Welcome to the Migraine Meanderings blog where we share patient stories as well as information on migraine triggers, symptoms, disease management, treatment options, and much more! Learn more about life with migraine and discover the impact of the patient's voice.
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Migraine Symptoms: Sensory Hypersensitivity
Migraine is so much more than just a headache. It is often a full-blown attack on the senses. Many people experience sensory hypersensitivity to light,...
Migraine Symptoms: Body Pain
Migraine is a full body experience. Before, during and after an attack many people have body pain, including body aches, neck pain, facial pain and...
The Importance of Finding a Headache Specialist
Those with migraine face many challenges accessing quality care and treatment. Insurance barriers, lack of knowledgeable practitioners, stigma, and nervousness and anxiety due to previous...
Medical Gaslighting and Migraine: It’s Not All in Your Head
Medical gaslighting happens when healthcare providers dismiss, explain away, or don’t believe a patient’s symptoms. While this can happen to anyone, it’s especially common for...
Navigating Insurance With Migraine
You wait for months to see your headache specialist. The day of your appointment finally comes. Your doctor has some ideas for new treatments that...
The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Oil
One of the most challenging things many of us with chronic illnesses have to face is trying to advocate for ourselves in the healthcare system. Somehow, it...
White Coat Syndrome and Migraine
If you experience heightened anxiety and nervousness when going to doctors’ appointments, you’re not alone. But did you know that this anxiety can actually have...
Migraine Symptoms: Central Autonomic Parasympathetic Symptoms
Many people with migraine experience what are collectively known as central autonomic parasympathetic symptoms. This unique set of symptoms are often not recognized as being...
Migraine Symptoms: Speech Changes
Many people with migraine experience speech disturbances, also known as transient aphasia, which affect one’s ability to communicate. These changes commonly take place during the...
Migraine Symptoms: Mood Changes
Many people with migraine report mood changes before, during or after a migraine attack. Anxiety and depression are common in people with migraine, but other...
Migraine Symptoms: Dizziness and Vertigo
Dizziness and vertigo are two other challenging migraine symptoms. Like visual disturbances, fatigue and brain fog, dizziness or vertigo may be an early warning sign...
Migraine Symptoms: Brain Fog
Brain fog is another common and often debilitating migraine symptom. Like fatigue, brain fog can occur at any phase of a migraine attack. In the...