The Persistent Headache

To those who noticed - apologies for not uploading last week :) Today, I'm getting into rest! And I'm gonna get plenty personal too. Over my 15 years of experience with a chronic headache, I have plenty of thoughts on what shapes our ideas on rest. How it different for the healthy versus chronically pained, how society views rest, how the mind rests versus body rest, and more... Please let me know what you think of this episode! Email me: [email protected] Thank you to the Confidence Alliance for sponsoring the show! https://empowered-voices.com/ Thank you to Stephen O'Bent for the lovely music!  https://www.stephenobent.com/  

In today's episode we're diving into something I've never heard discussed - the expectations that headache sufferers face, and the lack of available accommodations! Hear me get a little heated at the end... Email me: [email protected] Or contact me through the show page: https://thepersistentheadache.libsyn.com/ Thank you to the Confidence Alliance and Empowered Voices for sponsoring the show!! https://empowered-voices.com/ Thanks Stephen O'Bent for the lovely music! http://www.youtube.com/@StephenOBent    

Today on The Persistent Headache, I want to dive into fatigue. How does it impact headache sufferers, and can we work around it! Join me for this discussion, and please let me know what you think! Contact me here. https://thepersistentheadache.libsyn.com/ Thank you to The Confidence Alliance for sponsoring the show! Love y'all! https://confidencealliance.com/ Thank you to Stephen O'Bent for the intro and outro! http://www.stephenobent.com/ Here is the Cleveland Clinic page I quoted, and here is Christina Miserandino's blog!  https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/21206-fatigue https://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/  

Today I want to dive into how our relationships are affected by our headaches. We'll go through acquaintances, then friendships, then loved ones! I didn't use any sources here, but I did reference Anne Boyer's The Undying. Thanks for listening! The Confidence Alliance! Contact me here!

Today we're asking: what actually makes a chronic headache? How do we differetiate and describe them? Someday I'd love to do episodes diving into the specifics of each primary chronic headache. But before I do them, I'd love to hear what you think! Contact me here: https://thepersistentheadache.libsyn.com/   Thank you to the Confidence Alliance ;) https://confidencealliance.com/   The International Headache Disorder Classification https://ichd-3.org/   Mayo Clinic https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chronic-daily-headaches/symptoms-causes/syc-20370891   An article I used to piece it all together https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK559083/

Welcome to The Persisent Headache. In this first episode, I'm diving into my own chronic headache experience. I Was diagnosed with New Daily Persistent Headache 13 years ago. Follow the show to explore the vast world of chronic headache conditions with me.   Check out the Confidence Alliance's website: https://confidencealliance.com/ Contact me here: https://sites.libsyn.com/580545/site