Conquering Your Migraine: The Essential Guide to Understanding and Treating Migraines for all Sufferers and Their Families (Paperback)

~ (Author), Mary Franklin (Contributor) "Headache is the most common pain known to humans..." (more)
Key Phrases: coexisting migraine, migraine abortive therapy, hard headache, United States, New York, National Headache Foundation (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Headache specialist Seymour Diamond, with Mary A. Franklin, offers advice and encouragement in Conquering Your Migraine: The Essential Guide to Understanding and Treating Migraines for All Sufferers and Their Families. Collaborators on Coping with Your Headaches and colleagues at the Diamond Headache Clinic, they here examine the most debilitating form. Their manual identifies and discusses the various types of migraines, offers self-help measures and alternative therapies as well as the latest drug treatments available, and concludes with a list of resources, a glossary and a worksheet.

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Product Description

The up-to-the-minute guide to understanding and treating migraines for all migraine sufferers and their families

Across America, twenty-eight million people suffer from migraines, costing the nation millions of dollars in lost work and school days, medication, and countless visits to doctors and hospitals. At the world-renowned Diamond Headache Clinic in Chicago, Dr. Seymour Diamond has spent more than thirty years helping thousands of headache sufferers conquer their debilitating pain. At last, the resources of that institution are available in a book. Dr. Diamond's Conquering Your Migraine is a comprehensive guide to the identification and treatment of all types of migraine, including pediatric headache, hormonal migraine, and coexisting migraine and tension-type headache.

This book includes:

The most up-to-date research on the cause of migraine, including if and how it will affect treatment

How to identify the danger signs of migraine

Identifying and treating migraine when it is linked to depression

Why more than 70 percent of migraine sufferers are women and what their particular circumstances mean for treatment

How the miracle drugs of the twenty-first century can stop your migraine attack

The latest in non-drug and self-help treatments, including relaxation therapy, biofeedback, and preventative therapies

If you or someone close to you suffers from migraine, Dr. Diamond's Your Migraine is the lifeline you need to help free you from pain.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Fireside; 1st Paper, 1st Printing edition (April 3, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684873109
• ISBN-13: 978-0684873107
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #440,977 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for migraine sufferers........., September 24, 2001

By	Margaret "fugirl" (NYC) - See all my reviews

....Seymour Diamond, MD has written a comprehensive book on migraines that is designed for the layman. He explains the physiology of migraines and how they differ from ordinary headaches. He describes common symptoms that help the reader identify if and which type of migraine he/she gets, or if the migraines are co-existing with other types of headaches (which, once diagnosed, impacts treatment). Dr. Diamond delves into the specific problems that may occur in women (PMS, menopause) and how they may correlate with migraine, the link between migraine and other diseases (such as lupus, epliepsy, etc.) and how to tell the danger signs that indicate that a headache requires immediate medical attention.

The second half of the book is devoted to treatment. Dr.Diamond covers common drugs that are prescribed to treat migraine as well as dietary changes that migraine sufferers may wish to make. He also has a section on alternative treatments from chiropractic to biofeedback to herbal remedies.

The book also includes case studies and ends with a presentation of several support networks for migraine sufferers. Overall very informative book and a must for anyone wishing to begin or change the treatment they are receiving for migraines.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helped answer some questions, February 11, 2007

By	Timothy H. Gregory II (Cortland, Ohio) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I suffer from cronic migraines. I have been seeing my doctor, but havn't been getting the answeres I've needed. This book helped me understand what was going on, what to look for, and even gave me ideas on what to do differently. It also gave me ideas of what i'm going to mention during my next visit to my doctor. My mother also suffers from migraines, and I have a few friends and do also. I have had no problem inviting them to read my book.