Migraine is much more than a headache – this article covers the many related symptoms.
Dr Nazia Karsan, a neurologist from King’s College London, who is a regular contributor to the World Migraine Summit explains more about migraine in this interview.
The Heads Up podcast was developed by the National Migraine Centre. There are more than 50 episodes available.
The Migraine World Summit brings together the world’s leading experts to help improve your understanding of migraine and headache disorders. Every March it makes a series of talks available online free for one week, but you can also buy year-round access to the summit.
Migraine Again is a website run by people with migraine for people with migraine and frequent headaches. Prof. Goadsby has an article explaining migraine.
The Migraine Trust is a UK charity dedicated to supporting people with migraine.
The Exeter Migraine Clinic has some great information about migraine and Dr David Kernick has become a friend of Migraine Cymru Wales. He is developing a six-week online Manage Your Migraine Holistically course – we will include more details about this as soon as possible.
The National Migraine Centre is a UK charity and specialist clinic. Its website provides information and advice about migraine; you can also book an appointment at the centre for a donation to the charity or by paying a bit more for a private appointment.
The British Association for the Study of Headache (BASH) has a useful set of factsheets about different types of headaches and treatments, including migraine on its website.
Documents
Specimen Headache Diary (adapted from a version by Prof. Peter Goadsby) pdf / Word doc
Chocolate Crunchies Recipe (from Good Nutrition First)
This site follows the CHAMP Headache and Migraine Disease Language and Image Guide
Further reading
Managing Your Migraine by Dr Katy Munro
The Way Out: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Heal Chronic Pain by Alan Gordon and Alon Ziv
Migraine Cymru Wales 