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148. From 23 Migraine Days A Month To One. Jean’s Story
Jean is 54. She’s had migraines since she was 17.
For years, her lunch break looked like this: drive to the parking lot, push the seat back, set an alarm for 30 minutes, and pray she could fall asleep long enough to...
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147. The Eczema, The Allergies, The Asthma, And Then The Migraines. It Was Never A Coincidence
When a woman fills out her intake form and gets to asthma, she checks the box and moves on. That was a long time ago. I grew out of it.
I’m going to push back on that.
You didn’t grow out of it. Your body pushed it...
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146. They Told Her Migraines Would Stop At Menopause. They Were Wrong.
A headache center told Amanda that her migraines were hereditary and they'd likely stop at menopause. She took time off work to travel to that appointment. She cried most of the way home.
Think about those two...
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145. Triggered with Dr. Leslie: Reacting To A Migraine Infographic, And What They Got Wrong
Another Migraine Monday post showed up in my feed. Phases of a migraine attack. Prodrome, aura, headache, postdrome, interictal. Symptoms listed. Purple ribbon energy.
And I couldn't let it go without actually...
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144. I Have Failed You - What A Neurologist Said That Changed Everything
A neurologist looked at her patient after years of appointments and said three words: I have failed you.
Not, "You failed the treatment."
Not, "You're overusing your medication."
I have failed you.
She's in her late...
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143. Why HRT Might Be Making Your Migraines Worse
She came to me for her migraines.
But she was also in the middle of a brutal perimenopause — the hot flashes, the mood swings, the sleep disturbances, all of it. And she said to me: if my migraines were better, I'd...
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142. Why Your Migraines Return When You Stop Medication, and What to Do Next
When I heard that Presley Gerber had died at 27 in a residential treatment center, I had a pit in my stomach.
Not because I knew him. Because I'd seen it before.
For two years I worked as a staff physician at an...
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141. Are Your Migraines Keeping You In A Dark Room?
This episode is for the woman in a dark room.
Maybe you found this podcast the way a lot of women find it, lying in bed waiting for the pain to pass, needing something to listen to, wondering when you're going to be...
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140. Why Your Nose Runs When You Eat And What It Has To Do With Migraines
She's very put together when she leaves the house. Hair done, makeup on, clothing right. And always a Kleenex in her left pocket. Because about four minutes after she sits down to eat — any meal, any food, any day —...
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139. Amanda's Story: From 9 Years Of Suffering To Forgetting When Her Last Migraine Was
Amanda spent nine years having migraines about half the time. Half her week, every week, for nine years.
She went through every triptan. She got on Topamax. She took a day off work to travel to a headache specialist,...
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138. Saturday Migraines: Why the “Migraine Brain” Explanation Falls Apart
In this episode of Triggered with Dr. Leslie, I break down a popular piece of migraine advice about why so many women get migraines on Saturdays.
The usual explanation is that your “migraine brain” can’t handle...
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137. Triggered with Dr. Leslie: Why Hypervigilance May Be Fueling Your Migraines
In this episode of Triggered with Dr. Leslie, I break down a popular migraine graphic that I think perfectly captures one of the biggest problems in the migraine world right now.So much of the messaging women are...
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