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THE COMPLEXITIES OF MIGRAINE

LIVING WITH MIGRAINE IS CHALLENGING.

If you live with migraine, you're continually faced with one decision after another.

Some of those decisions are focused on making the symptoms go away—like, should you try caffeine or water? An ice pack or dark sunglasses? But there are also those decisions that affect your personal life. Like, choosing between seeing your daughter’s school play or hiding behind an eye mask. Or deciding between going out with friends or crawling into bed.

You have likely cycled through a long list of medications and holistic remedies. But sometimes, medication can have the opposite effect. Frequent use of medication for pain relief in migraine can sometimes lead to medication overuse headache or other side effects.1

If you have been on migraine treatment for a while and it hasn’t been working, talking to you doctor to find a better way to manage your migraine may help.

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Impact of migraine

IMPACT OF MIGRAINE

People living with migraine know that when an attack starts, it can have a huge impact on daily life.2

Migraine is not just debilitating, it is unpredictable. It can strike at any time and disrupt everything. Even the way you experience migraine may not be the same every time you have an attack. Sometimes it starts with aura, followed by pain that can take hold in many areas of the body, and then fatigue. Other times it is nausea, then a throbbing in your head and sensitivity to sound and light.3

And that is just the physical impact.

Migraine can also have an emotional impact and affect your overall quality of life. Let us look at some scenarios.

DATE NIGHT?
OR
DARK ROOM?

49%

BELIEVE THEY WOULD BE A BETTER PARTNER IF THEY DIDN’T HAVE MIGRAINE.4

Personal Relationships

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

Migraine can take its toll on relationships with friends, family members, and partners.5 You may even experience feelings of frustration and fatigue. Sometimes, opening up to friends and loved ones and explaining the symptoms you experience can help.

GO TO WORK?
OR
CALL IN SICK?

20%

WORRY ABOUT LOSING THEIR JOB BECAUSE OF MIGRAINE.6

Jobs and Career

JOBS AND CAREERS

Migraine is a leading cause for decreased productivity at work, due to severe symptoms, adding to the stress of potentially losing a job because of the disease.5,7 Stay hopeful that there could be a different way to treat migraine and help you better manage your symptoms.

PLAY WITH YOUR KIDS?
OR
CALL THE BABYSITTER?

62-69%

FEEL THAT MIGRAINE IMPACTS ACTIVITIES WITH CHILDREN AND SPOUSES.8

Parenting

PARENTING

Migraine can be especially tough on families. Parents and caregivers with migraine often withdraw from family events and activities, and some believe they would be better parents if they did not get migraine attacks.5,8

Your doctor may be able to help you find a better way to treat migraine that can
also address the emotional impact.

Start a discussion about migraine with your doctor.

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References: 1. Mayo Clinic. Migraine symptoms and causes. Updated July 7, 2023. Accessed January 9, 2024. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/migraine-headache/symptoms-causes/syc-20360201. 2. The Migraine Trust. Chronic migraine. Accessed January 31, 2023. https://migrainetrust.org/understand-migraine/types-of-migraine/chronic-migraine/. 3. American Migraine Foundation. The true pain of migraine misconceptions. Published April 20, 2018. Accessed January 31, 2023. https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/resource-library/the-true-pain-of-migraine-misconceptions/. 4. Care Tuner Migraine Team. Migraine by the numbers: Impact on family, social and personal life. Accessed December 14, 2023. https://www.caretuner.com/knowledge/migraine-impact-on-family-social-and-personal-life/. 5. Buse DC, Fanning KM, Reed ML, et al. Life with migraine: Effects on relationships, career, and finances from the Chronic Migraine Epidemiology and Outcomes (CaMEO) study. Headache. 2019;59(8):1286-1299. 6. Care Tuner Migraine Team. Migraine by the numbers: Impact on work, productivity and the economy. Accessed December 14, 2023. https://www.caretuner.com/knowledge/migraine-impact-on-work-productivity-the-economy/. 7. Shimizu T, Sakai F, Miyake H, et al. Disability, quality of life, productivity impairment and employer costs of migraine in the workplace. J Headache Pain. 2021;22:29. 8. Seng EK, Mauser ED, Marzouk M, Patel ZS, Rosen N, Buse DC. When mom has migraine: An observational study of the impact of parental migraine on adolescent children. Headache. 2019;59(2):224-234.

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PP-UNP-IRL-0620 | November 2024