Category: Triggers
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Mind-messing optical illusions
Quick word of warning – today’s blog post is NOT very migraine friendly – which is so against everything I believe in… except that I do have a curious mind… If you have a migraine – come back tomorrow… this blog post could make you feel unwell… OR if visual…
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Migraine and gut health
Vince Martin, the director of a headache clinic in Cincinnati explained gut health in the 2024 World Migraine Summit earlier this year. As with some of the other presentations, I was out of my depth with the heavy science-side of things, so be sure to follow up my summary with…
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No spoons (or forks) for me…
A while ago I wrote about the history of “spoons” – the metaphor people with fibromyalgia use to explain how people with chronic pain allocate their limited amounts of energy. Today I want to go into a bit more detail to explain the idea, AND tell you why it doesn’t…
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The migraine-pain-brain-train
The other day I had to catch the train into university to see my PhD supervisor. It takes about one hour, as long as everything goes right. If there is any sort of problem, then it can be even longer. Very occasionally, I’ve had to get off and change to…
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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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