Information and opinions on health from kcass at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/361027/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/361027/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/361027/index http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/361027/105749/migraine-alert Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:52:32 -0500 kcass I've been doing some reading online and I came across something interesting. There is a group of service dogs called migraine alert dogs, similar to seizure alert dogs they alert the person before they have a migraine based on behaviors and changes in their body that the dog can detect. Has anyone else heard of this? I am exploring this option because I'm a full time student, and have been to the ER 14 times this year, many times because I don't... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/361027/105749/migraine-alert http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/361027/102483/headaches Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:18:17 -0500 kcass I have been waking up with what I call "hangover" headaches. I wake up with small headaches in the morning. Most of the time they are taken care of by the medication that I am taking at the time but sometimes they are not. Thats when I call in the back up. This week I called my doctors at MHNI and asked them about what I could do for these morning headaches because some of them go away its still not fun to wake up with morning headaches like you... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/361027/102483/headaches http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/361027/101850/ask-myself-why Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:02:00 -0500 kcass This has been something that has been on my mind for a while.  I have a twin brother who is very healthy, a volunteer fire fighter and going to college as well and persuing a degree as well. He has virtually no health problems. Me on the other hand, I have an enlarged thyroid, depression, anxiety, herniated disc and chronic daily migraines.   I was recently in inpatient treatment in Michigan becuase we couldn't keep them under... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/361027/101850/ask-myself-why http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/361027/101742/migraines Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:36:07 -0500 kcass the most intersting thing so far about college has been nursing and migraines and handling the two together. I have had so many challegnes trying to balance the two. It is hard to say how I have done it but somehow I have told myself that I will never quit and I will never give up. And so far for me its worked. I am now in my third year and no one not even my advisor though that I would make it this far. I am so proud of myself. and I believe... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/361027/101742/migraines http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/361027/101741/journey Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:12:26 -0500 kcass I got my first migraine at the age of 19. I was given too much ativan which i was having a reaction too. my health center told me to go sleep off the effects of the ativan. later wham i was hit with the first of many migraines. the never went away after that. i was in the health center almost every other day for migraine or migraine like headaches. they finally said i give up and sent me to a neurologist.... only his speciality was epilepsy not... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/361027/101741/journey