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What More Can I Do To Manage Migraine?

Worsening Episodic Migraine

For quite some time, my migraine episodes seemed to be becoming more and more frequent. That seems to have tapered off and actually gone back down to just a few...

The Four Steps I Take When My Migraine Starts

I have a small window. Truth be told, it’s more like a tiny porthole window than a big bay window. When the twinges of my migraine first begin, I have...

8 Reasons Not to Ignore Episodic Migraine

People with episodic migraine receiving inadequate treatment are three times more likely to progress to having chronic migraine than those who have an effective treatment, according to the American Headache...

Who Works With Migraine? The Healthcare Providers You Can Turn to for Help

When you’re first experiencing migraine, it can be difficult to know where to get help. This is particularly true if you’re not yet sure what you’re experiencing (i.e., don’t yet...

Taking Care of Your Basic Needs While Dealing with Head Pain

Brushing your teeth, let alone making dinner, may seem simple to someone who lives day-to-day blissfully pain-free. Living with head pain, episodic or chronic, makes these simple tasks seem insurmountable...

When You Disagree with Your Neurologist

I don’t like confrontation. Honestly, I’ve avoided having “crucial conversations” in all areas of my life. I want everyone to get along. I never want to offend, challenge, or hurt...

Three Strange Things That Ease My Migraine Pain

Recently, I wrote about coping tools I use for migraine that I try not to take for granted. In addition to medications, lifestyle adjustments, and other work I continuously do...

Coping Mechanisms

With all of the medications and treatments currently available for migraine, there are probably more combinations than I can count that a doctor may use to help their patients find...

Caring for my kids – for others – when I’m suffering myself every day is an ongoing challenge. I hope these resources help you feel less alone.

Marina Medved-Lentini

Migraine.com Patient Leader

3 Crazy Cravings That Help Me Get Through My Migraines

The last migraine I had I named Shirley. Shirley sent me straight to bed after supper. The nausea I was experiencing with Shirley was topping my migraine charts - unlike...

Preventing Weather-Related Migraine Attacks

From light and sounds to stress, there are many triggers that are avoidable. What do we do about the triggers we can’t avoid? Weather/barometric pressure changes are triggers that are...

Draining the Life Out of You

I am a fairly energetic person, or at least I was before the migraines became so consistent. Even through the episodic migraines I have lived with for years now, I...