after 40 years in bed...I AM NOW MIGRAINE FREE!!!

I had the very best experience with her -- and still do. She taught me that every migraine situation is different and treatment is based on a variety of factors, including what you've done already (like what successes you've had and also what other health conditions you have). I did the diet strictly and when I was symptom free for 3-4 months she showed me how to liberalize it so I have added back in most of what I missed and she has as well (we share recipes alot). It's really easy to do, but at first didn't seem that way.

I believe that following the diet helps all of the other techniques work better (she explained it better). I believe the majority of my success with her came from changing my thinking on a number of very painful topics (family, relationships, not having been able to work for decades due to being mostly couch-bound). No matter what I threw at her, she had an "elegant solution" that was easy to master. She was and continues to be a great partner in my journey to health of various kinds. I'm back in grad school! She is in her 40s and I am much older than she is and I worried that this would be a problem for me, going to a younger doctor, but that hasn't been an issue at all. Please tell her Hi!! from Sandy. Good luck to you!! I hope you find healing. Oh and as far as medication, she got me off of my medication that I took by painful infusion. I know my friend was able to reduce a medication that she had been on for years by a huge percentage through their work.

If you have any concerns or questions, talk to her. I was so nervous at the beginning and thought I was out of options.

 

hi - Dr. Laurel always explained how important it was to her do the least to a patient to the most for them (she said this to me a number of times as I was asking what she thought about adding a backup medication), so that’s why her material describes a step-wise approach. Meaning, that if one technique alone doesn’t work, a multi-modal approach, which sometimes involves meds, and that also depends on what you’re taking already. For example I spoke w a man who while working with her switched from Keppra to valproate, since he needed an anti seizure drug for epileptics . Don’t forget that the meds for migraine prevention also treat other conditions, such as mood disorders, high BP, and epilepsy, not sure your particular story or what you’ve tried thus far. So that’s why every treatment plan is patient specific. I was on high, high doses of a medicine before I met her and have reduced the dose significantly, to the point that the side effects disappeared, and I have no symptoms of migraine (which was completely new). Together we did the original Dr Sarno work (prompts, books, and read his letters to patients) and I feel fabulous. I went back to tell my neurologist about our success and he cried. Sending supportive prayers that you beat it. Thanks, Dana.