April 2019, Episode 8: In this episode of Heads UP, Dr. Vincent Martin and Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discuss High Pressure Headaches (also known as pseudotumor cerebri) and how they are often diagnosed as chronic migraine.
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Chronic pain and migraines are an isolating medical condition. One of the most important things that I have found to help me with this sense of isolation is connections within the migraine community and within advocacy groups. I know how difficult it can be to reach out to others for help and support, but this has been a literal life saver for me.
I am 62-years old and have had chronic migraine since at least 7-years old, although they could have begun before that time. 62 years ago no one paid attention to a child with headaches except to give me aspirin, Excedrin,…
Chronic migraine best characterizes those patients with a history of migraine who experience headache more than half the time. This condition was previously called Transformed Migraine. However, transformation requires that the sufferer recall precisely how their headaches have changed over…
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…
