June 2020, Episode 61: Dr. Vincent Martin and Dr. Lindsay Weitzel discuss Vestibular Migraine. Do you experience dizziness, vertigo, lightheadedness? You could be experiencing Vestibular Migraine.
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This is an excerpt of an essay which I included in the newly published (Kent State University Press, 2020) literary anthology on migraine, which I edited: “So Much More than a Headache: Understanding Migraine through Literature”
Since I was a child I remember getting “sick headaches.” We would go out and play baseball on a sunny Saturday morning and then I would spend that afternoon and night in my room with a cold rag on my…
I am sitting on my patio trying to enjoy the beautiful weather, but I can’t because I have a migraine. My head is killing me, I am dizzy and nauseous. I have in my lap a binder given to me…
I get migraines about twice a week, especially when there is a change in the weather. I usually wake up with it. So of course my head is throbbing, and the need to vomit forces me to get up. Once…
I have suffered from migraines for a long time. The first one I had was when I was five-years old. I used to have headaches daily and sometimes these escalated into migraines about once a month. My migraines are disabling…
Telling the story of my Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) caused migraines is like telling the story of a tsunami! At one time they were predictable but not now, and sometimes nausea even accompanies them. The headaches, which began as the…
I started having migraines in my mid-twenties when I became pregnant for the first time. I suffered with the migraines, nausea and vomiting for years before seeking help. I think I have tried everything known to mankind, including maintenance medicines,…
I had my first migraine at age seventeen. I suffered with the pain, nausea, and sensitivity to light. Over the next 20 years, I went from doctor to doctor looking for relief. I was put on Inderal as a preventative,…
“In fear of pain, I live each day, My head, a traitor, wants its own way. What sins have I committed, I’m left to explain? What have I done to my poor, tired brain?”
