Category: Treatment
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Migraines and exercise
Dr Betsy Seng, a psychologist and researcher in neurology, presented on migraine and exercise at the wonderful 2024 Migraine World Summit. It’s taken me a while, but here are my notes from her interview. It was agreed that exercise is good for everyone, however, when you have a migraine it…
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Rest assured(?)
In Australia, we have two (main) terms for afternoon rests: ‘power kips’ and ‘nanna naps’. For the first, you’re more likely to make a conscious decision to go lie down. You might even set your alarm clock to be sure you get back up at a certain time. The nana…
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A letter to neurologists
Dear neurologist, I am writing this letter to you so that you might better understand our relationship and the emotions that I am experiencing when we meet. I know that you see hundreds of patients each year, but you are the only neurologist that I have met. I might have…
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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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