Posts filed under “Migraine”
Botox for migraines – time for improvement
When I first got Botox it didn’t do a goddamn thing – except paralyze my forehead. But after I’d gotten multiple rounds of injections over the course of 6-9 months, I saw real improvement in the intensity of my attacks. Now, there’s evidence showing that you could still expect big improvements from Botox even after […]
The internal milieu of the un-curable patient
The embrace of biochemical approaches meant the corresponding rejection of psychogenic theories. … That the efficacy of a medication should erode a psychosomatic theory is not surprising. This is a fairly common phenomenon. Several disorders understood to be psychosomatic (depression or stomach ulcers, for example) were reframed as somatic with the discovery of effective medication. […]
Your illness is not your fault
“I have to live inside of this body that sometimes hurts itself.”
Migraine Art
Migraine Art #068 by Migraine Art Via Flickr: From new book Migraine Art by Klaus Podoll and Derek Robinson
Success and Chronic Illness
Success and Chronic Illness It is hard it is hard it is hard.
The migraine interactive kind
How did psychological theories come this far in migraine medicine? Judy Segal has argued that the explanatory power and popularity of the migraine personality could be attributed to its expansiveness — the migraine personality could describe almost anyone. The migraine personality became what Ian Hacking refers to as an “interactive kind.” Interactive kinds are categories […]
Migraine Art
Migraine Art #122 by Migraine Art Via Flickr: From new book Migraine Art by Klaus Podoll and Derek Robinson