"As if my brain was going through a blender": in the hell of migraines

Intense pain, which prohibits all movement, forces you to hide in the dark.

"It's as if my brain was going through a blender," compares Mylène, 38, a graphic designer.

"I have the impression that they are trying to enucleate me", describes Jean, 41, financial director.

"It pulses, each movement causes nausea, the pain is such that I have already lost consciousness", breathes Sibylle, 29, anesthesiologist.

Like 20% of French people, Mylène, Jean and Sibylle suffer from migraines.

A pathology in its own right, which is even the second disabling disease in France according to the WHO.

With its criteria: is diagnosed as a migraine sufferer any person suffering from “at least five attacks per year grouping together at least two symptoms: localized pain on one side of the head, throbbing and throbbing pain,

pain exaggerated by exertion or usual activities moderate or severe pain;

and at least one of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, intolerance to light or noise…”…

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