Migraines
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Managing Anxiety: Lessons from Life’s Unpredictability
I guess it depends on the day. Some days, the silence is deafening, and all the thoughts I want to avoid push their way in. Other times, I find peace in it. Why can I go from one moment where I can’t handle the silence to the next, where I relish it? Please, someone explain Continue reading
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Coping with Inconsistent Sleep Patterns
I don’t have a set time or schedule. I go to bed when my migraine tells me it’s time to lie down, so that could be at seven in the evening or two in the morning. My sleep is fragmented and inconsistent, which may be why I feel sleep-deprived half the time. Continue reading
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Living with Chronic Pain: Concerns for Tomorrow
I’ll come to no big surprise: my biggest worry centers around my debilitating migraines and the fact I’ve been on medical leave for nearly two years now. It’s a scary thought looking into the future and seeing more of the same: struggling to find the right med cocktail, balancing the migraine symptoms day in and… Continue reading
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Regaining Creative Flow Amidst Pain
As you can all imagine, with the migraine battle, it’s been a chore just to get out of bed on most days, so writing hasn’t been a priority of mine lately. Continue reading
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Tips for Effective Self-Care: From Tea Time to Spa Days
With all the self-development reading I’ve been doing as homework assignments from my team of doctors, most of my self-care practices center around guided meditation, breathing and cognitive exercises, yoga, wall pilates, and walking with my dog Continue reading
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Mindfulness and Breathing: My Path to Migraine Relief
In this migraine journey of mine, there’s this constant shuffle between doctor’s offices: general practitioner, neurologist, therapist, and all the naturopaths as well. It’s a draining process, to be honest. And it doesn’t stop there since everyone assigns homework. Continue reading
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Navigating the Roller Coaster of Migraines
You’ll have to excuse my prolonged absence once again. My migraine journey is one bitch of a battle. Uphill, downhill, sideways, and upside-down. I feel like I’m on a roller coaster ride to or from Hell without stopping and stuck in this never ending loop. Continue reading
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Emoji for migraine
What are your favorite emojis? I don’t think it will be a surprise to anyone when I say my favorite emoji is the explosive head one : 🤯 I use it so often it’s the first one that pops on my emoji list. Why? Because when someone asks how I’m feeling today I simply send Continue reading
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Absent and Silent
I must first apologize for my prolonged absence and silence, for those of you who have been following my journey you know I have been battling with chronic migraines we’ll at my last neurologist appointment they decided to play with medication formula. Additions here, subtractions there, introduction of elements Y and Z and on my Continue reading
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