“Migraine diaries” are considered to be an integral part of migraine treatment. In theory, this makes sense. Knowledge is power, right? Problem is, most migraine diaries are too detailed to be useful, and as a result most people don’t end up using them for long, if at all. They typically ask you to record all […]
Author: Josh Turknett, MD
Carbohydrate Counts from The Migraine Miracle Recipes
Carbohydrate restriction and the resultant blood sugar stabilization and ketone production can offer another level of migraine protection – another arrow in your quiver to fire when needed. As promised in the book, here are the carbohydrate counts (listed as grams of carbohydrates) for each of the recipes from The Migraine Miracle for those of […]
Frequently Asked Questions about Migraine
Not too sure about what migraines are? Just started having them? Over the past decade of taking care of patients with migraine, I’ve found certain questions emerge time and again, particularly amongst folks who have just started having them for the first time. Some of these will crop up in our initial conversation, others will […]
What are Migraines, Part 2: Classic Migraine Symptoms
First of all, let’s recap the take home points from part 1: Migraines happen in normal brains Migraines are the result of a malfunction in pain processing, or specifically pain processing in reverse Migraines are weird. So we’ve established that, with migraine, everything is thrown on its head. Pain doesn’t mean what we normally […]
What are Migraines, Part 1: Migraines are Weird
Right off the bat, I think it’s important that we acknowledge that migraines are a bizarre and perplexing biological phenomenon. As anyone who’s had one knows, they are oftentimes excruciating, agonizing, and debilitating – features that would lead you to believe they serve a very important biological function. Yet, they appear to have no functional […]
Coming December 1, 2013: The Migraine Miracle
Say Goodbye to Migraines Want to end your battle with migraines? Want to wake up in the morning knowing that your plans for that day won’t be derailed by a throbbing head? Want this without having to take expensive, side-effect laden medications every day? Sounds too good to be true, right? Up until a few […]
An Introduction
Who are you and why are you doing this? My name is Josh Turknett. I’m a neurologist, headache specialist, and migraine sufferer, among other things. My wife is Jenny Turknett. She’s a food writer and restaurant critic, former caterer/event planner, and migraine sufferer, among other things. A few years ago I made a surprising and […]