Tuesday, July 13, 2010

My head is killing me! I'm so happy!

This magazine was sent (unsolicited) to my office recently.

In 12 years I've taken care of a lot of migraine patients. And NONE of them looked this happy about their headaches...





When someone comes into my office with that kind of look, I generally DON'T assume they need a migraine medicine. Haldol (an antipsychotic), perhaps, but not a migraine drug.
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21 comments:

  1. CrownedwithVictoryJuly 13, 2010 at 8:14 AM

    She actually has a sort of insane look in those eyes.

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  2. Grumpy, M.D.July 13, 2010 at 8:16 AM

    Agree. Hence, the Haldol.

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  3. Queen Silly BritchesJuly 13, 2010 at 8:39 AM

    I actually felt like the woman in the picture looks when my doctor gave me Maxalt for my migraines. I was having 2-3 a week and the Imitrex side effects were definitely a case of "the cure" being "worse than the disease".

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  4. OMDGJuly 13, 2010 at 8:45 AM

    She has that look as if she's thinking, "If you don't fix my migraines, I may just snap and kill you, Dr. Grumpy."

    Perhaps this is actually what the magazine was going for?

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  5. AnonymousJuly 13, 2010 at 9:18 AM

    I think it's to induce migranes - my head hurts when I look directly into those eyes.

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  6. The MotherJuly 13, 2010 at 10:05 AM

    That is, however, what I look like when I think that I no longer have them.

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  7. DianaJuly 13, 2010 at 10:25 AM

    She does look a little crazy. Maybe she's just into the pain.

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  8. ERPJuly 13, 2010 at 11:15 AM

    Obviously the medical marijuana you prescribed her is working.

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  9. Li'l AzathothJuly 13, 2010 at 12:27 PM

    "Just a couple more minutes, and you'll never have migraines again. Or any other kind of pain. Ever. Heh heh heh..."

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  10. terri cJuly 13, 2010 at 2:20 PM

    Yeah, those eyes are definitely not friendly. AdvertisingFAIL.

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  11. AnonymousJuly 13, 2010 at 2:20 PM

    Yup, reminds me of the photo of Goldie Hawn on the front cover of AARP magazine a while back - really, do they think we don't know the photo is airbrushed and that she's been prepared by a stylist and perhaps a surgeon or two...
    (and no, I do NOT subscribe - it was in an MD waiting room!!)

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  12. RSDSJuly 13, 2010 at 4:59 PM

    Maybe she had Botox injections, and is part of the minority for whom they work.

    Maybe she had to smile for the pose, but actually has a migraine from the bright lights.

    RSDS

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  13. Have Myelin?July 13, 2010 at 5:45 PM

    A little medical mj and lots of topamax will cure migraines. I haven't had one since 2001!

    And medical mj takes care of MS spasms a whole lot better than icky, icky baclofen or zanaflex. *barf*

    As for her crazed look...maybe she just found out she was put on Medicaid. =) =) =)

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  14. John Schumann, M.D.July 13, 2010 at 11:30 PM

    same photo was on the cover of Proctology Today. go figure.

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  15. danielleJuly 14, 2010 at 12:44 AM

    What a great photographer.....caught her in the midst of headspinning (AEB The Exorcist!)

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  16. AnonymousJuly 14, 2010 at 1:18 AM

    That smile does not say "I'm so happy my migraine is cured!" That smile says "I'm going to pick up an axe and kill everyone in this room!"

    Hopalong Ginsberg

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  17. AnonymousJuly 14, 2010 at 9:57 AM

    It has been my experience that this expression appears on a woman's face shortly after hearing the phrase "I do".

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  18. Kat's KatsJuly 15, 2010 at 10:44 PM

    Okay, I started getting a migraine just looking at this. Must take Imitrex NOW.

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  19. woolywomanJuly 17, 2010 at 1:11 AM

    Thant's the fake smile of a person with a migraine who is out of sick days. She doesn't want anyone making any loud noises or sudden moves.

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  20. JessAugust 31, 2010 at 2:32 AM

    When I close my eyes I see her face so now I can't even sleep. Last time I read your blog before bed, sir.

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  21. AnonymousDecember 13, 2010 at 6:39 AM

    Does a frontal lobotomy cure migraines?

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So wadda you think?