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Migraine, Depression, and Anxiety: What You Should Know

Here's the painful truth—migraine headaches, depression, and anxiety frequently occur together and it's a gruesome threesome. But the key to reducing migraines just may lie in treating your mental health. Here's why.

Migraine and mental health conditions such as depression & anxiety often co-exist. Experts share why migraine and mental health should be treated in tandem.
Migraine & COVID-19: Headache Triggers, Treatment, & More

Is migraine a COVID-19 symptom? Do headaches mean I am immunocompromised? These and other FAQs answered here by a top headache expert.

Is migraine a COVID-19 symptom? Do headaches mean I am immunocompromised? A top headache expert answers these and other FAQs here.
Refusing to Let Chronic Headaches Keep Her in the Dark, this Artist Reveals the Light

Artist Bethany Noël Murray’s paintings focus on the fine details and strange beauty of her aura-filled chronic migraine condition.

 

Artist Bethany Noël Murray’s paintings focus on the fine details and strange beauty of her chronic migraine with aura condition.
My Day on the Hill for Headache Awareness

Migraine and pain patient advocate Jaime Sanders joined nearly 200 other activists at the Capitol to make the case for more doctors to specialize in chronic pain and headache management. Here’s what she learned.

Annual Headache on the Hill event enables patient advocates to raise awareness about migraine, chronic headache disorders, and the Opioid Workforce Act with Congress.
My Migraine Journey to Patient Advocacy

Chronic migraine sufferer Jaime Sanders – more popularly known as the Migraine Diva – has turned her pain into purpose.

Author Jaime Sanders is a representative of PPM's Patient Advocate Board.
Cluster Headache: What It's Like to Live with Unrelenting Attacks

Dubbed the “suicide headache,” this disorder can bring on weeks or months of severely painful attacks. How they occur and which medications may help.

While cluster headache is rare, this "suicide headache" makes living with the painful disorder a daily struggle.
Rare Types of Chronic Headache and Migraine

From TACs to hemicranias, these are the headaches you may not be aware of

Among the plethora of headache disorders, these rare kinds may be affecting you.
What are CGRPs, and Why Should I Be Excited?

A new medication treatment for migraine sufferers is starting to make big waves.

Migraine sufferers are largely unaware of the new preventive medication. Here's a primer on why they may soon make a big impact.
Diagnosing Migraine and Headache

Be prepared for your first appointment to discuss your migraine

Coming prepared with common migraine questions answered will help your doctor make a clear diagnosis.
Supplements May Help Ease Your Headache Pain

Paying attention to what you eat -  along with trying natural remedies  - may help relieve chronic headache and migraine.

Combined with a healthy diet and lifestyle, adding these supplements may do wonders for your headache pain.
6 Common Types of Migraine in Children and Youth

Children can also suffer from chronic or episodic headaches, and it is important to recognize the symptoms

Don't overlook this serious neurological disorder in your child. Learn more about what migraine they may have.
Treating Migraines with Masturbation

New research in self-care suggests an unexpected way to ease headache pain

Orgasm from masturbation could release endorphins and hormones that relieve migraine.
6 Medications That Can Make a Migraine Worse

It might be unrelated treatments that are triggering your migraine.

Watch what medications you're taking, as they may have definite migraine trigger properties.
The Empowered Patient's Guide to Migraine and Headache

Knowing what type headache you are experiencing – whether from stress, cluster attacks, or inherited migraine – can make all the difference in finding relief faster. Inside symptoms, triggers, and treatments.

Migraine headaches, or migraines, are a type of headache that can causes severe, debilitating pain. Migraines affect 39 million people in the US alone. Learn more about symptoms, treatments, and more here.
Headaches: Why Do Kids Get Them and How Can We Help?

Headaches are generally a benign pain that children and teens have to deal with just like adults. However, the pain could be a sign of a more serious issue, so understanding symptoms is important.

As your child heads back to school, know the signs and symptoms of the 4 most common types of headaches.
Family Support is Crucial to Surviving Chronic Migraine

Seek professional help, pay attention to diet and migraine triggers, and have a support plan in place to rally when you are in the thick of a migraine attack.

Bonnie Besserer's family knows what to do when a migraine is coming. Her family have a support plan in place to rally at work and at home. Learn more about the importance of family support is you live with chronic migraines.
Living With Migraines

“I Wouldn’t Wish This On My Worst Enemy”

Bonnie Besserer would not wish migraines on her worst enemy. A chronic migraine sufferer, find out how Bonnie copes with living with a chronic pain condition.
Chronic Migraine Impacts Entire Family

How Does Your Migraine Affect Others?

Survey of migraine patients finds chronic migraine impacts entire family. Learn more about how migraines affect families.
6 Tips to Help Parents Reduce Headaches in School-Age Children

Return to school, often means return of headaches. Here are 6 tips to help your child prevent or relieve headaches.

6 Tips to help parents reduce headaches in children
FDA Approves Device to Treat Migraines With Auras

Nearly 38% of migraine patients who used the Cerena Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator (TMS) were headache-free two hours after using the device; after 24 hours, nearly 34% of the Cerena TMS users were pain-free.

Device does not treat migraine-related light or sound sensitivity of symptoms of nausea.
Preventive Medications for Migraines and Headaches

Working to Stop Migraines and Headaches Before They Start

There are variety of preventive medications for migraine and headaches. Learn about them in this migraine specialist-reviewed article.
Migraine and Headache Medications

Anti-depressants, Triptans, and Opioids for Migraine and Headache Relief

What medications for migraines and headaches will provide you with the most pain relief right now?
Migraine and Headache Causes

Stress, Hormones, and Your Environment Can Trigger Headaches

Learn about common migraine and headache causes, as well as what triggers them: stress, hormonal changes, and eating foods with too much caffeine.
7 Lifestyle Tips to Help Prevent Migraines and Headaches

How Changing How You Live Can Impact Your Migraines and Headaches

When it comes to preventing migraines and headaches, identifying what triggers them can help, but there are some lifestyle tips you can incorporate to prevent the frequency and intensity of migraines and headaches.
Exercise Tips for Migraines and Headaches

Do Yoga, Walk, or Swim to Ease Migraine and Headache Symptoms

This article shows you how doing certain exercises, such as yoga and walking, can help you manage migraine- and headache-related pain and other symptoms.
Before and After a Migraine: Know the Signs and Symptoms

How to track the common stages of a migraine attack

Understanding your migraine progression can help you better anticipate and manage your symptoms.
Migraine and Headache Facts and Tips

How to Better Deal With Migraine and Headaches

How many people experience migraines and/or headaches and what causes them? In this article, you’ll find out these answers as well as other facts and tips about migraines and headaches.
Alternative Treatments for Migraines and Headaches

Massage, and Acupuncture to Ease Migraine and Headache Symptoms

There are some key alternative treatments for migraines and headaches. Discover how acupuncture, massage, and other alternative treatments can help ease your head pain and other migraine and headache symptoms.
Triggers and Signs of Migraine and Headache

Tension Headaches, Cluster Headaches, and Migraines

Headaches and migraines have many causes. By knowing the symptoms, you can decide if you have a tension headache, cluster headache, or migraine headache.
Migraine vs Headache

How to Tell the Difference Between a Migraine and a Headache

Tension headaches tend to be mild, while migraines are severe. Headaches can also be a sign of other illness. Learn more about chronic migraine diagnosis.
A Closer Look at Migraine and Headache Treatment

What to expect, when an attack hits, tracking meds, and non-medication treatments

Taking a deeper dive into typical treatment plans for headache and migraine.
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