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Balancing Work and a Migraine with Jaya
15 min
In this episode of Migraine Heroes, we talk with Jaya, a dedicated mom from San Francisco, who shares her battle with debilitating left-sided migraines triggered by workplace stress.
Highlights:
- Workplace Stress and Migraines: Discover how Jaya's demanding job contributed to her migraine attacks and the steps she took to manage them
- Diagnosing Migraines: Learn about Jaya's path to distinguishing migraines from regular headaches and the importance of an accurate diagnosis
- Medical Journey: Follow Jaya's experience with meeting a neurologist, starting on medications, and struggling with high medication costs and inadequate insurance coverage
- Coping Strategies: Gain insights into Jaya's methods for communicating her condition to her colleagues and managers, and how she created a supportive work environment
- Juggling Responsibilities: Understand the complexities Jaya faced while balancing her role as a mother, her career, and managing a migraine condition
- Exploring Solutions: Explore the various treatments Jaya experimented with and the frustration of trial and error.
- Discovering Her Migraine Profile: Learn how Jaya spent months identifying her unique migraine triggers, making nutritional adjustments, and ultimately reducing her attacks from 17 a month to just 1-2.
- Regaining Energy: Hear about Jaya's journey to reclaiming her energy levels, allowing her to train, play, and be goofy with her daughter.
- Migraine Heroes Approach: Be inspired by Jaya's advocacy for openness to healing through nutritional and holistic methods, highlighting the power of the Nectar Healing approach.
