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So true.... | Heal Your Headache: The 1-2-3 Program for Taking Charge of Your Pain | David Buchholz

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	• Heal Your Headache: The 1-2-3 Program for Taking Charge of Your Pain David Buchholz Workman Publishing Company, 2002 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 233 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Always in pain

I have read this book twice. The first time I tried the diet I eventually stopped since my preventative medication was working quite well. Unfortunetely, it made me gain a lot of weight so I wanted to get off of it. I've been doing the diet for over a month now w/no success. I was already on a very strict low calorie diet in addition to being a vegetarian so this diet limits me even more. My number of headaches hasn't yet to decrease but I'm still hopeful it may work soon. I get about 15migraines a month & every year it gets worse. My ideal would be to not have to take a preventative but it looks like that isn't in my cards. I wish he detailed more of the preventatives & their side effects as there as many.

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He Solved my Migraine Problem

David Buchholz book changed my life!! After weekly (2 to 3 times a week) headaches for many years, he has given me the tools to get rid of my Excedrin and the many triptans that I took every week. When one tablet didn't work, I went from 2 to 3 and then 4 was not able to get rid of the headache. I just knew that there had to be a better way. His book was recommended to me and the rest is history. I stopped cold turkey, his recommendation, and I have tried to stick to his diet. Aside from some bearable headaches, I am doing fine. I have been doing this for less than a week, but I will never go back to abusing those terrible drugs again. I have tried to tell my former neurologists (the best of Boston) and they have not returned my calls. I guess they are not interestsed in hearing about an approach that works without drugs.

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So true....

The more I read this book, the more angry I was at my neurologist for being so prescription happy. I am thinking of taking a copy of this book to him on my next appoinment along with all my unused quick fixes. I admit I cannot follow any diet to the letter, or even come close. But, since I eliminated the presciption and OTC quick fixes, red wine, chocolate, and the biggie CAFFEINE, my headaches have been DRASTICALLY reduced to the point where every now and then I need an ibuprofen. This makes life so much more enjoyable.

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be patient

I started this program on May 15. It is now July 31 and I can finally say that I am 90% better. But-be prepared to go through headache hell for 6 weeks as you detox from caffeine, estrogen, and other meds that are mentioned as culprits in perpetuating the headache cycle. Not to mention going crazy over the limited diet. You will be very tempted to just quit and go back to your old diet and meds-but don't!!! Reading these reviews is the only thing that kept me going-I had to know there was some light at the end of the tunnel. And there is. And it may take even longer than 6 weeks. The thing that really turned the corner for me was increasing my preventive med to a much higher dose. My only complaint about the book is that he could have devoted more space to female hormonal issues that are such severe migraine triggers, especially since most migraine victims are female.

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Grateful Parents

Dr. Buchholz's has given us our daughter back, through his innovative book Heal Your Headache!!! She has suffered for many years with daily Migraine, and has tried many doctors and medicines with little or no improvement. She finally had to withdraw from college in February and move back home, unable to function due to Migraines.
Then we found this book!!!Briefly, Dr. Buchholz's 3-step program is :1)Discontine/then limit Imitrex and other pain medications to prevent rebound headaches, 2)Remove all common Migraine food triggers from the diet,then reintroduce to identify your personel triggers 3)If needed, add a threshhold-raising preventative medication. The book includes an explanation of the Migraine mechanism, and how each step combines to prevent/control headaches. Since following Dr. Buchholz's instructions, she has been able to happily work part time all summer, and is registered to return to our local college next month! Now, she laughs with friends, reads and goes to movies, (BIG Harry Potter fan!!!),is beginning to teach three-year-olds at church, ...in other words...She is LIVING LIFE again!!! There are no words to adequately express our gratitude to Dr. Buchholz's for this profound book.

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