]> http://drupal.zigguratt.com/blog/robertkamper/migraines_taken_seriously_at_sciam Comments for "Migraines taken seriously at SciAm" en http://drupal.zigguratt.com/blog/robertkamper/migraines_taken_seriously_at_sciam#comment-2216 Thank you for this. It just firms up what I have suspected for so long. It is a new age we live in now. The contrast from when I used to seek med help 20 years ago is staggering. Sadly I have significant post traumatic stress from these bad encounters, and do not go easily to new doctors. I am working on being better about it, but the old school is still out there. I do remember one doctor, who I only saw once, about 20 years ago who was very enlightened and asked some of the most unusual questions about my condition. When I first met him, I thought he was the janitor, not a doctor. He was not at all self aware. But very patient aware. He asked if I noticed a pattern of yawning prior to onset of pain. He asked if I could recall the day before an attack if I had strange food cravings. He asked if I noticed when I was underwater (swimming of course) if my eye sight improved (the answer to that one is yes btw). He also wanted to know if I had spikes of intellectual insight and generally felt "smarter" a few hours prior to an attack. I was floored by that question because it was something my father talked about too. How we are so smart just before the worst attacks - he used to think it was punishment for being a smarty pants, (his words) but the doctor had a different idea on that. As I understand it, our brain stem has an influence on all the stuff I just mentioned. Could be the dr. that looked like a janitor, just may be right. Oh... and my father was a smarty pants - just for the record. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:19:22 -0600 http://drupal.zigguratt.com/blog/robertkamper/migraines_taken_seriously_at_sciam New article in the latest issue, article now online <strong>Key Concepts</strong><ul><li>Migraine is more than a headache: it is intensely painful and has distinct phases.</li> <li>The disorder used to be considered a vascular one, but recent research reveals it to be neurological, related to a wave of nerve cell activity that sweeps across the brain.</li> <li>The root of migraine may reside in brain stem malfunctioning.</li> <li>Although debate swirls about the precise cause of migraine, discoveries are already permitting the development of new treatments</li> <a href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=why-migraines-strike&sc=rss">More at SciAm online</a> Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:52:32 -0600