I decided to share “My Migraine Story” on my 44th birthday because far too many people suffer from the invisible pain of migraines and we need to share our stories so that others can understand our experiences.
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Finding A New Way to Sail: My Migraine Manifesto
One in five soldiers who sustained a concussion in Afghanistan or Iraq developed headaches on a daily or near daily basis, a new study has shown. Concussion is a common injury for those fighting in Afghanistan and was for soldiers…
I am a 51, almost 52-year-old woman. As a young child, I had chronic daily headaches. I cannot remember a time or day of no headaches. My first migraine was at age 5. I was running up the side of…
Though we often concentrate on the emotional signals of the disorder, depression can also cause painful physical symptoms in patients. The physical complaints of depression can include sleep disturbances, severe insomnia and early awakening, appetite changes, anorexia and rapid weight…
Migraineurs are significantly more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than the general population, according to a study reported in the April edition of the journal Headache. While approximately 8% of the population is estimated to have PTSD,…
Repan is an effective pain reliever containing butalbital, caffeine and acetaminophen. It should not be taken on a daily or near-daily basis because it can cause habituation and rebound headache.
Some patients will describe a daily, chronic tension-type headache as well as a recurrent hard or “sick” migraine-like headache. This combination of tension-type and migraine headaches, previously known as the mixed headache syndrome, is now identified as coexisting migraine and…
There is a theory and some preliminary research that an Epstein-Barr virus infection may be in some way related to chronic daily headache unresponsive to normal treatment regimes. Epstein-Barr virus is related to the viruses that cause illness such as…
Chronic daily headache (CDH) refers to a broad range of headache disorders occurring greater than 15 days a month — in many cases daily — for a period of at least 3 months. The primary variety of chronic daily headache…