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Ive had frequent migraines for practically as long as I can remember.
Headaches just werent that big of a deal; it seemed like everyone got them at some point.
Whereas, in my lifetime, a whole host of prescription migraine therapies have hit the market.
Indeed, as an adolescent, I internalized the narrative that my migraines just werent worth addressing.
We may do imaging to rule out other causes for headaches, but there isnt a migraine test.
board-certified neurologist at Weill Cornell Medicine
Certainly, my dads intentions werent to invalidate my pain so much as to assuage my medical fears.
And yet, his unconcerned response led me to largely disregard my experience.
or Why dont you just lie down for a bit?
Its why we oftenstress lifestyle modifications in treatment, says Dr. Masters-Israilov.
Even so, these lifestyle behaviors comprise just one part of the story when it comes to migraine onset.
That just makes it easier for people with migraines to blamethemselves.
Meaning, its not just inaccurate to believe you cause your own migraines; its dangerous and unhealthy.
But once I met with Dr. Masters-Israilov, my perspective changed massively.
My symptoms, she said, were indicative of chronic migraine.
board-certified neurologist at Weill Cornell Medicine
They werent something I could ever be expected to fully manage or control myself.
Neurological disorder were the words that really stuck.
I hadnt conceptualized my migraines as a disorder of any sort, much less a brain condition.
But thats exactly how migraine is understood in the medical literature, Dr. Masters-Israilov told me.
Still, Ive battled my own internal resistance to Dr. Masters-Israilovs management plan.
so as not to reify their existence.
(It almost never did.)
And when she initially prescribed me a daily preventative drug, I pushed for the lowest possible dose.
In learning more about migraine, though, Ive come to realize how much of a misperception that is.
Takechocolate as an example.
Perhaps the clearest proof of my progress in that direction is my decision to write this story.
With its publication, Im marking myselfpublicly and foreveras a person with chronic migraine.
And I can think of no bigger way to keep myself accountable to my own truth.
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