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12. Life Is A Journey But This Is A Trip: Still Looking for Relief

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    The return of the migraine. I sometimes think that the more a migraine sufferer prevents an episode, the more it comes back to get rid of itself. It is almost like it has to happen for some clearing out of a buildup. Is it electrical impulses? Stress? Does it manifest as anxiety one minute and a headache the next? I know! Let’s blame it on the government! The fires in the Amazon! The changing climate! You know the list. I had never been a big vaper and certainly what I was “vaping” was nothing like what we’ve been … Continue reading →

11. Life is a Journey But This is a Trip: Migraine Re-visit

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OK, what’s going on here? Things were going very well, I thought. I’ve been taking CBD oil and the Aimovig monthly self-injection since about July 2018. Gradually, the pain headaches subsided and I no longer needed migraine meds or Advil. The visual disturbances diminished in frequency, averaging about five/month, down from almost everyday, sometimes more than once a day. The vertigo stopped! THAT was monumental for me. And then, something happened. Or maybe several things happened. My mother was shoved by an aide, and there was fallout physically and emotionally from that. There are constant things to look after and … Continue reading →

10. Life is a Journey, But This is a Trip: It’s Baaaaack!

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Here we are back in the Migraine Corral. I was doing well, really well for a time. I began taking Medical Marijuana but was more of a user of CBD oils in hopes of controlling my migraine issues. MIGRAINE. For those who follow my migraine saga, you know this has been a big deal with my health for well over eight years, and though I have always had it, actually since childhood, it morphed over the years into stages. While at work I would often take six extra strength Bufferin to get through the day. The pain headaches were terrible. … Continue reading →

4. Life Is A Journey, But This Is A Trip: What Goes Around, Goes Around and Around: On Vertigo

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  You’ve read a lot about my health challenges and I am moving closer to answers. I have had this since I was a child: vertigo, the feeling of dizziness, allegedly due to “sinus” but now I am convinced it is part of migraine syndrome. The feeling of spinning is horrible and thankfully, the violent spins I have perceived, are not common, but when they happen they are extremely disconcerting, frightening. They are like nothing I have ever felt before. However, lately, on and off over years, I have been feeling unbalanced. Not quite right. I walk and feel like … Continue reading →