What Does a Migraine Feel Like?
Migraine Guided Visualization, my latest post on Migraine.com, walks non-migraineurs through the symptoms of the pain phase of a migraine. What would you add to this “guided visualization”?
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Showing Others What a Migraine Attack is Really Like
Migraine Awareness Month Blogging Challenge #26: “From the Outside Looking In” — Write about what you think your family, friends and others think a day in life, a day with migraine disease is like. This is the perfect time for me to reflect on what…
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Yes, Body, I’m Listening
“C’mon, you don’t feel that bad,” I told myself upon realizing I was slumped over the coffee table with my head resting on my arm. My next thought was “Oh, wait. Maybe I do.” What an exciting moment to realize I was listening to my…
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Migraine Hangover & Recovery Day
The five-day migraine let up! I’d like to be celebrating by cleaning the bathroom, but am instead still idle, waiting for the migraine hangover to pass. I’m sluggish, vaguely headachey and spacey while my body sorts itself after the “extreme neurologic disruption” (I just love…
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Discovering I’m Depressed in Four Short Paragraphs
Multiple times a day I wonder if how I feel at a given moment is depression- or migraine-related. I keep concluding that I’m not, but I’m asking myself more than ever and have to wonder if that’s a sign that I am clinically depressed. Background I was first…