Headache Blog Carnival

The new Headache and Migraine Disease Blog Carnival has been posted by Nancy over at Migraine and Other Headache Disorders.  Thanks, Nancy! 🙂

It was hard to choose favourites this time, so I’ll let you just wander over and check them out for yourself.  There’s everything from general posts about dealing with migraine, posts about attitude, and even a post about suicide (and why is that so rare?).

Yes, I even managed to be organized enough to get a post in there.  Click through to see what it is. 🙂

This month’s Headache and Migraine Disease Blog Carnival has been posted over at Somebody Heal Me.  You can head on over there and check out all the links for yourself, but here are just a few that I found particularly interesting.  The first two are "on topic", the last two have some interesting scientific information.

• The Pursuit of Painlessness
• Fly With Hope
• Why Do We Yawn?  Many of you know yawning often comes before a migraine attack.  But yawning isn’t as well understood scientifically as you might think.  Maybe some clues about what yawning is will help break another part of the migraine code.
• Sleeping off my headache…  I actually heard of this unusual treatment many, many years ago.  I won’t comment too much now, and I’ll let the article link you to more information.  I think the proponents of this treatment (if you can call it that) tend to be overly optimistic, but there’s no doubt that sleep position (that’s what it’s all about) is very important to your health, and can impact the frequency and intensity of your attacks.  Check it out!

There are many more articles to read (including my submission on the new drug Telcagepant).  Read the full set right here.

It’s time for another great edition of the Headache and Migraine Disease Blog Carnival. Of course I encourage you to head over to Somebody Heal Me to check out all the articles, but let me highlight a few that are especially helpful (besides my own regarding children with headache or migraine).

The topic was communicating with your doctor, so many of these points were general tips for preparing for an appointment, what to say, and so on.

Some great tips over at rhymes with migraine (I’m cheating and getting a two-for-one on this one, because she also links to helpful articles at My Migraine Connection). For someone working with chronic headache or migraine, the question is Does your doctor know what you do at work?

More quick tips here for Improving Communication Between Patients & Doctors. More common sense points about How To Talk To Your Migraine Doctor

Last year an issue of HeadWay talked about this issue as well. Read How to talk to your doctor.