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Book Synopsis Migraine, Words and Fiction by : Joost Haan
Download or read book Migraine, Words and Fiction written by Joost Haan and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many migraine sufferers worldwide. However, the lack of confirmatory scan or blood test poses a major barrier to their diagnosis, which must be based on their account of the pain. As a consequence, language is of utmost importance in the diagnosis of migraine. This book deals with this relation between words and migraine, and considers how persons with migraine make their pain ‘readable’ and how fictional texts ‘perform’ migraine. Its analysis utilises the theories of Wittgenstein (‘beetle in the box’), Foucault, de Saussure and Scarry, as well as works of fiction including Hustvedt’s The Blindfold, Lasdun’s The Horned Man and Yalom’s When Nietzsche Wept.
Download or read book Migraine written by Oliver Sacks and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The many manifestations of migraine can vary dramatically from one patient to another, even within the same patient at different times. Among the most compelling and perplexing of these symptoms are the strange visual hallucinations and distortions of space, time, and body image which migraineurs sometimes experience. Portrayals of these uncanny states have found their way into many works of art, from the heavenly visions of Hildegard von Bingen to Alice in Wonderland. Dr. Oliver Sacks argues that migraine cannot be understood simply as an illness, but must be viewed as a complex condition with a unique role to play in each individual's life.
Book Synopsis A Guided Tour of Hell by : Kristine Hatak
Download or read book A Guided Tour of Hell written by Kristine Hatak and published by . This book was released on 2000-01-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Brain Wider Than the Sky by : Andrew Levy
Download or read book A Brain Wider Than the Sky written by Andrew Levy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than one in ten Americans -- and more than one in five families -- affected, the phenomenon of migraine is widely prevalent and often ignored or misdiagnosed. By his mid-forties, Andrew Levy's migraines were occasional reminders of a persistent illness that he'd wrestled with half his life, though he had not fully contemplated their physical and psychological influence on the individual, family, and society at large. Then in 2006 Levy was struck almost daily by a series of debilitating migraines that kept him essentially bedridden for months, imprisoned by pain and nausea that retreated only briefly in gentler afternoon light. When possible, Levy kept careful track of what triggered an onset -- the "thin, taut" pain from drinking a bourbon, the stabbing pulse brought on by a few too many M&M's -- and in luminous prose recounts his struggle to live with migraines, his meticulous attempts at calibrating his lifestyle to combat and avoid them, and most tellingly, the personal relationship a migraineur develops -- an almost Stockholm syndrome-like attachment -- with the indescribable pain, delirium, and hallucinations. Levy read about personalities and artists throughout history with migraine -- Alexander Pope, Nietzsche, Freud, Virginia Woolf, even Elvis -- and researched the treatments and medical advice available for migraine sufferers. He candidly describes his rehabilitation with the aid of prescription drugs and his eventual reemergence into the world, back to work and writing. An enthralling blend of memoir and provocative analysis, A Brain Wider Than the Sky offers rich insights into an illness whose effects are too often discounted and whose sufferers are too often overlooked.
Book Synopsis So Much More Than a Headache by : Kathleen J. O'Shea
Download or read book So Much More Than a Headache written by Kathleen J. O'Shea and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "English," wrote Virginia Woolf, "which can express the thoughts of Hamlet and the tragedy of Lear, has no words for the shiver and the headache ... let a sufferer try to describe a pain in his head to a doctor and language at once runs dry. Despite Woolf's astute observation and the apparent dearth of writings on such subjects, editor Kathleen O'Shea has managed to gather a wide selection of helpful excerpts, chapters, poetry, and even a short play in this anthology-all with a view toward increasing our understanding and ending the stigma attached to migraines and migraine sufferers. Unlike clinical materials, this anthology addresses the feelings and symptoms that the writers have experienced, sometimes daily. These pieces speak freely about the loneliness and helplessness one feels when a migraine comes on. The sufferer faces nausea, pain, sensitivity to light, and having the veracity of all these symptoms doubted by others. O'Shea, a professor of literature and a migraine sufferer herself, also includes an original essay of her own reflections. Offered as an alternative not only to medical writing but also to self-help books and internet blogs, So Much More Than a Headache addresses a real omission in the available works on migraine, provides a resource for those who may have under-estimated the depth and range of writing on this subject, and challenges the cultural bias that dismisses migraine as "just a headache".
Book Synopsis The Migraine Brain by : Carolyn Bernstein
Download or read book The Migraine Brain written by Carolyn Bernstein and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draws on the latest scientific findings to identify the unique characteristics, chemical makeups, and structural differences of migraine-prone brains, offering insight into the role of the central nervous system while outlining a comprehensive program to reduce the frequency and intensity of headaches. Reprint.
