Migraine Overview

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Medicinenet Migraine Overview <- Click Here

The link above provides a comprehensive overview of migraine, what it is, how to recognize migraine, treatment options, preventative treatments and more.

The article can be printed by selecting the Printer Friendly Version, the link for which is located at the bottom of the page, just above the "Related Articles".

An even broader overview can be viewed on the Medicinenet Migraine Center

Medicinenet provides another way to navigate their migraine resources by viewing the Migraine Headache Index

Anyone interested in learning more about migraine would find many valuable resources on the Medicinenet site.

Be sure to return to Psychlinks to discuss your findings and your own interests in this topic.

 

[Misha]

Thanks Steve... I'll be sure to check it out.
Have you (or anyone) by any chance read Oliver Sacks' "Migraine"?

 

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Have you (or anyone) by any chance read Oliver Sacks' "Migraine"?

No, what's it about?

 

[Misha]

Oliver Sacks, as you may know, is a neurologist who writes fascinating case histories. I have read most of his stuff and it is amazing. "Migraine" discusses cases of migraine patients, and has some really interesting stories about migraine-induced halucination, and many other factors. You'd really enjoy it, Steve.

 

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I've been a long time fan of the work of Oliver Sacks! He also does work with Tourette Syndrome.

Thanks for the tip about the book on Migraine, another topic in which I have a special interest.

 

[Misha]

Steve, one of my favorite Oliver Sacks stories is "A Surgeons Life", the one about the surgeon with Tourettes.
Have you read Musicophilia yet? I haven't but I've got it on my shelf. Meaning to start, as soon as I finish the book I'm reading now.

 

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one of my favorite Oliver Sacks stories is "A Surgeons Life", the one about the surgeon with Tourettes

Believed to be based on the real life story of Dr. Mort Doran, a surgeon in British Columbia...and one of my personal heroes.

 

[braveheart]

How can you tell the difference between a sinus headache and a migraine?

What would you suggest when a stress headache goes to the weakest spot - my sinuses?

Migraines and sinus troubles come from my father's side of the family. I've had sinus trouble for as long as I can remember - and now cannot take anti-histamines/decongestants due to overuse when I was growing up.

It's just I've got a really bad sinus/migraine type headache today. Working things through in therapy eased it a bit, but my forehead still feels raw, and the back of my head/spine feels very tender.

 

[Misha]

I get really bad tension headaches that I feel in my orbits and I get really bad eye pain with that. I have such a pressure buildup in my eyes that every time I blink or move my eyes, I feel (and hear) what seems like little air bubbles popping (?). I've been diagnosed with migraines many times but nothing migraine-related medwise will help me. So I'm sticking with the tension headache idea. The pain gets really bad though, and the eye pain sometimes worry me because it's almost constant.