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For Years, I Had No Idea My Epic Migraine Attacks Were Tied to My Menstrual Cycle

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EspañolJune is Migraine and Headache Awareness Month. As told to Nicole Audrey Spector I was in college when I had my first migraine attack. It was so severe it knocked me out for three days. On the second day, I shut myself away in a dark room, where I was vomiting nonstop and on the verge of passing out.Terrified, thinking I was having a brain aneurysm, I went to the health clinic on campus as soon as I was able to walk and tolerate being in the bright outdoors. I was still really shaken up as I described my symptoms to the doctor, but he checked me out, told me there was nothing wrong and s...

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