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Winter Holiday GuideEnjoying the Holidays Despite Migraines and Headaches --> Info for you...

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Yep, yet another job going down the drain

You can give me points for persistence and exceptional pain tolerance, but minus points for dependability and consistency.  I was on leave from work for three months, then came back part time, then back to full time.  I have seen improvement in my migraines; down to three to four a week rather than daily, which occured after being... Read moreChevron

Killer migraine day 2

On day two of a killer migraine.  Pain meds have minimally dulled it and sleep cannot kill this beast.  I am now attempting something called Migraid because running out of things to try. I had to call in sick from work and my boss was annoyed.  She wants me to go on short term leave again, becuase quite frankly I am... Read moreChevron

Asthma med is like crank and lag after a migraine like, well, the opposite of crack

My daily asthma med, Symbicort is causeing hyper nervoused activity, trembling hands, legs and twitches.  It is horrible when it happens are work.  All of yesterday I felt like I was goin out of my skin with all this nervous energy.  I cleaned the house for a few hours simply to wear myself out. Then today I get a migraine in... Read moreChevron

So I have asthma

And I am literlly the most sickly person I know.  Chronic condition and chronic conditon, it just seems to statitically unlikely... but clearly I got all the bad part of the gene pool.  However, the asthma treatment, in particular the inhaler, has decreased my migraines significantly  (and immediately helped with the... Read moreChevron

Breathing may decrease migraines

So I still have shortness of breath, but after another eventful trip to the er I got one of those puffers and the doc said I should be tested for asthma as well as other possible conditions of the heart or lungs.  I had a chest x-ray and ekg which were fine, but he recommended others... testing lung capacity and 34 hour heart monitor.  I... Read moreChevron

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This animation shows one of the key causes of pain during a migraine--changes to the blood flow within the brain.

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