Migraine Awareness Month #1: Your First for the First. Share the story of your first Migraine, what it was like, if you knew what it was, what you did, how you felt.
Looking back, I believe I had my first migraine at the age of 15. I was in biology class, and I was taking an exam. As I looked at the test, it appeared as if the words were being typed onto the paper as I watched. I didn't realize at the time that I had blind spots. Soon after, I was stricken with severe nausea, and went to the nurse. I began vomiting violently, and my mother was called. I recall that the nurses were speaking, and I couldn't understand what they were saying. I assumed that I had the flu, and that I was suffering from a fever, which caused me to be confused. The pain came soon after. My mother had to pull the car over several times on our way home so that I could get sick.
I didn't know it was a migraine. I never told anyone about the visual disturbances or the confusion--I was afraid someone would think I was crazy. It wasn't until at least 10 years later that I was diagnosed with migraines that I realized what had happened that day. It is possible that there were earlier migraines, but that is the first one that I know for sure.
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