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127. Triggered With Dr.Leslie: Vomiting And Migraines
In this episode of Triggered with Dr. Leslie, I respond to another migraine reel making the rounds online, this one about why some migraines seem to improve after vomiting.
I break down what I believe is actually...
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126. Triggered with Dr. Leslie: Migraine Symptoms Explained
In this episode of Triggered with Dr. Leslie, I’m a little less triggered and a lot more explanatory. I walk through the different phases of a migraine, from prodrome to aura to the headache itself and the so-called...
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125. Does It Hurt Enough Yet?
In this episode, I share a moment from my years working in addiction medicine that has stayed with me for more than a decade.
It led to a question that applies just as much to migraine healing as it does to any other...
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124. Triggered with Dr. Leslie: Why Migraine Rules Are Driving Women Crazy
In this first official episode of Triggered with Dr. Leslie, I’m talking about the migraine advice that sounds helpful on the surface but can quietly keep women stuck for years.
From “treat early, but don’t treat too...
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123. Why Your Triggers Aren’t the Real Cause Of Your Migraines
In this episode, I talk about one of the biggest misunderstandings in the migraine world: triggers.
If you’ve spent years tracking food, weather, light, sleep, and stress trying to figure out what’s “causing” your...
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122. Why Fibromyalgia and Migraines So Often Show Up Together
In this episode, I talk about one of the most common questions I hear from women with chronic migraines: “Does anyone else here also have fibromyalgia?”
I explain why I don’t see these as two separate problems...
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121. Why So Many Women With Migraines Also Have POTS Symptoms
POTS is suddenly everywhere right now, and a lot of women are hearing about it in a way that feels confusing, scary, and overwhelming. In this episode, I break down what POTS actually is, why I see it so often...
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120. Why Information Alone Won’t Heal Your Migraines
I hear this all the time: “Dr. Leslie, just tell me what to do. Tell me what to take.”
And I get it.
When you’re suffering, you don’t want more explanations, you want relief.
But in this episode, I explain why I don’t...
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119. Brain Fog at the Red Light: When Migraines Make You Feel Unsafe (And How to Heal)
In this episode, I break down a post from a woman in my Facebook group who had a deeply unsettling migraine experience while driving.
She described feeling disoriented, disconnected, and unable to fully process what...
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118. Why Migraine Disability Nearly Doubled, And What Nobody Is Explaining
Something in the migraine research stopped me cold when I was putting this episode together.
The percentage of people who get migraines has been flat for 30 years. Same 18% of women, same 6% of men. But the percentage...
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117. What This Neurologist Got Wrong About Your Migraines (Again)
I clicked on one migraine reel a few weeks ago, and now my Facebook feed will not let me forget it. Dr. Painkiller is back, this time telling women that the things you think are helping your migraines are actually...
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116. The Problem With Migraine Awareness Month
June is Migraine Awareness Month, and I want to talk about it, but not in the way you might expect.
You won’t see me wearing the purple ribbon, posting Migraine Warrior content, or joining the walks.
In this episode,...
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