Treating migraine with evidence-based therapies isn’t “masking the problem.” It’s treating a neurologic disorder. Root-cause rhetoric sounds nice. Good medicine is a little more nuanced. ✨ #migraine #migrainerelief #doctor

🧠 Try this headache clue: Gently press over your supraorbital notch, right along the eyebrow. If it’s especially tender or reproduces your typical pain, it can be a clue seen in migraine and other headache disorders—but it doesn’t diagnose migraine by itself. For some patients with pain in th

Keeping a headache diary can make your neurology visit so much more useful. 🧠 Migraine history can get confusing fast..especially WHEN you have a migraine. 💬 How many headache/migraine days? 💬 How severe were they? 💬 What symptoms happened? 💬 What medication did you take? 💬 Did it actually

🧠 Toys that do more than keep kids busy. When I look for toys for my kid, I love ones that encourage movement, problem-solving, memory, coordination, and spatial skills. Research suggests cognitively engaging physical activity can support aspects of executive function, including working memor

Changing the way you think about migraine! 🧠 Do you know what lowers your threshold? #mi #migraine i #migrainerelief o #doctor e #neurology

Signs your migraine attack may be turning into status migrainosus 🧠 1️⃣ It’s approaching or passes 72 hours without truly breaking 2️⃣ Your usual rescue medications aren’t working like they normally do 3️⃣ The pain or migraine symptoms remain debilitating despite treatment 4️⃣ No pain-

3 things to know before Botox for migraine 💉🧠 1️⃣ It can take time. Some patients don’t see their best response until 2–3 treatment cycles. PREEMPT data showed additional patients responded after the second and third rounds. 2️⃣ It’s more than forehead injections. The standard protocol is 3

After treating thousands of migraine patients, these are 4 tips I give over and over again ⬇️ 😴 Your migraine brain loves a routine — keep sleep consistent, even on weekends. Yes, that includes sleeping in! ☕ Don’t play caffeine roulette — try to keep your daily caffeine intake pretty consis

Migraine treatment success is about more than just pain relief. 🧠 In migraine clinical trials, researchers often look at whether treatment improves a patient’s most bothersome symptom—like nausea, light sensitivity, or sound sensitivity — typically at 2 hours. That’s why Migsy lets you track

Migraine Medicine of the Day 💊 Timolol eye drops 👁️ A glaucoma medication that’s been studied off-label for acute migraine One small randomized trial found 82% of attacks improved significantly within 20 minutes vs 14% with placebo ⚠️ Evidence is still limited + mixed Not for everyone—

🧠 Your brain health in your 70s may start with what you do in your 40s & 50s. A study following 12,000+ adults for ~26 years found that 3 midlife risk factors were associated with fewer dementia-free years: 🩸 High blood pressure 🍬 Diabetes 🚬 Smoking Having all 3 vs. none was associated w

It’s never really about the lunch but that helps too 🥹💗 #medicine #doctorcouple #doctors

🧠 You don’t need an hour-long workout to start moving for your brain. Try adding small movement breaks throughout your day: 🟣 5 squats 🟢 30-second single-leg stand 🟠 1-minute brisk walk Research supports regular physical activity for brain and cognitive health, and activity no longer has

Mold doesn’t usually cause migraine, but it may lower your migraine threshold. 🧠 A review found stronger evidence for mold causing allergy and respiratory symptoms than neurologic disease. Mold may worsen migraine by: • Causinf smell sensitivity 👃 • Worsening allergies/sinus symptoms 🤧

Some of the associations neurologists are trained to recognize quickly! #neurology #doctor #medicine

Just slightly paranoid lol 🤷🏻‍♀️ #medicine #doctor

🧠 Can you guess the neurological diagnosis from the MRI? How many did you get right? #neurology #medstudent #medicine

Documentation matters—especially when a medical record may later be examined through a legal lens. But I also have empathy for the physician involved. As a physician who is still relatively early in my own career, I know how much we’re expected to learn clinically, while the medicolegal side of