Healing Migraines Naturally

A woman on a recent consult call told me she was thinking about going back on the GAPS diet. Last year she followed it for seven months and had one migraine in that whole time. Before that, she'd been having more than 15 a month. When she came off it at Christmas, her migraines came back. The diet helped her. So why was I glad she talked to me before starting it again? In this episode, I cover: - Why her reflux, hot flashes and periods got better at the same time as her migraines, and why that isn't a coincidence - What you actually eat on the GAPS diet, and why so few people can stay on it - The three reasons GAPS worked for her - Why her migraines came back once she started eating normal, healthy food again - Two clients who spent two years on GAPS, and what changed when we brought food back in - How to get the same benefits from a varied diet you can eat at a restaurant or a holiday table If a strict diet has helped you, that's good news. It means your body can get better. You don't have to stay on that diet to keep feeling better. Episodes mentioned: 12. Is My Leaky Gut Causing My Migraines? https://www.drlesliecisar.com/podcasts/healing-migraines-naturally/episodes/2147713423 148. From 23 Migraine Days A Month To One. Jean's Story https://www.drlesliecisar.com/podcasts/healing-migraines-naturally/episodes/2149276926 More episodes on this topic: 4. The Truth About Food Triggers https://www.drlesliecisar.com/podcasts/healing-migraines-naturally/episodes/2147677965 5. All About Menstrual Migraines https://www.drlesliecisar.com/podcasts/healing-migraines-naturally/episodes/2147681850 20. Why Migraine Diets Don't Work https://www.drlesliecisar.com/podcasts/healing-migraines-naturally/episodes/2147748213 34. Food Sensitivity Testing - Is It Worth It? https://www.drlesliecisar.com/podcasts/healing-migraines-naturally/episodes/2147797648 69. Do Your Migraines Make You Dread the Holidays? https://www.drlesliecisar.com/podcasts/healing-migraines-naturally/episodes/2149105685 76. Are My Migraines and My Heartburn Connected? https://www.drlesliecisar.com/podcasts/healing-migraines-naturally/episodes/2149117702 99. The Real Reason You Keep Getting Migraines (It's Not What You Think) https://www.drlesliecisar.com/podcasts/healing-migraines-naturally/episodes/2149178586 140. Why Your Nose Runs When You Eat And What It Has To Do With Migraines https://www.drlesliecisar.com/podcasts/healing-migraines-naturally/episodes/2149258767 Free Training: 5 Proven Steps to Being Migraine Free (Even if you think you've already tried everything.) https://www.drlesliecisar.com/training Free Facebook Group: Healing Migraines Naturally, with Leslie Cisar, ND https://www.facebook.com/groups/healingmigrainesnaturally Book your free 30-minute consultation: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/apply In health, Dr. Leslie Cisar

Jean is 54. She’s had migraines since she was 17. For years, her lunch break looked like this: drive to the parking lot, push the seat back, set an alarm for 30 minutes, and pray she could fall asleep long enough to take the edge off. Then go back to the office and hope it didn’t come back before 5. She tried everything. Fioricet. Triptans. Botox. Injectables. Hypnosis. Craniosacral therapy. Acupuncture. Pink tinted glasses. A page and a half of symptoms when we started. 23 head pain days a month. In this episode Jean joins me to share what four months of working together actually looked like, not the polished version, the real one. What shifted first. What surprised her. What it felt like to go six weeks between triptan doses for the first time in years. And what it means to take two trips without a migraine when travel used to guarantee one. If you’re ready to find out what’s actually driving your migraines, book a free consultation call at www.drlesliecisar.com/apply Want to understand what’s actually driving your migraines? Start with my free training, 5 Proven Steps To Being Migraine Free: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/5SHMN Connect with us: Website: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/ Free Facebook Group: Healing Migraines Naturally, with Leslie Cisar, ND Ready to try something radically different that actually works? Read more about my approach here: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/map In health,Dr. Leslie Cisar  

When a woman fills out her intake form and gets to asthma, she checks the box and moves on. That was a long time ago. I grew out of it. I’m going to push back on that. You didn’t grow out of it. Your body pushed it deeper. In this episode I connect the dots that nobody lined up for you. The eczema as a baby. The allergies as a kid. The asthma at seven. The stomach problems at eleven. The migraines at 25. These are not separate problems that happened to the same unlucky person. They are one story: your body’s toxin bucket filling up over decades, and the symptoms getting deeper and more complex every time one of them got shut off without anyone addressing the load underneath. I explain why asthma and migraines switch sides at puberty at exactly the same moment. What three medications overlap between asthma and migraine care. and what most moms have never been told about one of them. And what it actually looks like when the bucket starts draining — for your lungs, for your allergies, and for your migraines. If you grew out of your asthma and now you have migraines, this episode is the chapter nobody gave you. Want to understand what’s actually driving your migraines? Start with my free training — 5 Proven Steps To Being Migraine Free: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/5SHMN Ready to look at your full picture? Book a free consultation call at www.drlesliecisar.com/apply Connect with us: Website: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/ Free Facebook Group: Healing Migraines Naturally, with Leslie Cisar, ND Ready to try something radically different that actually works? Read more about my approach here: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/map In health,Dr. Leslie Cisar  

A headache center told Amanda that her migraines were hereditary and they'd likely stop at menopause. She took time off work to travel to that appointment. She cried most of the way home. Think about those two sentences together. They're hereditary. And they'll stop at menopause. Well, which is it? Your genes don't change at menopause. Today I'm talking to two women. The first one heard that, believed it, waited 15 years, got to menopause, and the migraines are still here. The second one got to menopause and her migraines did get better, but I'm going to ask a question nobody has asked her yet. I explain why the hardest years of Lisa's migraines were the ones right before menopause, and why that isn't bad luck. Why menopause didn't fix them. Why the calendar is gone but the migraines are keeping the time. And why for the woman whose migraines stopped at menopause, getting better and getting healthier are not always the same thing. And at the end I tell you about Sue. She had migraines for 45 years. She came to me at 64. She was migraine free by the end of our work together, and she still updates me every year. It is not too late.   If you’re ready to address the root drivers of your migraines, you can book a free consultation at the link below:  https://www.drlesliecisar.com/apply Free Training: 5 Proven Steps to Being Migraine Free (Even if you think you've already tried everything.) https://www.drlesliecisar.com/5SHMN   Connect with us: Website: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/ Free Facebook Group: Healing Migraines Naturally, with Leslie Cisar, ND Ready to try something radically different that actually works? Read more about my approach here: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/map In health,Dr. Leslie Cisar  

Another Migraine Monday post showed up in my feed. Phases of a migraine attack. Prodrome, aura, headache, postdrome, interictal. Symptoms listed. Purple ribbon energy. And I couldn't let it go without actually explaining what those symptoms mean. Because here's what every one of those symptoms is doing, giving you a detailed report about what's happening inside your body. The frequent urination before a migraine. The yawning. The food cravings. The neck stiffness. The nasal congestion. The irritability. The brain fog that lingers for days after. These are not random. These are not just part of a chronic disease you have to manage. Every single one of them is a clue. And in this episode I walk through each phase of the migraine and explain exactly what the symptoms are telling us about where your body's three principles have broken down. Here's the simplest way I can put it. A migraine is a hangover without the alcohol. When you understand why that's true, nothing about your symptoms is random anymore. Book a free consultation call at www.drlesliecisar.com/apply