Since the age of 18 I have had daily migraines that now range from a pain level of 3 to 5. Ive tried everything. Need help to try to fix my suffering from chronic daily migraines.
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Introducing “Pick 3 With The NHF”, an interview series where we will be asking three questions of patient advocates, healthcare providers, supporters, and people living with migraine disease and headache disorders. Mary Franklin was the Executive Director of the National…
February 2021, Episode 87: Dr. Vince Martin and Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discuss COVID, the COVID vaccine, and migraine and headache disorders. Dr. Martin explains the headache/migraine experiences of patients who developed COVID. Find out if the COVID vaccine could have…
I wrote this poem to try to put my migraine experience into language. Pain can erase one’s whole world. One yearns only for relief. After pain, I sometimes experience what Oliver Sacks described as a post-migraine euphoria: an overwhelming sense of ease and contentment. My neighbor’s yard is filled with azaleas. Most of the year it is a tangled mess of shrubs but when it blooms, it’s gorgeous. My post-migraine euphoria feels like the azaleas in bloom. But is the euphoria worth the pain?
February 2021, Episode 86: Teens and adolescents with migraine disease and chronic headache conditions have unique and significant stressors even under the best of circumstances. COVID has presented new conditions for this group, both positives and negative. In this episode…
Misunderstanding of headache causes, treatment availability, and the need for mitigation by providing clean air in educational settings – A Personal Journey into post-secondary education
February 2021, Episode 85: Dr. Lindsay Weitzel and Dr. Timothy Smith discuss the FDA’s recent approval of Nerivio for use in children older than 12 years of age. Nerivio is a smartphone-controlled wearable device used for the acute treatment of…
My 3 E’s of Advocacy
My migraine journey
NHF- January 2021 Newsletter https://headaches.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/NHF-January-2021-Newsletter.pdf
January 2021, Episode 84: British singer Jessie J woke up on Christmas Eve suffering from vertigo and experiencing a significant hearing loss. The 32-year-old singer was diagnosed with Meniere’s disease. Dr. Lindsay Weitzel and Dr. Vincent Martin explain Meniere’s disease…
Migraines suck but I turned my pain into art.
