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Migraine Symptoms: The Aura Phase
In a previous blog post we discussed the visual disturbances that many people experience during the migraine aura phase. Today we continue with other symptoms...
Attack-based Care: Responsibilities
Throughout our Attack-Based Care series we have looked at several different approaches to treating different migraine attacks. We started off by looking at what the...
The Four Phases of Migraine Attacks
Did you know there are 4 phases to migraine attacks? Did you know that each “phase” comes with its own sweet set of symptoms? It’s...
Attack-Based Care: Triggers
Migraine triggers are that all elusive aspect of life with migraine. They’re something we have all heard of, and something we tend to talk a...
Attack-Based Care: Symptoms
Nausea? Head pain ? Vision distortion? What are your symptoms when a migraine attack hits? We know that no two people have the same migraine...
Attack-Based Care: Pain Level
Did you know—some people who live with migraine disease experience attacks that go from level 1 to 10 in just minutes? What can you do...
Attack-Based Care: Timing
Have you ever woken up with a full-blown migraine attack? Sometimes I even dream that I am having a migraine, and then the pain gets...
Migraine Symptoms: Visual Disturbances
Many people with migraine experience visual disturbances. As is true with other migraine symptoms, visual disturbances vary from person to person and attack to attack....
Attack-Based Care and the Migraine Toolbox
Is Every Migraine Attack the Same? If only managing migraine was a cookie-cutter experience, not only with everyone being the same, but also for each...
The Stoplight Theory and Migraine Attacks
What's Your Migraine Color? How many times have you been asked to rate your pain on a scale of 0-10? If you’re like me, more...
Migraine Symptoms: A Closer Look at GI Issues
Gastrointestinal symptoms commonly accompany migraine attacks. Although they do not necessarily come along with every attack, these symptoms can be quite debilitating and difficult to...
Migraine Symptoms: A Closer Look at Head Pain
“It literally feels like I was hit upside the head with a baseball bat,” says Anna Williams as she describes what a migraine attack feels...