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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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136. The Truth About Rebound Headaches and Medication Cycling For Your Migraines
In this episode, I break down a very popular migraine TikTok that talks about frequent migraines, rebound headaches, and how to rotate through different medications to manage attacks.
I want to be clear that I believe...
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135. Why Your Migraine Protocol Isn’t Working: You’re Asking the Wrong Question
In this episode, I answer one of the most common questions women ask me: what is it that you actually do?
And the truth is, the reason that question is so hard to answer simply is because I do not start with a...
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134. Triggered with Dr. Leslie: Please Stop Doing This Migraine Hack
In this episode of Triggered with Dr. Leslie, I react to a viral migraine “hack” involving little clips placed on the forehead.
This one says so much about the state of migraine care right now.
When women have been...
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133. MTHFR, Migraines, and What You’ve Been Told Wrong
In this episode, I tackle one of the most talked-about topics in the functional and alternative medicine world: MTHFR.
So many women have been told that this one gene is the reason behind their migraines and other...
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132. The Mental and Emotional Patterns Keeping You in the Migraine Zone
In this episode, I talk about something I believe is one of the most important and most overlooked pieces of the migraine puzzle: what I call vitality draining mental and emotional dynamics.
These are the unconscious...
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