mightywithmigraine

Certain foods and beverages may trigger migraine attacks. Some of the most commonly reported ones include:

🍇 Alcohol
☕️ Caffeine
🧀 Dairy products, specifically cheese and yogurt
🥓 Processed meats such as bacon, sausage, ham
🍭 Artificial sweeteners
🍫 Chocolate

What trigger yours? Share your experiences in the comments below.

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It’s hard enough — both physically and emotionally — when our health forces us to cancel plans. It can be even harder to explain to others WHY we have to cancel on them (again), too.

If someone you care about cancels plans with you, please try to respond with patience and understanding. It’s frustrating when plans don’t work out — trust us, we’re frustrated too! — but health conditions can be unpredictable. Even if we don’t respond to your call or text right away, please know that your outreach means the world to us.

Don’t know what to say when someone cancels plans? Check out these ideas from our Mighty community.

🥖 Special honors for the Panera one. (Maybe one day they’ll start making dairy-free mac and cheese? We can only dream.)

To learn more about canceling plans while chronically ill — and ideas for spoonie-friendly activities — listen to the most recent episode of Health and (un)Wellness.

🎧 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/58ztwhFTrmN3y5hoctE0Qq

🍎 Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tips-for-being-social-with-mig...

📚 Read the transcript: themighty.com/topic/migraine/mighty-with-migraine-podcast-ti...

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⬆️ The quote above is my experience! ⬆️

Work is the topic of this week’s venting-sesh-turned-productive conversation on our Health & (un)Wellness podcast.

Kat and Skye are joined by headache specialist and executive committee member of the International Headache Society Global Patient Advocacy Coalition (IHS-GPAC), Olivia Begasse de Dhaem MD, FAHS. Together, they discuss why people with migraine struggle to succeed in the workplace (spoiler alert: it’s not them), how others can support them, and tips for requesting individualized accommodations. Oh, and in case you’re curious of the episode’s general vibes: People with migraine want to work, but often can’t due to inaccessible workplaces or lack of flexible career opportunities. Thanks for coming to our TED Talk!

🎧 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/57vyjqje5EAykfctZe86D5

🍎 Listen on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/migraine-in-the-workplace/id1689263942

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Whether you live with chronic, episodic, or a once-in-a-blue-moon attack, migraine can take a massive toll on every aspect of your life, including (and sometimes, especially) your relationships. We’re talking about relationships of every kind, too! All relationships take work to maintain, not just romantic ones, and migraine can impact how and to what extent we’re able to do that work.

We asked our migraine community which relationships are the toughest for them to maintain due to migraine. The results were fairly close! With 30% of the votes, family relationships came in first place. Friendships came in a close second with 28%. 24% of Mighties who responded to our poll said that their relationships with their co-workers or peers were the most challenging for them to maintain, while 18% really feel migraine’s impact on their relationship with their partner or spouse.

Do the results of this poll ring true for you?

🎙️ Listen to Mighty staffers Kat and Skye discuss the effect migraine has had on their relationships in the most recent episode of Health and (un)Wellness: Migraine: The Relationship Third Wheel: spoti.fi/3rDzRh7

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It’s no secret chronic illness can take a toll on our relationships. Migraine isn’t any different. Between the pain, nausea, light and sound sensitivity, and all the other symptoms that migraine can entail, it can be hard to maintain relationships with other people while taking care of our health.

We asked our migraine community to share how the condition has impacted their relationships. 49% of Mighties said that they’ve lost relationships or those relationships have become strained due to migraine, while only 15% said that migraine hasn’t been a factor in their relationships, negative or positive. 36% of people who responded found themselves somewhere in the middle and said that migraine has had both negative and positive effects on their relationships with others.

How has migraine affected your relationships?

🎧 To hear about migraine’s impact on Mighty staffer Kat and Skye’s relationships, check out the fourth episode of Health and (un)Wellness, now on Spotify: spoti.fi/3rDzRh7

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Here’s a hot take: some of the best podcast episodes have no guests at all. (Did you nod? Shrug? Throw something because you vehemently disagree?) I’d love to hear your thoughts on this: Does having guests on certain episodes of podcasts make you want to listen or does it encourage you to skip?

🎙️ P.S. The latest guest-less episode of Health & (un)Wellness dropped this week!

🍎 Listen on Apple Podcasts:

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-and-un-wellness/id1689263942

🎧 Listen on Spotify:

open.spotify.com/episode/6qQMhSoyEFxvS3iTLcfHDg

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New week, new podcast episode!

Ah migraine, the most annoying third wheel of all time. It’s a universal truth that migraine affects our relationships in ways both good and bad. In this episode of Health & (un)Wellness, Kat and Skye get honest about dating — just wait until you hear about Skye’s experiment with dating apps — as well as their connections with family and friends. If you sometimes (read: always) feel like a burden to the people you care about, this one’s for you.

🍎: Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-and-un-wellness/id1689263942

🎧: Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6qQMhSoyEFxvS3iTLcfHDg

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Migraine treatment isn’t one-size-fits-all (though we sure wish it was!). Between abortives/rescue meds, bridge therapies, preventive medications, procedures, and/or lifestyle changes, trying to treat migraine involves a whole bunch of trial and error to create a unique plan that works for each person. We asked Mighties living with migraine to share the components of their current treatment plan. 22% of people who responded to the poll said that prescribed medication plays a part. With 16% and 15% of the vote, home remedies (think ice and heat) and OTC medication came in second and third, respectively.

What’s in your current treatment plan? Have you found what works for you? (🤞 Here’s hoping you have!)

To learn more about migraine treatment, including a great metaphor for working with your doctor, check out episode three of Health and (un)Wellness, “The Wide World of Migraine Treatments.” You can listen to the episode and read the transcript here: themighty.com/topic/migraine/mighty-with-migraine-podcast-th...

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Migraine diagnosis? Check. Next up? Navigating that “little thing” we call treatment. On this episode of Health & (un)Wellness, hosts Kat and Skye are joined by neurologist Juliana H. VanderPluym MD FRCPC, who specializes in headache medicine (and also lives with migraine!).

Together, the trio travel the educational road of treating migraine by exploring the differences between acute and preventive medications, as well as bridge therapies. They also dig into the social determinants of health, the stickiness of setting treatment goals, tips for seeking emergency care, and Dr. VanderPluym shares a metaphor about the patient-provider relationship that Kat will be thinking about for a very, very long time.

🎧 listen to the episode here: bit.ly/3XxqJqd 🎧

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If you live with migraine, you’re probably all too aware of what it’s like to push through the pain of a migraine attack. Maybe your memories of school are filled with scenes of holding an ice pack to your eye while taking tests, or you have a list of tasks you can complete at work while dealing with migraine brain fog. Big family event? Looks like migraine was invited as well.

We asked our community to tell us about an especially memorable time when they had to push through the pain of a migraine attack. Here’s what some folks had to say.

Can you relate to their experiences?

🎧 For more stories that get real about what it’s like to live with migraine, check out the second episode of the podcast “Health and (un)Wellness,” whose first season is all about migraine. You can find a transcript of the episode and read related stories here: bit.ly/3qP7fkB

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