by Dr Robbins | Jun 15, 2012 | Headache Drugs
A patient recently recounted a development in her life that is worth sharing. Not long ago both of her elderly dogs passed away. While she has family nearby, she lives alone, and the house felt incredibly quiet with Jack and Max gone. She found herself staying in bed...
by Dr Robbins | May 16, 2012 | Headache Drugs
A propensity to anxiety is a physical, inherited illness, as is migraine. It is not psychological! By viewing certain key structures in the brain, such as the amygdala, one can almost predict who has anxiety. Even at age 5, in a child with separation anxiety, the...
by Dr Robbins | May 16, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Anxiety is a necessary and universal emotion. With anxiety that originates from a real or perceived threat of danger, one experiences an increase in heart rate, blood pressure, diaphoresis, and other physical accompaniments to anxiety. At times, anxiety comes across...
by Jeff Poleet | May 15, 2012 | Headache Drugs, Miscellaneous
This is a post taken from excerpts from comments I shared between another migraine patient and I in regards to preventive migraine treatment. I wanted to share it in a blog post, as I didn’t want the information to be overlooked in the comments section. With that...
by Dr Robbins | Apr 17, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Researchers recently studied patients with medication overuse headache to see if they experienced decreased quality of life, as well as increased depression and anxiety. These patients, who underwent an inpatient withdrawal program were asked to complete...
