Information and opinions on health from Lorraine 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/4011/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/4011/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/4011/index http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/4011/109657/interesting-woman Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:47:00 -0400 Lorraine Any migraine sufferer will tell you that the headache pain can be unbearable. After suffering a migraine so intense it changed her voice, a 35-year-old British woman is describing the pain with a Chinese accent.   Sarah Colwill commonly suffers from migraines, but when an extreme headache caused her to call an ambulance last month, woke up in the hospital with an accent sounding more like someone who grew up in China rather than England,... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/4011/109657/interesting-woman http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/4011/84862/intermittent-years Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:04:15 -0400 Lorraine I finally got granted Intermittent FMLA.  It took almost 2 years of fighting back and forth with human resources to finally get granted.   Everytime I turned in paperwork they would come up with more questions to ask.   My problem is....  When you originally get the paperwork; they need to also give you the additional questions that they want answered.  Not just the goverment standard forms.   They... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/4011/84862/intermittent-years http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/4011/16046/side-effects Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:37:00 -0500 Lorraine I have been put on nortriptyline 20 mg to try to prevent my headaches/migraines.  I started taking it Oct 18th.  Started off with 10mg and now I am up to 20mg.  My question(s) are; if anyone can help me: The side effects.  At first I had dry mouth, that really didn't bother me that much.  Now it seems I have bloating (like my stomach seems bloated) and I have been urinating less than what I usually... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/4011/16046/side-effects http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/4011/15885/love-site Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:58:00 -0500 Lorraine  I just wanted to let everyone know that I love this site! I am thankful that I have found this site.  I have learned soo much.  Just wanted to say thank you! http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/4011/15885/love-site http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/4011/15852/frustrated Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:48:00 -0400 Lorraine Well it is 1:11am and I am sitting here with a headache. Which seems to be a normal occurrance these days.  Anyway, where do I start? I have been suffering for years with many forms of headaches. Everything from tension headaches, menstrual migraines, migraines, basilar migraines, and more recently migraines with auras and a few times auras with no migraine.  I have been on multiple different... http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/4011/15852/frustrated