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Melissa Bearden

For 20 years, I’ve endured a non-stop migraine since battling bacterial meningitis as a toddler. Despite treatments, including trigger management and medications, relief eludes me. My hope lies in future breakthroughs for migraine treatment and ultimately, a cure.

The Journey from Headache Week to National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month

Question: How did National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month start? Answer: The drive for a National Headache Week began during the fall of 1989 in order to gain national political and public support for recognition of headaches and migraines as…

Meditation, Neuroplasticity, Migraine, and Pain

May 2021, Episode 95: How can meditation help someone with migraine or another headache disorder? There is MRI data that actually shows meditation helping to heal the brains of people in chronic pain. Dr. Lindsay Weitzel talks to Dr. Amelia…

Liv-ing With Cluster Headache

I am a 40-year-old attorney, teacher, and wellbeing professional who continues to model, paint, and exercise…despite managing chronic cluster headache. Do what you can with what you have; you are your own best advocate.

Preventing Migraine Attacks: A Current Perspective

NATIONAL HEADACHE FOUNDATION SURVEY SHOWS MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WITH MIGRAINE ARE UNABLE TO CONTROL DISEASE AND DISSATISFIED WITH CURRENT PREVENTIVE TREATMENT OPTIONS 84% of people currently taking a preventive treatment wish there was a better treatment option- Migraine disease has…

Sandy and Allie’s Story

My 18 year old daughter has suffered with headaches since 8th grade.
We’ve tried almost every treatment, pill and diet to combat these horribly debilitating
headaches. I am looking for help from a broader community now. Thank you for your assistance.

National Headache Foundation Survey Shows Majority of People with Migraine are Unable to Control Disease and Dissatisfied with Current Preventive Treatment Options

The National Headache Foundation today announced findings from a new survey, Preventing Migraine Attacks: A Current Perspective, which characterizes the experiences of people living with migraine and highlights the physical and emotional barriers to preventive treatment. The survey found half (50%)…

Vitamin Supplements and Migraine

May 2021, Episode 94: Supplement information related to migraine can be very confusing. Which vitamin supplements should we take? Why should we take them? How long before we should expect to feel an effect? It’s so easy for us to…

My mother never gave up hope – Edgar’s Story

Edgar Onofre, 14yr old born with hydrocephalus. Vp shunt, cerebral palsy. First born from Perla Rodriguez, a 17yrs old attending high school. How providing care for her child’s, teaches her life lesson. Of being strong because was the only option. Experiencing the lack of support with no knowledge she suffered in silence her sons pain.

Nicole’s Journey With Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension

My story is of a postural or orthostatic headache. This is the major symptom of a Cerebral Spinal Fluid Leak. After many tests, and two trips to the ER my neurologist was able to come to this diagnosis and expedite treatment. The headache from this issue is truly debilitating and the only relief is lying down. I think it’s important to shed some light on this particular type of headache as many people suffer from misdiagnoses and mistreatment before finally getting the proper care they need to treat this.

Q-Collar and the Prevention of TBI

April 2021, Episode 93: Have you ever noticed how woodpeckers can peck away at hard surfaces all day and never get a concussion? This is the inspiration behind a device newly approved by the FDA for the prevention of mild…

Cannabis, Migraine and Rebound Headache

April 2021, Episode 92: Cannabis is used by many people with migraine and other headache disorders to help control their symptoms. In the last few years, some studies have shown it to be effective for some people. Recent data has…

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