicine stung as it went in and because of the saline it was mixed with, I felt an unsettling cold as it shot through my arm. Somehow, it caused me to taste a strange metallic and salty taste in the back of my mouth and made me uncomfortable for no reason. There is no way to explain it other than a feeling of uneasiness that was resolved by nothing. The treatment for migraines is painful and scary. No one could have predicted the severity of the struggle I began with migraines when I was nine years old. I started getting debilitating headaches after I struck my head while playing on a playground at my elementary school; That episode lasted around six months. For about the next five years, I would get the occasional headache usually lasting no longer than 24 hours. However, on a random day in August of my …show more content…
After I hit my head on a piece of playground equipment I began getting terrible headaches. They associated it with the concussion, but after months of symptoms they began to believe that the hit triggered migraines. I have a family history of migraines; my father had food related headaches when he was young, my mother had one for months due to the stress of my father being stationed in Korea, and my maternal grandmother has them that cause her to lose vision. However this particular round of migraines lasted only a couple months. During those months we tried many different medications and changing my diet to try to control the headaches. Some medications helped the pain for a short while, but all seemed to prove unsucessful over time. Eventually, the headaches went away, whether it was, the gluten, corn, and dairy free diet, the medications, or just coincidence that stopped them, we all assumed that the problem had been solved. Since the onset of the second round of relentless headaches sophomore year, I have found it very difficult to complete classes, complete the smallest of daily tasks, and enjoy