Category: Triggers
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What on earth is allodynia?
In my 50+ years of living, I had never, ever, heard the word “alley-din-e-a” until the other day. It was in a presentation by a neurologist, and she mentioned it in passing, implying it relates to super sensitivity, and occurs when something hurts during an event which is not considered…
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Hysterectomies and migraines
You may or may not know that The Mindful Migraine Blog has a CONTACT page that you can use to send me an email – you can ask a question or just say “Hi!” About two weeks ago, I received three emails back-to-back. The first was from a musician asking…
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Headaches that start behind the eye
In my continuing summary of some of the Migraine World Summit presentations (back in early 2024), today’s blog post is about the presentation by neuro-ophthalmologist Deboah Friedman from Dallas, USA. She listed a huge number of conditions in which pain can occur behind the eye. The main take away was…
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Is my pillow causing my migraine?
When I first started to pull myself out of my chronic pain downward spiral, I listened to a podcast that had a title similar to the one I just wrote, something like: “is my pillow the problem?” This is it, I thought! I’m going to start to learn everything I…
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A plant app for healthcare
Yesterday was the 1st of September – the first day of Spring if you live on my side of the world – or the first day of Autumn-fall if you don’t. It’s a time of transition; these in-between seasons (which are actually my favorites because they don’t get too hot…
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Night Nausea
So, for all of you who visit looking for some optimistic insights about living your healthiest, happiest, bestest life – today’s not the day – sorry. I went to the neurologist’s office yesterday for Botox. Things are hectic here at the moment too, so maybe it’s stress, or maybe it…
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Migraine-brains are like Nuclear Reactors…
The other day there was an earthquake in Japan. It made me sad. It also made me worried. For the people, for their buildings and infrastructure… for their nuclear reactors. In my typical “domino thinking” manner, that thought led to another: ‘normal’ brains are like coal-based power-plants, whilst migraine-brains are…
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Hydration (Part ONE)
“Drink more water” is the catch phrase of well-wishers everywhere. And they’re right. For most of us, we really CAN drink MORE water – and SHOULD. Our bodies are made of it, they need it, and the ‘dryer’ we get, the unhealthier we become. I want to demonstrate what goes…
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Migraine’s Secret Sauce*
In Australia there’s currently a hamburger add on TV that keeps replaying an old jingle that goes through all the ingredients that go into the famous hamburger. ‘Secret sauce’ is, of course, included. I also remember there’s a famous chicken brand that loves to promote its ‘seven secret herbs and…
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