Managing Stress and Migraine: How Much Control Do We Really Have?

Episode 134: Do you identify with stress as a migraine trigger? Or do you find it insulting when people try to tell you that your migraine disease is related to stress? If stress is a trigger for us what can we do to combat this problem?

In this week's episode, Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, aims to bring us a new perspective on stress and migraine by talking with Dawn Buse, PhD, a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in headache.

Follow the National Headache Foundation's podcast HeadWise, as host Lindsay Weitzel, PhD, has informative discussions with headache experts on the latest treatment, research, lifestyle recommendations, and personal stories about living with migraine disease and headache disorders. HeadWise can be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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[micheleanthony]

Your comment about trust is right on. Chronic migraine can erode hope

[mariegerdes]

I was an elementary teacher and found no difference in the summers vs the school year as far as stress goes. So yes I do resent when people say it is stress. I was looking for causes too! I did find sometimes I had a migraine after a stressful situation. I am currently on 2 anti depressants and rarely have migraines. I am also older (71) now.

[popculturepicks]

Routine routine and routine. That is how you control this damn disease

[popculturepicks]

I was doing a highly stressful job in a fast food restaurant and was having a migraine usually everyday since everyday was stressful . It's definitely linked . But my question is this ' now that I quit this job and moved to a low stress job, this job is in a highly cold environment and now I'm having daily migraines because of the very cold ac .

[popculturepicks]

I feel worse when I take an off, sometimes when I come from an off to a stressful first day work. It's fluid

[popculturepicks]

Migraine rules my life for sure . It's out of control .

[deborahgray]

How did you stop your daily migraines? That’s what I’m having