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    Before the Headache: The Four Stages of a Migraine

    I know I’ve talked about migraines quite a bit this year. The truth is, I’ve dealt with them more this year than I have in a very long time, and along the way, I’ve learned a few things I wish I’d known sooner. One of those things started with something as simple as yawning. Actually, excessive yawning. really excessive yawning. I’m not talking about a yawn or two because you’re tired. I’m talking about yawning over and over again for no apparent reason. I yawn so much in meetings sometimes my coworkers actually count them and laugh. It became one of those little office things everybody noticed. Turns out, sometimes…

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    Apparently My Body Has Been Sending Memos, I Just Wasn’t Reading Them

    Apparently, My Body Has Been Sending Memos. I Just Wasn’t Reading Them. This week’s weather is looking like one of those weeks. Warm. Rain. Muggy. Pressure changes. More warm. More rain. For those of us whose heads like to participate in the weather forecast, you already know what I’m talking about. But lately I’ve been paying more attention to what happens before a migraine — the prodrome phase — and apparently my body has been dropping hints that I have been completely ignoring. The Signs I Never Connected To Migraines The yawning, I yawn. A LOT. Not all the time. But when it starts, apparently I put on a performance.…