Category: Triggers
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Nasal sprays for migraines
My general practitioner recently advised me that I could switch the abortive medication that I take for migraines when they are happening, from a tablet that I swallow to a nasal spray. She said the medicine works faster because it goes straight into your bloodstream through the blood vessels in…
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Keto for migraines
As another way of attempting to minimize the number of migraine days I have each month, I have recently begun researching whether there are any changes to my diet that can be made. ‘Keto’ is a phrase that keeps popping up on the internet. A ‘keto’ diet, or ketogenic diet,…
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Better breathing for migraines
A major part of mindfulness is breathing. It sounds a little suspect when you first hear about it – ‘breathing? I do that all the time already!’ What becomes apparent when you do a bit of research, however, is how badly migraineurs tend to breathe. I know that I tend…
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Closing the gap on migraines
I have written elsewhere on this blog that one of the aims for my holistic approach to healing has been to reduce triggers and increase my resilience to those triggers. Reducing triggers is something I have done both intuitively and deliberately for years wherever possible. I know glare is a…
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Climate and migraines
I have discovered that my migraines are very sensitive to the climate. Very hot or very cold days can trigger pressure in my head which sometimes leads to a tension headache, or a migraine. What I realized the other day, however, is humidity is also a trigger. I had spent…
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