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I'm so glad I came across this. I have had migraines since as a teen. I've been told by everyone "it's just a headache" more people need to be aware. ❤

This was very informative. Thank you! I have been suffering from recurring ‘headaches’ since childhood and am figuring out they’re possibly migraines.

Thank you so much for this great webinar! It was very informative and well explained.

Nice video dear👍👍

Really useful video dr. Thank you❣❣

hello dear

This is so true I get so down with migraine it's difficult to work I've lost 3 jobs

I am crying watching this and how society views chronic complex migraine as just a headache and expects us to be "Normal" or labelled as being "inconvenient" to the people around us. there is no true way to explain the pain, and how debilitating it gets and how much it has affected our lives.

This was brilliant!! I have had this constant for 11 years what i would give to feel still 😢😢

Please say something will help vestibular migraine its a living hell 😢

Started suffering migraines in early teens, and they are ruinous and almost impossible to explain and convey the experience to people. I've cried uncontrollably in the workplace in front of my boss in the middle of an attack, I've had friends who were paramedics called to come and help me when the uncontrollable nausea and spinning is driving you insane, I've had cars move around me while we are all stationary in a car park making me feel like I was reversing, time splitting and drifting, visual artifacts that would probably give psychedelic drugs a run for their money. 7:10 in the video might be an artistic choice, but migraine sufferers will tell you that is a very real motion and the only thing that has ever relieved it is pressing my forehead against a cold wall.

By far the most detailed and helpful video ! Thanks for sharing.

Migrains is one type of Epilepsy. And the attacks equals to seizures. So treatment is same as Epilepsy. Dr. Ibrahim

My neurologist doesn’t really believe in weather induced migraines. Throws riza at me and tells me to cope. Thanks for this explanation and advice.

Yes, Thank-you ! Excellent video

Could she have some lingering crystals that have not resettled in the proper place?

Thank you so much for thèse information ! I am looking for a VM specialist where I live in Paris France / it is far less unknown here among ear specialists than in Canada or the State and the only thing I have been proposed so far is not working. Would you have any colleaguew to recommand in Paris or France ? Thank you so much in advance.

Flashes to a white screen at the end of the video, thanks for the trigger

Let's put it this way: if you're not suffering from migraines, you're probably thinking people around who have them are the weakest and most sensitive you know, when in fact they are courageous, selfless and badass for coping with them not having anybody who understands what it feels like.

Topamax got rid of 80 percent of mine. They are horrible. Seem to have been a mild neurological issue. I cant eat well with them. The really bad one cause my blood pressure to drop. Passed out after some of these. Eeg ok but will be reassesed if i collapse again. I did it three times so have to wear padded gloves to avoid breaking a wrist. I stay at home when those bad ones start. I have a quarantine box with dark chocolate and energy drinks and puzzle. They affect my weight too. Im thin 36 kilo even heavier they were very bad. With no meds I was 31 kilo as only running stopped the pain and it was back after an hour. Wasnt sustainable. I like basketball now.

I know all medication’s vary based on the person. Have you found based on your patient database any of the CGRP’s to be better than others for chronic vestibular migraines?

“migraine is an invisible disease” what a great depiction of how migraines affects our daily lives! it’s even more worse when you have the migraine aura type, hoping for a video with this next! 🤗❤️‍🩹

In my family, me and my older sister have it. I used to have migraine attacks 1-2 times a month, but for the last 4 weeks *it's been 3-4 times A DAY!* The majority of the time, the attacks hit on full power and the pain gets so bad that it seriously gets you thinking "If this won't stop soon- I will jump off the roof because I can't take it!" I am literally in a hopeless situation, because my migraine stops me from doing anything. I just sit at home dreading for migraine to start, dreading to experience aura as a warning for migraine. It's horrible

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54:50 I wish more headache care-providers were *blunt* about this "overuse" issue. The conversation becomes circular. Me: I use painkillers because I have headaches. Dr: That can cause overuse headaches. You need to use fewer than <arbitrary numbers> per month. Me: Okay, what do I do instead? Dr: Lifestyle changes. Do <xyz>. Me: I already do all of those. Dr: Preventative meds. Try <abc>. Me: I already have those. What am I supposed to do when those don't work and I have an acute headache? Dr: If nothing else has worked, you can take painkillers for acute headache. Me: I already do that.... I use painkillers because I have headaches. Dr: That can cause overuse headaches. You need to use fewer than <arbitrary numbers> per month. (circle continues) I finally saw a headache specialist at the Mayo Clinic and she was the first honest one that actually said: Dr: Yeah, you might have to accept that you're going to be in pain and not take painkillers when you get a headache. Some treatments, like Botox, are less likely to work if you take too many painkillers. The painkillers can interfere with the other treatment options. We don't want you to be in pain, but you might have to be for a while. It sucks, but that's the real deal. FINALLY someone actually said it. Notably: The Mayo Clinic headache specialist mentioned that interfering is specific to painkillers. I ended up trying a muscle relaxant (Cyclobenzaprine) and that was sufficient to help me transition away from frequent painkiller use.

