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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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Beyond Medication: Sleep and the Migraine Brain

Sleep and Migraine If ever there was a tale of a complicated relationship, it is the story of sleep and the migraine brain. Get too...
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Growing Up With a Disabled Parent: Empathy or Resentment?

It would be an understatement to say that it’s difficult growing up with a parent who struggles with a disability. It changes the way you...
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Finding Answers: Taking Control of Chronic Migraine  

Managing migraine day-to-day requires constant effort, no matter how long you've lived with migraine disease. People with chronic migraine - defined as a minimum of...
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Managing Migraine at Work: Strategies for Success

According to the American Headache Society, nearly 113 million workdays are lost each year due to migraine. The work environment can be full of migraine...
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Migraine Comorbidities: Heart Health and Women With Migraine PART 2

Cardiovascular Disorders: PART 2 Heart health and women with migraine. As we discovered in part 1 of this series on migraine and cardiovascular disorders, research...
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Migraine Comorbidities: Cardiovascular Disorders And The Migraine Connection PART 1

Cardiovascular Disorders: PART 1 The connection between migraine and heart health (cardiovascular disorders) has been established for many decades. For example, we know that people...
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Migraine-Friendly Valentine’s Day Gifts

How to show support for people living with migraine as we celebrate this day of love. Valentine’s Day is almost here, which means it’s time...
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Do You Have an Individual Exercise Plan?

“I was a marathon runner until my migraine became intractable and chronic daily. I lived to run. It was my physical and psychological outlet. Then…boom…it...
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Migraine as a Coworker

Having migraine as a coworker can be challenging. None of us are strangers to calling out of work for one reason or another. Whether this...
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Two Tips for Migraine in 2024

Did you make any New Year's resolutions? Many of us will resolve to achieve all kinds of goals in 2024, including managing migraine attacks more...
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New Year’s Resolutions for a Migraine Warrior

How are you going into the New Year with migraine? New Year's Resolutions for a Migraine Warrior I will mindfully be kind to myself and...
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Surviving New Year’s Eve With Migraine

If you’re one of the 42 million people in the United States who struggle with migraine then you likely know how difficult planning around major...
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