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Archive for July, 2007

Recognizing & Treating Children’s Migraines

Up to 10% of school-age children have migraine. Think a child or teenager that you love might be one of them? Listen to Children’s Migraines: How to Recognize and Treat Them, today’s HealthTalk webcast, to learn more. The hour-long show starts at 7 p.m. EST tonight, Wednesday, July 18. About 10 minutes before the webcast, [...]

Wheat/Gluten- and Dairy-Free Diet for Migraine & Headache

Food is an overrated headache trigger, but since I’ve identified that nuts and legumes are problematic for me, I’ve approached food triggers with a more open mind. Completely fed up with nearly nine months of nightly migraines, I decided to subsist on boiled chicken, romaine lettuce and rice for three days, then add other foods [...]

Wheat/Gluten- and Dairy-Free Diet for Migraine & Headache

Food is an overrated headache trigger, but since I’ve identified that nuts and legumes are problematic for me, I’ve approached food triggers with a more open mind. Completely fed up with nearly nine months of nightly migraines, I decided to subsist on boiled chicken, romaine lettuce and rice for three days, then add other foods [...]

Yawning Because Your Brain Needs Oxygen? Think Again

Cooling the brain and making you more attentive is the role of yawning, not increasing oxygen to the brain, according to recent research. [P]eople do not yawn because they need oxygen, since experiments show that raising or lowering oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood fails to produce the reaction. Rather, yawning acts as a [...]

Yawning Because Your Brain Needs Oxygen? Think Again

Cooling the brain and making you more attentive is the role of yawning, not increasing oxygen to the brain, according to recent research. [P]eople do not yawn because they need oxygen, since experiments show that raising or lowering oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood fails to produce the reaction. Rather, yawning acts as a [...]

Update on the Migraine & Chronic Daily Headache Treatments I’ve Tried Since February

I’ve tried a variety of treatments since February, but haven’t kept you updated. It’s like I don’t want to talk about them at the outset because I might jinx it. After a treatment has failed, I push it aside so I don’t have to think about it. Here’s the surprisingly long update. Naturopath Shedding tears [...]

Too Hot to Breathe & a Migraine Coming On

That’s the extent of today’s post. I’m going to set myself up in the dark, cool(er) dining room and hope the migraine passes soon. See you tomorrow.

Understanding Migraine Through Body Worlds Exhibit

What Does a Migraine Look Like? Body Worlds Offers Some Perspective is a must-read article for migraineurs who want to know more about what’s happening in their bodies. Migraneur and non-scientist Michelle Melin-Rogovin’s excellent article describes some of the science through a patient’s point-of-view. It is truly a fantastic article.

Grumpy Kerrie is Gone (For Now)

Yesterday’s post only captured part of my day. These days my mood fluctuates dramatically depending on how my migraines are going. I woke up in a good mood, had a migraine come on around 9:30 a.m., during which time I wrote that post. Once I took a two-hour nap, the pain decreased substantially and I [...]

A Visit to My Headache Specialist: Migranal, Seroquel, Biofeedback & Headache Management

Another visit to my headache specialist, another round of medications and therapies. This is the first time I don’t have any anticipatory excitement that one (or some) will help. It’s not that I don’t think there’s a chance, I’m just too tired to get caught up in what ifs. The prescriptions I left with are [...]