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Yes, some ppl undermine it and label it as just a headache. And, the only way that I think they would learn to understand it, would be if they got one. I’ve have to call in sick at work numerous times and am now receiving accommodations from my doctor to keep from losing my job. 😢👩🏻

I’ve had these since 2015, after my transfer ti my last store. We were short staff and not permitted over time, and if you did not complete all duties, you were being penalized. I thought at first that it was sinusitis (allergies). But my doctor confirmed these headaches were migraines. The thing I am struggling to understand is, why are the migraines still here, after the work problems have gone away (?)

Guys use ginger tea and moringa

I have been getting these for over 15 years but finally figured it out. STOP smoking and drinking!!!!! It will not take the headaches away but they will not be nearly as severe. When you feel the headache coming you must workout immediately. I usually do intense arm curl reps until exhausted. Unfortunately, even the two times every night at two and 4 o’clock in the morning I have to wake up and do these exercises but they go away within five minutes!!! It saved my life and my relationship because no one truly understands the pain that we’re in. They think it’s a migraine. I wish it were. The best way I can describe. It is the worst brain freeze in the world lasting for up to an hour.

Covid vaccines made my chronic migraines more frequent and intractable

Seriously long term doing vipassana Meditation can treat your migrane... You can try it.....

Ya exactly the same problems even I face😔😣my head will be like🤯

I hope that gepants become available soon for coverage with insurance. As it stands, the medication would cost me half of what I receive annually on disability. Thanks for this series ❤

Drilling in my head😭😭😭also it is in half of head, another half is fine. My right eye is aching😣😖

Моята позната приятелка Гергана, съученичка на Станислав моя втори братовчед, на която помогнах да завърши медицина и да стане дипломиран лекар чрез "гледане на кафе", майка и страдаше от мигрена, направих и само няколко сеанса с ръце над главата и....💧.📍.💦. 🦄.⚫ проверете я, бивша учителка е - има ли оплаквания от мигрена и от кога няма.....

Thanks for bringing this up so accurately and honest. It’s my routine, felt so authentic and got touched how everything matches with what I go through every single day!

I found this conversation very helpfull. Thank you so much from Greece

I am so tired of how everyone undermines you when you have a migraine. They are so ignorant

Not drinking enough😂 ... They have no idea...

I get migraines everyday and this video is so true. People say you use it as an excuse to miss work or not go to social functions when they have no idea that the pain you are in is excruciating. People have no empathy or feeling for others

Hey doc, from my experience migraines are triggered based on tolerance levels. This is why even if you do something that may trigger it you sometimes dont get it. You need to "overdoze" on the risk factor(s) to have it begin. However I do not know if this migraine buildup ever goes down on it's own without first actually triggering it so the body starts to fight back vs it afterwards. You guys should know about it better. My strong triggers I noticed is: 1.Emotional Stress, 2.Processes foods and all the garbage fake sugars, salt and fat they use in factories (But they have billion other health problems and needs a govermental crackdown worldwide) 3."Stinging" Odours for the lack of a better word (Things like onion, garlic, hot peppers being cooked etc.) 4. Weather pressure changes (I recently found it out so I found this video) Not sure how you can even prevent this... Long/High enough exposure to these start building up the migraines for me and once it goes over the tolerance level it begins. I am afraid as I grow older the tolerance level will get lower and I start getting more migraines...

When people ask me how bad my migraine are I always tell them the following: "Even if Jesus, Michael Jackson, the president and my celebrity crush would stand in front my front door I could not get up out of bed during my migraine attacks."

This felt so real. The stigma and lack of understading is the worst part. I often feel ashamed and like there is something weak about me. 😢

On day 2 of a migraine. Prayers for all who suffer.

Thank-you for this stellar presentation. Your clarity and choice of examples and illustrations are top notch, Dr Leroux!

Very helpful and powerful information and personal experience shared by Kelly, about retraining our hypersensitive brains. Thank you, I loved this presentation.

Im a teenage girl and migraines have totally destroyed my academic performance

This hit hard, they started 6 years ago, once every couple months, then once a month, then once a month for days... now years later I am getting them 6-8 times a month and it took a doctor at a WALK IN clinic I went to to get a doctors note for work to refer me to a neurologist, not even my primary care did this... over 10 different medications and nothing has worked. Now I am at a new company and a year later I am still dealing with this... Used all my sick time my first year I am running on MDA sick days with no pay, and just about to start college just to get a AA and BA in IT so I can do a work from home job... It's eating me alive, any work from home entry job is customer service and you can't do that with a migraine. There's so many issued I face with little help... I even thought about going on disability but here in WA it's $1300 a month.... how can I survive on that and pay for school

Very good and informative. Thank you Migraine Canada. It was very difficult going to work and looking after other people when I was in the throes of a migraine. The worst!