Causes
What you push away, your body makes you feel later
What happens when you keep pushing pain and emotions away? The science of central sensitisation, emotional suppression and what it means for your migraine.
Knowledge & insights
Blog
Articles on migraine, its underlying causes and what you can do about them. Written from clinical practice, clear for everyone.
Stories
Louise (32): from 8 migraine days a month to weeks without an attack
How Louise, after years of chronic migraine with 12 triptans a month, gut problems and brain fog, went weeks without an attack after her first consultation.
Supplements
Magnesium for migraine: which form actually works?
Which magnesium works for migraine? Learn which forms are backed by research, why magnesium oxide disappoints, and how to dose magnesium for prevention.
Medication
The propranolol paradox: how beta-blockers treat and sustain your migraine at the same time
Propranolol suppresses melatonin by 80 to 86%, the very substance that protects against migraine. The paradox, the evidence and what you can do about it.
Stories
Anja (46): from chronic migraine to radiant again
How Anja, after years of chronic migraine with ten migraine days a month, painful periods and tense muscles, drastically reduced her symptoms in just 10 weeks.
Nutrition
Cola for headache and migraine: does it really help?
Cola for headache or migraine: why do so many people reach for it? Discover the science behind caffeine, the vagus nerve and coca extracts, and when to be wary.
Causes
Calming an overactive brain in migraine: why slowing down regularly is essential
An overactive brain in migraine: why your brain keeps working overtime, and how slowing down regularly with small daily rituals can help prevent attacks.
Causes
Hypersensitivity, oxytocin and bulk drinking in migraine
Oxytocin and migraine: how hypersensitivity and serotonin are linked to attacks, and how thirst and bulk drinking boost oxytocin to calm an overstimulated mind.
Causes
Solar flares and migraine
Solar flares and migraine: how solar storms disturb the Earth's magnetic field and can disrupt the electrical signals in your nervous system, and what helps.
Causes
Can tiny blood clots trigger migraine attacks? Is there a link between migraine and stroke?
Blood clots and migraine: what scientific research says about silent brain infarcts, aura and the possible link with stroke, and what you can do about it.
Causes
Why you get migraine at the weekend
Weekend migraine: why an attack often strikes just as you start to relax, when cortisol drops and your body switches from overdrive to rest. Here is what happens.
Treatment
Healing with warmth: deep infrared therapy for migraine, stress and dissociation
Infrared therapy for migraine, stress and dissociation: discover how deep warmth stimulates oxytocin and helps your nervous system shift into recovery mode.
Causes
Why women get migraine more often around their period and ovulation
Migraine around your period and ovulation: how fluctuations in oestrogen and progesterone trigger attacks, and what you can do to get more control over them.
Causes
The weather and migraine
Weather, flying and migraine: how changes in air pressure disturb the electrolyte balance in your brain and can trigger an attack, and how to prepare for them.
Medication
CGRP inhibitors for migraine: how they work and what the risks are
How do CGRP inhibitors such as fremanezumab, galcanezumab, eptinezumab and erenumab work for migraine? Their action, their risks and why to look past symptoms.
Causes
The sensitisation of migraine: migraine is programmed into your brain
Sensitisation in migraine: how thoughts, emotions and sensory input get stored together in your brain, so that migraine becomes a programmed brain pattern.
Treatment
Lymphatic stimulation for migraine
Lymphatic stimulation for migraine: how supporting lymphatic drainage helps clear inflammatory substances and can help you recover from an attack faster.
Causes
Hemiplegic migraine, severe aura and the role of genes
Hemiplegic migraine and severe aura: the role of astrocytes and the ATPase gene in paralysis, numbness and speech problems, and why lifestyle matters more.
Nutrition
Why seafood matters for migraine
Seafood and migraine: how omega-3 and other nutrients from fish and shellfish feed your brain and help counter the neuroinflammation behind migraine attacks.
Medication
Painkillers for migraine: medication overuse headache
Painkillers and medication overuse headache: how triptans, NSAIDs and paracetamol, used often, can lead to more frequent and more intense migraine attacks.
Causes
How bleeding gums can cause migraine
Bleeding gums and migraine: how mouth bacteria can fuel inflammation in your brain via the trigeminal nerve. Discover the surprising mouth-brain link.
Nutrition
Frequent migraine? Tense jaw? Try crunching on a carrot!
A carrot against migraine: how chewing activates your jaw muscles, reassures your brain and can help prevent a migraine attack. A surprisingly simple habit.
Medication
Ginger and triptans for migraine: what does the research say?
What does the science say about ginger and sumatriptan for migraine? A look at a head-to-head study, including the nuance and limitations you should know.
Causes
The connection between emotions and migraine
Emotions and migraine: discover how your Emotional Motor System turns unprocessed emotions into chronic muscle tension that can trigger migraine attacks.
Causes
Migraine and the trigeminal nerve
Migraine and the trigeminal nerve: how this nerve passes on pain, and why jaw clenching, strong smells and an energy shortage in the brain can trigger attacks.
Medication
Topamax and migraine
Topamax (topiramate) for migraine: why this epilepsy drug is so often prescribed for prevention, and which side effects you should know about as a patient.
Causes
Migraine: from avoiding triggers to becoming flexible
Migraine and triggers: why avoiding triggers misses the core of the problem, and how your brain can become more flexible and resilient instead. Find out how.
Nutrition
Hydration and electrolytes in migraine
Hydration and electrolytes in migraine: why constant small sips of water can backfire, and how Celtic salt and potassium-rich foods support your brain.
Nutrition
Dark chocolate and migraine: do or don't?
Dark chocolate and migraine: trigger or actually helpful? Discover what the magnesium in chocolate does and why you start craving it just before an attack.
Treatment
What makes you sensitive to migraine?
What makes you sensitive to migraine? The role of neurotransmitters, the trigeminal nerve, methylation, energy supply and genes like MTHFR and COMT explained.
Causes
Migraine from stress? Why that is only part of the story
Migraine and stress: why stress is only part of the story, and what really happens in your brain during an attack. Discover the full picture behind migraine.