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Migraine? Where do I Start?

June 20th, 2008

Do you have migraines? Severe, disabling head pain, sometimes accompanied by flashing lights and other visual disturbances, usually accompanied by nausea, light and sound sensitivity? If you do, you know how Migraine disease can impact your life.

• The pain can strike at any time.  When it comes, it throbs and pounds on one or both sides of your skull.
• People around you may not understand.  Most people have headaches,
  but only 12% of us have Migraine disease.  You may feel guilty and
  question yourself – are you making too big a deal out of this?
• Your migraines may seriously impact your ability to perform on your job.
  You may risk job loss from frequent unpredictable absences or inability to perform at top productivity.
• You may be tired of all the wasted hours spent in darkened rooms. You may despair at your inability to keep the basic routines in your life moving forward.
• Maybe you have not sought medical help.  Maybe you thought you should be able to handle it on your own.  Maybe you sought medical help but didn’t get it, because your doctor doesn’t understand migraine, or because you were turned away at the emergency room as a drug-seeker.
• You may be overwhelmed by all there is to manage, even with medical help – treatments, lifestyle changes, remembering all your meds and supplements at the right times, tracking your migraine triggers, recognizing patterns.

And while dealing with all of this, you struggle to remember that you are more than just your migraines.
You are not just a patient, or a chronically ill person.  You are a unique human being with things to contribute, people who love you, talents and strengths.

If you fit these characteristics, the first thing I have to tell you is, there is hope.  While there is no cure for Migraine disease, there are many proven strategies and treatments that can reduce your migraines
and enable you to take back your life.

Many of us struggle along for years, either with or without the diagnosis of “Migraine,” taking pain killers and coping with the migraines when they come, and then something happens. The pain gets worse, the attacks get more frequent, the symptoms change; suddenly what we always did to cope doesn’t work any more. We need answers. We pick up a book, talk to a doctor, search the internet. And we discover there is a lot of information, a lot of misinformation, and loads of people trying to sell us “cures!”

I wrote the free e-course “The Six Keys to Manage Your Migraines and Take Back your Life” to help people in that situation – people who are trying to get the information and support they need to cope with, manage, and recover from debilitating migraines. I wrote it to help people start down the path to managing their migraines and taking back their lives.

In the The Six Keys to Manage Your Migraines and Take Back your Life we discuss:

• What Migraine disease is: the more you know about Migraine, the more power you will have over it.
• How to get good medical support.
• How to recognize your triggers and your early warning system for Migraine.
• The value of a good Migraine calendar and diary.
• Cultivating support systems of people and routines to help you manage your life.
• Using relaxation to calm your nervous system and reduce your migraines.

I would love to have you use the course as a resource for yourself as you work on managing your migraine disease. If you’d like to register for The Six Keys to Manage Your Migraines and Take Back your Life just fill out the box at the upper left corner of this page. The e-course will be delivered to you by email every two days over approximately two weeks.  As you receive each lesson, take some time to think about how it applies in your life, and follow the action steps included in each lesson.  I will be available by email for help and feedback as you work your way through the course.

For over ten years I have worked to help my clients live healthier, more productive lives.  I am certified as a life and business coach; I am also a migraineur.  I have succeeded in reducing my migraine frequency and severity by over 50% through a combination of medication and lifestyle approaches.  I have run my own business for fifteen years while managing Migraine and several other chronic illnesses.  I am committed to helping people live healthy and productive lives, creating a thriving world we all want
to live in. For those of us with Migraine disease, that means more than relief from pain – it also means living the best lives we can, using our talents, and knowing our strengths.
This is the game I love to play. You can play it with me!

– Megan Oltman

Please come out to play!

Cave exit photo courtesy of David Wilmot; Smoo cave waterfall photo courtesy of Subflux

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