Gay migraines

Gay and bisexual people

Why Are Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual People at Higher Risk. Headache and migraine have always been there — they are a part of my identity. Research shows, however, that gay, lesbian, and bisexual people are 58% more likely to experience migraine than strictly heterosexual people.

Connect with thousands of members and find support through daily live chats, curated resources, and one-to-one messaging. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been a lot of research focused on migraine within the LGBTQ+ community. Medically Reviewed by:.

Have thoughts or suggestions about this article? Migraine is a neurological condition that affects people of all ages, backgrounds, races, and sexual orientations. Many people with migraine live with constant pain, light and sound sensitivity, and other troublesome nonhead pain-related symptoms.

These are things that you may never know unless a person with migraine told you. Sexual minorities had 58 percent higher odds of a migraine than their strictly heterosexual counterparts, according to research published in JAMA Neurology. Yet it is a good reminder: Many people live in pain in silence, made invisible by both their chronic condition and their identity.

When I come out now, it is by telling someone that I live with migraine. To examine disparities in headache/migraine between subgroups of sexual minorities more specifically, responses on sexual orientation and gender were also used to create a second key independent variable for bisexual women, lesbians, bisexual men, and gay men.

A National Health Survey from reported that the prevalence of headache and migraine was % for bisexual women, % for lesbians, % for bisexual men, and % for gay men. Home Forums. Sharing my story and who I am is an important part of the work I am doing to create a more just world.

For years, I hid that I lived with migraine from everyone except the people closest to me. Join the free Migraine community! I never thought that I would come out again in my life. A study of migraine, trauma and discrimination in sexually and gender-diverse people began to look at how the cumulative effect of adverse childhood experiences and discrimination over a longer period of time manifests in the body, particularly with migraine.

How does migraine affect the LGBTQ+ community? For many, migraine remains an invisible disease. Keep reading to learn what we know about migraine disease in the LGBTQ+ community. They also found that gay who had a history of discrimination or trauma experienced increased disability from migraine.

Ad revenue keeps our community free for you. Real Talk August 12, Coe, MPA. The process of coming out is something I have thought about a lot. Real Talk.

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Sharing our stories is an important step in making our experiences visible. To this day, it shocks me when someone tells me that they have never had a migraine attack; let alone a headache. There was a time when I had headaches almost every day.

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