Ancient Egyptian medical documents as early as 1200 B.C. make reference to migraine-like headaches and in 400 B.C., Hippocrates described the visual aura that can precede migraines and the relief which can occur through vomiting. Yet migraines weren’t widely accepted by modern doctors as a “real” health issue of their own until sometime in the [...]
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caffeine,
migraine,
serotonin
I had a bit of a meltdown yesterday afternoon when my mother phoned. She practically started the conversation with “You know what you should do; you should take some classes at night at the local university.” Well, I’d pretty much had it with everyone in my life telling me what I should be [...]
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childhood,
cultural messages,
diet,
migraine,
overwhelmed,
stress,
weight loss
I woke up this morning with a migraine, but, of course, being the only human in the house, I had to get up and walk the dog anyway. After I fed all the animals, I went back to bed, feeling a bit queasy, and I never was able to go back to sleep or [...]
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fibromyalgia,
Maxalt,
migraine