By Lisa of Migraine Magick (Guest Writer) - Let’s change the context around chronic pain. What if you could use your pain as your gain? Maybe pain wouldn’t feel like such a loss of precious time if you could use it to your advantage and heal. Would you prefer to use pain as an asset … Continue reading Re-contextualizing Pain
By Alexandria - If you're not familiar with self-hypnosis, let me assure you that it is nothing like what's shown in horror films. No matter how skilled the therapist, meditation leader, or professional hypnotist, hypnosis meditations cannot make you do anything you do not wish to. I've heard of self-hypnosis for many things -- weight … Continue reading The Best Free Apps to Combat Migraine & Chronic Pain
By Sarina - Many of the individuals who live with chronic migraine also live with one more other chronic illnesses. This means a lot of traveling to specialists, some close by and others farther away. When it comes to traveling to those far away doctors, car rides and flights can easily trigger a migraine attack. Additionally, … Continue reading Traveling to Doctors’ Appointments with Chronic Migraine
By Jason (Guest Writer) - I stay active during chronic and hemiplegic migraines to repress pain and symptoms. It is activeness during migraine that palliate migraine pain and symptoms. Every time Big Bird’s orange flap opened and closed my head throbbed harder and harder. I wanted to pluck each yellow feather from his oversize bird … Continue reading How Migraines Make Me Productive
By Jennifer - Having Chronic Hemiplegic Migraine has taken a lot of things from me, but none has been more frustrating than some of the food I can no longer eat. Figuring out food triggers is especially difficult because it is not easy to track. A migraine triggered by food may not happen for up … Continue reading 3 Ways I’ve Eliminated Migraine Trigger Foods
By The Migraine Mantras Team - Alexandria: I was diagnosed with migraine when I was 5, and I can't recall ever not having the terrible pain, nausea, and vomiting of the migraine attacks. By the time I was 9, a doctor noticed I was having seizures during the migraine. For most of my life, I … Continue reading Our Stories of Chronic Migraine
By Wanda - Lets start at the beginning with the definition of “research”: 1. Noun - the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions 2. Verb - investigate systematically Remember doing research papers in school? In order to become our own best advocate, we … Continue reading Migraine & Headache Disease Research
By Wanda - Discussing mental health isn’t quite the taboo it used to be, but that doesn’t make it any easier. It’s taken my entire lifetime (49.5+ years) it to be “okay” to talk about mental illness, and in some circles like *cough* family *cough* it’s still not a topic to be discussed. It’s always … Continue reading Migraine Survivors: The Toll Migraine Take on Mental Health
By María - As I typed the title of this article I had to pause for a moment to think if it was too silly. I mean, most doctors should understand the concept of chronic pain, shouldn’t they? At least to me if I suffer from a chronic disease with endless pain and decide to see … Continue reading Explaining Chronic Pain to Your Doctor
By Jennifer - How Weather Impacts My MigrainesI have changed my diet to avoid nitrates, MSG, chocolate and certain cheeses that trigger my migraines. I have tried to learn new ways to handle stress. Of course, I take my medications just like I am supposed to and I follow my doctors instructions to the best … Continue reading The Connection Between Weather & Migraines
