If you’ve ever had a fasting blood test scheduled early in the morning, you probably know that feeling—dragging yourself to the lab, half-awake, stomach grumbling, caffeine-deprived. What you might not expect is the splitting migraine that sneaks up on you afterward. I’ve been there more times than I care to admit, and let me tell…
For years, I never made the connection between my glasses and my migraines. I’d chalk up my pounding headaches to stress, dehydration, or poor sleep—never once blaming the sleek pair of frames perched on my nose. But after yet another unbearable migraine hit while I was working late, a friend casually asked, “Have you ever…
There was a time I couldn’t tell if I was just overly exhausted or heading straight into another migraine storm. The overlap between the crushing fatigue and the throbbing head pain was too frequent to ignore. After years of dealing with both migraines and that relentless sense of burnout, I realized what many of us…
It’s one thing to see your child with a scraped knee, but watching them double over in pain because of a migraine? That’s a different kind of heartbreak. As a parent, I’ve been there—feeling helpless, unsure if the pain will pass or if it needs serious intervention. When my 9-year-old started experiencing migraines, I dove…
When a migraine hits, your first instinct might be to crawl into bed, turn off the lights, and pray it passes quickly. That’s usually my go-to move, especially if the pounding in my skull feels like a marching band set up camp inside my head. But one question I’ve been asked more than a few…
There was a time when migraines ran my life. I’d wake up fine and by lunch be curled up in the dark, missing meetings, skipping meals, and avoiding even the tiniest bit of light or noise. What baffled me the most? The unpredictability. It wasn’t until I started digging deeper into nutritional strategies that I…
If you’ve ever dealt with the dull throb or the piercing ache that climbs up the back of your neck and settles at the base of your skull, you’re not alone. I still remember sitting at my desk one afternoon, barely able to turn my head because of the searing pain radiating from my neck…
It’s weird how your body can throw tantrums in totally different areas—and still somehow be connected. I learned that the hard way juggling migraines and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). I used to think they were completely unrelated: a pounding head and a temperamental gut? Nope. Turns out, there’s more of a link than I ever…
When I was pregnant with my first child, I expected morning sickness, weird cravings, and mood swings. What I didn’t see coming? Migraines. Not the typical headache kind either—these were full-on, vision-blurring, lie-in-the-dark migraines. Especially during the first trimester, they seemed to have a schedule of their own. Turns out, I wasn’t alone. Migraines in…