On 2/19/09, I hosted a SIL Brown Bag lunch session “Living
with Migraine: Issues & Coping Strategies.”
Migraine has been is a major component of my life for nearly 30
years. I tend to get episodic headaches,
usually once or more a week, on either side of my head. The headaches have been sometimes
debilitating, lasting nearly 10 hours at a time, but since 2000, I have been
able to greatly reduce the severity and frequency of the headaches primarily by
avoiding “trigger” foods. Watching my
diet has greatly improved the quality of my life, and as a number of my SIL
colleagues know, I can proselytize endlessly about this.
At the brown bag, we watched a short documentary, “Life and
Migraine,” with a number of affecting testimonials
from people who suffer and struggle with migraine (if you’re interesting in
borrowing the film, please let me know).
We also viewed a short TV clip with a Johns Hopkins neurologist I saw
briefly as a patient, who is a big proponent of the “dietary trigger” method of
controlling migraines (and is somewhat controversial).
Below are a few tidbits from the talk that I hope are
useful. I should mention that am not
medically trained – I can only speak from my personal experience. If you regularly suffer from headaches, I
highly recommend getting a thorough check-up from a neurologist or group
practice that specializes in headaches.
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