Checking In
Worried emails come in whenever I’m quiet for long, so here’s a brief update. My mood is pretty good and my migraines have been a bit better (though I have an ugly one right now). Wellbutrin is still making me dizzy when I work on…
Author: Kerrie Smyres
Kerrie Smyres, The Daily Headache's founder, is a writer, patient advocate, and small business owner who has lived with chronic migraine for nearly 40 years.
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I’m Out of Cope Due to Depression
After posting Food and Migraine Frustrations: I’m All Out of Cope, I finally looked at all the pieces that were frustrating me (and how I was overreacting to everything and felt helpless) and realized they added up to depression. I was still waffling until the…
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Insurance Companies Shifting Drugs to “Non-Preferred” to Raise Co-Pays
Health insurance companies can no longer deny patients coverage because of pre-existing conditions, but there’s no denying we’re expensive to insure. The latest strategy to increase profit is shifting even generic medications to “non-preferred” status, according to a story by ProPublica and The New York…
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Food and Migraine Frustrations: I’m All Out of Cope
I’m glad I published Full of Hope About the Future of Migraine Treatment Wednesday because my hope has been stretched thin every day since then. The DAO is still working great, but I keep developing reactions (read: migraines) to foods that were once OK. If…
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Full of Hope About the Future of Migraine Treatment
I just left my headache specialist’s office and have more hope for the future of migraine treatment than I have ever had – not just for myself, but for all of us. There are exciting treatments on the horizon, like transcranial magnetic stimulation, vagus nerve…