Download or read book The Migraine Mafia written by Maia Sepp and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On paper, Viive McBroom has it all-a loving husband, a key position in a fast-paced, technical field, one promotion away from real success-but that's only if you ignore one little problem. Sandwiched between one migraine and the next, Viive's life is like those choose-your-own-adventure books you read as a kid, only less fun and with a lot more drugs. Faced with frustration from her loved ones and the dark machinations of a new colleague, Viive feels herself getting pulled under by guilt, apologies, and workplace shenanigans. But then she meets the Migraine Mafia, a quirky, vibrant support group, and she discovers that a room full of strangers just might be able to change the way she views her illness-and realizes that if she doesn't learn to ask for help, her health isn't the only thing she stands to lose. Sometimes painful, frequently hilarious, always entertaining, The Migraine Mafia is the story of one woman's quest to thrive in the face of chronic illness.
Download or read book Migraine written by Katherine Foxhall and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deeply researched and beautifully written, this fascinating and accessible study of one of our most common, disabling—and yet often dismissed—disorders will appeal to physicians, historians, scholars in medical humanities, and people living with migraine alike.
Download or read book Headache Help written by Lawrence Robbins and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people who suffer from headaches never consult a doctor, believing that no help is available, while others become frustrated and give up the search for relief. Fully revised and updated, this valuable book can save you time and trouble and help you stop the pain. It describes the full range of treatment options for migraines, cluster headaches, and tension headaches. It includes easy-to-understand information on the actions and side effects of hundreds of over-the-counter and prescription medications that prevent or abort headaches or dull the pain of a headache in progress. Special highlights: Details on the medications that have revolutionized migraine treatment Discussion of how hormones affect migraines Quick-reference guides to the medications that are most likely to work for your particular condition Helpful suggestions on how to describe your headache to your physician Hard-to-come-by information on headaches in children, teens, women, and people over fifty Alternative treatments, including herbs and acupuncture Self-help strategies such as relaxation techniques and biofeedback A national index of headache clinics and organizations
Download or read book Migraine written by Jack Sholl and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intellectual and witty depiction of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche as he simultaneously grapples with the idea of eternal return and his endlessly recurring migraine headache. This comical one-act play featuring a man suffering from a constant, intolerable headache serves as a great introduction to Friedrich Nietzsche for those who have heard of him and are interested in getting to know a little bit more about the renown German philosopher. For those who have already studied his works, this is an invitation to discover the more human aspects of the man who invented the concept of the Overman. A fictional treatment based on historical research, this is a sprightly, text addition to any true philosophers library.
Book Synopsis So Much More Than a Headache by : Kathleen O'Shea
Download or read book So Much More Than a Headache written by Kathleen O'Shea and published by Kent State University. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "English," wrote Virginia Woolf, "which can express the thoughts of Hamlet and the tragedy of Lear, has no words for the shiver and the headache. . . . let a sufferer try to describe a pain in his head to a doctor and language at once runs dry." Despite Woolf's astute observation and the apparent dearth of writings on such subjects, editor Kathleen O'Shea has managed to gather a wide selection of helpful excerpts, chapters, poetry, and even a short play in this anthology--all with a view toward increasing our understanding and ending the stigma attached to migraines and migraine sufferers. Unlike clinical materials, this anthology addresses the feelings and symptoms that the writers have experienced, sometimes daily. These pieces speak freely about the loneliness and helplessness one feels when a migraine comes on. The sufferer faces nausea, pain, sensitivity to light, and having the veracity of all these symptoms doubted by others. O'Shea, a professor of literature and a migraine sufferer herself, also includes an original essay of her own reflections. Offered as an alternative not only to medical writing but also to self-help books and internet blogs, So Much More Than a Headache addresses a real omission in the available works on migraine, provides a resource for those who may have underestimated the depth and range of writing on this subject, and challenges the cultural bias that dismisses migraine as "just a headache."
Book Synopsis So Much More Than a Headache by : Kathleen J. O'Shea
Download or read book So Much More Than a Headache written by Kathleen J. O'Shea and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "English," wrote Virginia Woolf, "which can express the thoughts of Hamlet and the tragedy of Lear, has no words for the shiver and the headache ... let a sufferer try to describe a pain in his head to a doctor and language at once runs dry. Despite Woolf's astute observation and the apparent dearth of writings on such subjects, editor Kathleen O'Shea has managed to gather a wide selection of helpful excerpts, chapters, poetry, and even a short play in this anthology-all with a view toward increasing our understanding and ending the stigma attached to migraines and migraine sufferers. Unlike clinical materials, this anthology addresses the feelings and symptoms that the writers have experienced, sometimes daily. These pieces speak freely about the loneliness and helplessness one feels when a migraine comes on. The sufferer faces nausea, pain, sensitivity to light, and having the veracity of all these symptoms doubted by others. O'Shea, a professor of literature and a migraine sufferer herself, also includes an original essay of her own reflections. Offered as an alternative not only to medical writing but also to self-help books and internet blogs, So Much More Than a Headache addresses a real omission in the available works on migraine, provides a resource for those who may have under-estimated the depth and range of writing on this subject, and challenges the cultural bias that dismisses migraine as "just a headache".
