Tag Archives: Migraines and Mental Illness

    You’re not imagining it- if you get frequent migraines, then ADD/ADHD (yes, adults can have it) may also account for your long list of ailments, like nausea, crushing headaches, brain fog, attention problems, and hypersensitivity to lights, sounds, touch, scents- everything! Here are some findings that scientists have linking chronic migraines and ADD/ADHD. […]

    Migraines are not only excruciating headaches; they also raise your risk for brain damage. If you experience more than three migraines each month, in addition to chronic brain fog and fatigue, then you should ask your doctor for an MRI brain scan to check for possible brain damage. Migraines are a brain disease […]

    Depression is often a comorbid condition of migraine disorder, as continuous crushing headaches, nausea, and fatigue feed into feelings of helplessness and despair. While antidepressants help to reduce migraines and depression at the same time, many natural alternative treatments are also beneficial for keeping symptoms at bay. Please note that you should never […]

    Natural supplements that benefit people suffering from depression are not meant to replace physician-prescribed antidepressants. Still, for many people complementary vitamins, minerals, and herbs help to make life more manageable, with or without the added stress that migraines can contribute to depression. Please note that you should always consult your doctor before beginning […]

    In a recently published study on migraines in children, scientists focused on elementary-school aged children suffering from chronic headaches, including migraine headaches and tension-type headaches. Their findings indicate a stronger propensity for behavior issues when migraines occur in children, versus other forms of pediatric headaches. The Brazilian study on migraines in children focused […]

    Migraines and depression often go hand in hand, creating a vicious circle of pain, exhaustion, and despair.  How can you tell the difference between depression caused by chronic migraines, female-related depression, and clinical depression? Here are 9 points on depression in women with migraines. Myth #1: Women are more susceptible to migraines and […]

    Managing chronic migraines can wear you down, both emotionally and spiritually.  Like any other lifetime illness, migraine disorder can distress your social life, family relationships, and business associations, not to mention your own sense of self-esteem.  But harboring negative feelings can impede recovery and trigger more migraines.  Here are some helpful tips that […]

    A new study confirms what you already knew- migraines in women cause depression.  Scientists surveyed 36,000 women for a Women’s Health Study, hoping to learn more about cancer prevention, and instead stumbled upon this serendipitous discovery linking migraine headaches and depression.  This is one of the largest studies to expose the high risk […]

    How far would you go to get rid of a migraine attack– not just a headache, but rather a weeklong gut-turning, head-pounding assault of migraine headaches?  In prehistoric times, migraine patients resorted to drastic means like trepanation to relieve migraine symptoms.  Today, a startling percentage of migraine patients have either contemplated suicide… or […]

    If you’ve tried every other migraine remedy to relieve crushing migraine headaches with no success, maybe it’s time you tried remedies for ADHD.  According to recent findings, an unusually high correlation exists between migraine disorder and adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). ADHD- It’s not just for kids anymore In a new approach […]