Migraine Auras When the Visual World Fails

Name: Migraine Auras When the Visual World Fails
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ISBN: 9781556436192

ISBN-10: 155643619X

ISBN-13: 9781556436192

Edition: 2006

Authors: Richard Grossinger, Klaus Podoll, Markus Dahlem

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Migraine Auras is the first book to explore the distortions of vision and blind spots that occur either before a migraine headache or on their own. Many who experience a scotoma for the first time are confused, even terrified. Here readers can learn about the nature and meaning of these episodes and explore possibilities for relief as well as opportunities for personal growth through understanding visual artifacts. Related topics in this book include: migraine art and literature, dreams, motion sickness, floaters, herbs, homeopathy, bodywork, acupuncture, meditation, evolution of the nervous system, psychology of migraine, chaos theory, Alice in Wonderland syndrome, drug side-effects. Book…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Publication date: 8/23/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface




The Nature and Experience of Migraine Auras


Introduction


Testimony


Oliver Sacks' Migraine


Definition of the Aura and Scotoma


Historical and Artistic Legacy of Migraines


Ancient and Medieval References


Eighteenth- through Twentieth-Century Mentions


A Phenomenon that Gets Little Attention


The First Migraine Aura and Later Incidence


The Onset of a Migraine Aura and Its Common Circumstantial Triggers


The Relation of Auras to Vision


Psychosomatic Factors


Dreams


The Resolution of a Migraine Aura


The Nature and Meaning of Migraine Auras: Their Deeper Phenomenology



The Biology of Migraine Auras


Aura Structure


History of Medical Research


Other Migrainous and Migrainoid Phenomena


Migraine Equivalents, Migraine-like States, and Migrainoid Phenomena


Motion Sickness


Trances


Telepathy


Alien Abductions


Internal Pictures


Meditation Experiences


Diseases


The Evolutionary Basis of Migraine Auras


The Chaotic and Organizing Structure of the Brain and Nervous System


The Relation between Physiology and Psychology in the Brain



The Treatment of Migraine Auras


When to Worry and When Not


More Common Migrainelike Diseases


Floaters


Very Rare Migrainelike Diseases


Mainstream Remedies and Therapies


The Best Remedy Is No Remedy


Prevention


Placebo Effect


Drugs and General Allopathic Approaches


Alternative Medicine and Migraine Auras


Herbs and Natural Medicine


Homeopathy


Acupuncture


Osteopathy and Manual Medicine


Practices


Notes


Index