Posts filed under “Migraine”
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Let’s talk about the opioid epidemic and how 21st century chronic pain management is 19th century chronic pain management.
neurosciencenews: New Insight Into The Cause of Migraine Many of these risk variants localize inside or close to genes that regulate the vascular system. The research is in Nature Genetics. (full access paywall) I’ll have a bit of a writeup with more details from this REALLY COOL paper in a few weeks.
Chronic fatigue is a legitimate problem and it isn’t bound to just one medical condition.
the-glam-witch: Pass it on. Relevant: this study on CFS risk in migraine patients. The current study demonstrated an increased risk of CFS in migraineurs. Proposed mechanisms in previous studies such as mitochondrial dysfunction and central sensitization may underlie the shared pathophysiology of these seemingly distinct but potentially overlapping disorders.
chronicillnessproblems: clairetheelectrick: What abled people don’t understand is that self-advocacy is so, SO EXHAUSTING. It pushes us to our limits, it forces us to expend energy (that we often don’t have) to demand basic human rights, rights that abled bodies and minds get without even knowing it. What so utterly frustrates me is that I […]
I need to be able to reliably work 20 hours a week before I can go back to work and start making $$ again. The first 4 months of medical leave were about getting well enough to do stuff like cook and grocery shop regularly. With rest, emotional recovery, getting a new treatment nailed down, […]