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Vestibular Migraine

June 2020, Episode 61: Dr. Vincent Martin and Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discuss Vestibular Migraine. Do you experience dizziness, vertigo, lightheadedness? You could be experiencing Vestibular Migraine.  

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“I Know Upon Awakening” by Kathy O’Shea

This is an excerpt of an essay which I included in the newly published (Kent State University Press, 2020) literary anthology on migraine, which I edited: “So Much More than a Headache: Understanding Migraine through Literature”

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Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – J. Tom

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – J. Tom

Since I was a child I remember getting “sick headaches.” We would go out and play baseball on a sunny Saturday morning and then I would spend that afternoon and night in my room with a cold rag on my…

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Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Carol

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Carol

I am sitting on my patio trying to enjoy the beautiful weather, but I can’t because I have a migraine. My head is killing me, I am dizzy and nauseous. I have in my lap a binder given to me…

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Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Arlene

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Arlene

I get migraines about twice a week, especially when there is a change in the weather. I usually wake up with it. So of course my head is throbbing, and the need to vomit forces me to get up. Once…

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Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Tam from U.K.

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Tam from U.K.

I have suffered from migraines for a long time. The first one I had was when I was five-years old. I used to have headaches daily and sometimes these escalated into migraines about once a month. My migraines are disabling…

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Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Alison

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Alison

Telling the story of my Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) caused migraines is like telling the story of a tsunami! At one time they were predictable but not now, and sometimes nausea even accompanies them. The headaches, which began as the…

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Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Charlene

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Charlene

I started having migraines in my mid-twenties when I became pregnant for the first time. I suffered with the migraines, nausea and vomiting for years before seeking help. I think I have tried everything known to mankind, including maintenance medicines,…

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Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Carol F.

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Carol F.

I had my first migraine at age seventeen. I suffered with the pain, nausea, and sensitivity to light. Over the next 20 years, I went from doctor to doctor looking for relief. I was put on Inderal as a preventative,…

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Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Karen

Sharing My Headache Story with NHF – Karen

I have been suffering with headaches, migraines, for about 20-years or more. I remember them lasting for a month or more, just ebbing in my head. For the last couple of years I have noticed that my headaches are getting…

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Headache Poetry: A Fearful Pain

Headache Poetry: A Fearful Pain

In the fall of 2006 the NHF’s Headache Education and Support Group facilitators invited their attendees to submit headache-related poetry. Because interest in this project grew, it was opened up to all who visit the NHF’s web site, as well…

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Abdominal Migraine

Abdominal Migraine

Abdominal migraine is one of the variants of migraine headache. This variant most typically occurs in children, and is common for them to had nausea and a “stomach ache” which is often relieved by a nap. They usually have a…

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