Category: Treatment
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Botox for migraines
Tomorrow is my next round of Botox with my neurologist, and I have a confession to make; I have a terrible phobia of needles. I’m also not a fan of deliberately putting toxins into my body. I probably also harbor deep-seated schoolyard angst towards ‘beauty queens’ and the notion of…
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Are you a super-hotty or a cool kid?
In anecdotal evidence, I’m discovering that migraineurs tend to be either ‘hot’ or ‘cool’ people. Those of us who are ‘hotties’, like to take our caffeine hit in the form of a cup of coffee. When we take a shower to relax tired muscles, it needs to be nice and…
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Trauma and migraine
Dr Aimie Apigian was interviewed about trauma for the series of interviews held at the 2024 Migraine World Summit. I made a promise to myself when I started this blog at the beginning of the year that I would not post content that I felt might be triggering to myself…
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Acupuncture for migraines
About five years ago, a friend recommended I try acupuncture for my migraines. I have mixed feelings about (un)solicited advice. On the one hand, I’m open-minded, keen to get better, and curious to learn about my options. On the other hand, I’ve had more than my fair share of advice…
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Lady Gaga’s migraine ad
A few weeks ago, I did a post labelled ‘migraines as advertised’ that showed several (not great) migraine medication ads from decades ago. Seconds after I hit ‘publish’ I noticed an article about a ‘controversial’ Lady Gaga ad for migraine medication. Lady Gaga is well known for her singing and…
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Migraine Biomarkers
The next instalment from my file notes from the ever-giving 2024 Migraine World Summit is a discussion on whether increased knowledge about biomarkers could improve migraine diagnosis. Dr Patricia Pozo-Rosich, the head of neurology at a Spanish institute was interviewed, and the short answer to the hypothesized question is yes……
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Humming the pain away
The vagus nerve runs from your brain, behind your ears and down to your stomach. It helps your nervous system move between ‘fight and flight’ mode and ‘rest and digest’. In an attempt to reduce chronic pain, anxiety, or even just give yourself a lift on those days when you’re…
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Metabolic migraines
Ugh – I suppose that a blog writer who writes about migraines is going to have to expect to get a migraine from time to time. But I’m back – it’s 2.30pm in Australia and now that I’m up and at it, I thought I’d send you some notes I…
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Pet therapy for migraines
This post is about ‘pets for migraines’ – as opposed to ‘pets with migraines’ – which is really too terrible to think about… Although if you do think about it, it makes you wonder what specifically it is about the human brain that sets us apart from animals. Perhaps one…
The Mindful Migraine 