Category: Symptoms
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Migraine = an own goal
Today’s post is a book review – sort of – it’s about “Splitting: the inside story on headaches” (2020) by physiologist and neuroscientist Amanda Ellison. The reason it’s only ‘sort of’ a book review, is that it was a pretty intense book, for a potentially more medical-trained readership, so I…
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When migraines give you a foreign accent
OK, so… be honest; have you ever tried to imitate a foreign accent? Perhaps you think it makes you sound more la-de-da, but more often than not, people’s motives for putting on an accent that’s not our own, tends towards the not-so-noble end of the motivation spectrum. Which is why,…
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What really causes migraines?
My blog buddy over on Roaring Meg recently published a post called What really causes migraines? The post included a link to a BBC article of the same name (here). The article is written by freelance journalist and migraine-patient Sophia Quaglia. Ms Quaglia describes her migraine flare-ups like this: …the…
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Why do I have dark circles under my eyes?
One of my migraine triggers is “lack of sleep”. I know this, so, I aim to get 8 hours of sleep a night. Sometimes, like now, in the Australian Summer, that means I have to go to bed pretty early, because my two fur-babies wake up at dawn (5.30am-ish-grrr) and…
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What is Migralepsy?
One of the most amazing things about this blog has been all the incredible people I have met and the way you have all introduced me to so many interesting details about migraine, chronic pain, and/or mindfulness. Late last year I wrote about Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) – something…
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Trapped in migraine postdrome
Today’s post outlines what the 4 phases of a migraine are, including the fourth stage – ‘postdrome’ – and it explains why chronic migraine can feel like you’re permanently stuck in a state of postdrome. But it’s not all bad news; it also provides some ideas about how to change…
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Can mold cause migraines?
As a migraine person, I often end up chatting to other migraine people about potential triggers that might set off a bad migraine attack. “My migraines,” I say, “are primarily caused by stress, fluctuating hormones and dramatic weather changes… plus I used to find poor sleep and dehydration were problematic,…
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Vitamin B6 Toxicity
In the Australian news at the moment, there has been a sudden influx of articles relating to Vitamin B6 toxicity. A large corporation who sells over-the-counter supplements is facing a potential class-action lawsuit over claims that excessive levels of vitamin B6 are contained in its products and those high levels…
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3 years (un)well
In Australia, today is the King’s Birthday holiday. I think it’s typically the second Monday in June that we all get off work and school to celebrate the monarch of England who still officially “rules” Australia ever since it was discovered by Captain Cook in 1788 and colonized soon after.…
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