Book Synopsis The Migraine Revolution by : Martin Brink
Download or read book The Migraine Revolution written by Martin Brink and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is DISGUSTING and nothing short of a SCANDAL: Tens of millions of victims are needlessly TORMENTED by the agony, misery and assault of regular relentless migraine attacks. Misinformed, they are the vulnerable targets of GREEDY pharmaceutical companies. SMUG white-coated authorities are brainwashing and deceiving them into believing that migraine was "an INCURABLE GENETIC DISEASE that causes SWELLING AND INFLAMMATION of blood vessels around your head." This INSIDIOUS lie pretends to validate the sufferer's ILLUSION of helplessness by declaring the attack SYMPTOMS to be the only problem. That way sufferers are KEPT SICK and so FORCED to rely on drugs; ENSLAVED for sales and profit. Desperate migraineurs have had enough of this TERROR REGIME. They demand honest answers and effective solutions. Understandably, they've LOST hope and trust, feel LEFT ALONE with this invisible and unpredictable tyrant that NOBODY CARES to understand. They fearfully tip-toe around potential "triggers" and worry that people think: "It's just a headache, barely real." The Migraine Revolution EMPOWERS the fed up reader with a comprehensive and comprehensible summary of the latest science. It presents a wide variety of WEAPONS for body, mind and brain to TERMINATE the tyrant's terror, backed by more than 1,600 scientific references, explained by more than 300 graphs and pictures and with many awesome contributions from the world's leading migraine clinicians. The time has come to arm yourself with helpful facts and KNOWLEDGE, to share RESOURCES and to seek SUPPORT to fight the revolution. It's time to break the chain of suffering and pain. WE CAN END THE TYRANNY. Are you with us?
Download or read book Rachael Jablo written by Rachael Jablo and published by Kehrer Verlag. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Images from the chronic migraine netherworld between pain and sanity.
Download or read book Migraine written by Sue Dyson and published by Wellhouse Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine someone is trying to drill a hole in your head, right through one of your eyes. Imagine your stomach is heaving, your sight disturbed by weird effects of light and shade. Imagine there are pins and needles in your fingers and toes, and your brain is so confused that you can't get out the words you want to say. Imagine you have migraine! That is an extreme description of what it is like to have a migraine attack, but a sufferer will recognise some of the symptoms. Even the "lucky" ones who only suffer from sickness and a throbbing, one-sided headache, that can be enough to incapacitate them for days on end. This book is aimed at anyone who feels that conventional medicine isn't the whole answer, it can of course be used in conjunction with conventional medical treatment. This book looks at the dietary component that bedevils many migraine sufferers' lives. It's not just a question of cheese, red wine and chocolate -- there can be a much more complex pattern of food intolerances and sensitivities, if these can be identified real improvement can be achieved without large doses of prescription drugs.
Book Synopsis Why Don't Woodpeckers Get Headaches? by : Mike O'Connor
Download or read book Why Don't Woodpeckers Get Headaches? written by Mike O'Connor and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1983, Mike O'Connor opened the Bird Watcher's General Store on Cape Cod, which might well have been the first store devoted solely to birding in the United States. Since that time he has answered thousands of questions about birds, both at his store and while walking down the aisles of the supermarket. The questions have ranged from inquiries about individual species ("Are flamingos really real?") to what and when to feed birds ("Should I bring in my feeders for the summer?") to the down-and-dirty specifics of backyard birding ("Why are the birds dropping poop in my pool?"). Answering the questions has been easy; keeping a straight face has been hard. Why Don't Woodpeckers Get Headaches? is the solution for the beginning birder who already has a book that explains the slight variation between Common Ground-Doves and Ruddy Ground-Doves but who is really much more interested in why birds sing at 4:30 A.M. instead of 7:00 A.M., or whether it's okay to feed bread to birds, or how birds rediscover your feeders so quickly when you've just filled them after a long vacation. Or, for that matter, whether flamingos are really real.
Book Synopsis A Life Without Migraines: A Holistic and Little-Known Method For Living a Headache-Free Life by : Grant Dennis
Download or read book A Life Without Migraines: A Holistic and Little-Known Method For Living a Headache-Free Life written by Grant Dennis and published by Lioncrest Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you suffer from chronic headaches and migraines, you're resilient. Even when conventional treatments provide little relief, and despite the constant threat of unspeakable pain, you persevere. After all, you've had no choice-until now. Upper Cervical Specific Care is a treatment method for qualified patients battling chronic migraines. While still under-utilized, it's proving that there is a remedy for sufferers that doesn't require surgery or drugs. In Life without Migraines, Grant Dennis discusses this revolutionary remedy, citing the cause of chronic migraines and how Upper Cervical Care intervenes for life-changing results. Grant shares the inspirational stories of patients who were willing to try this solution as their last option and now live pain-free-a life they never could have imagined before treatment. When every other antidote has failed you, this book will give you the hope and motivation to try again. And this time, with a solution that you can count on for the rest of your life.
