Migraine treatment has a timing problem hiding in plain sight. People with migraine are encouraged to recognize and treat an attack early. But some of the earliest warning signs—fatigue, difficulty concentrating, neck stiffness, mood changes or sensitivity to light—can also happen on perfectly ordinary days. At the same time, frequent use of some acute migraine medications can contribute to medication-overuse ...

It’s been more than five years since my last migraine attack. There’s still Excedrin in the medicine cabinet, but it’s expired and doesn’t travel with me anymore. Even now, I can’t completely trust that the crippling headache part won’t ever come back. Fifty years is a long time to live with anything. Migraine wasn’t something that happened once in a ...