In my 3 part series on the nature of migraines, we covered the ins and outs of just what migraines are. To sum up, they’re a bizarre, excruciating, and masochistic phenomenon in which the brain hijacks its own pain sensing circuitry. But how does all of it get started to begin with? As most of […]
Category: migraine triggers
Introducing the Migraine Trigger Tracker App
Recently, I introduced the trigger tracker worksheet – a simple and straightforward headache diary with one goal: to identify your own personal set of migraine triggers. Now I’m pleased to announce the release of the Migraine Trigger Tracker App for iOS devices. For those of you following the ancestral diet advocated here and in the book, […]
Finding Your Migraine Triggers
“Migraine diaries” are considered to be an integral part of migraine treatment. In theory, this makes sense. Knowledge is power, right? Problem is, most migraine diaries are too detailed to be useful, and as a result most people don’t end up using them for long, if at all. They typically ask you to record all […]
What are Migraines, Part 2: Classic Migraine Symptoms
First of all, let’s recap the take home points from part 1: Migraines happen in normal brains Migraines are the result of a malfunction in pain processing, or specifically pain processing in reverse Migraines are weird. So we’ve established that, with migraine, everything is thrown on its head. Pain doesn’t mean what we normally […]