It's worth also remembering that not everyone who gets migraine gets headache. If you think it's difficult to get a diagnosis when you do get headache, you should see how much fun it is when you don't get headache, but it's estimated that about 1 in 10 people who get migraine don't get headache. It's important that people understand that as a lot of people suffer unnecessarily. Vestibular migraine often doesn't cause headache but leaves the suffered dizzy, uncoordinated, brain fogged, nauseous etc.
I think you're talking about the auras. Do you get auras? Any idea how to stop them. Magnesium etc has not helped me. I'm on a sugar free diet so that has not helped either. Any idea?
@@RG....... No this isn't aura, aura generally only last a max of 60 min. Some aura can affect balance and coordination though. In my case I do get aura but it affects my speech. With vestibular migraine the balance and coordination issues hit during the attack (often called the headache) phase not the aura phase and last many hours to days. Some people with vestibular migraine do also get headache but about half don't. There are other types of migraine that also often don't include a headache and it's not aura either, such as abdominal migraine or ocular migraine. I have found the ketogenic diet has helped somewhat. I actually have to be in ketosis though to have the benefit, so I have to be very strict on avoiding carbohydrates or big bolus of protein to get the benefit, a low carbohydrate diet doesn't do the job for me. I personally find that adding any electrolytes eg magnesium, salt etc makes my migraine worse contrary to what everyone advises. Also one of the biggest factors for me was reducing stress even though I didn't actually feel stressed I was experiencing a lot of frustration at work and as far as my body is concerned it's the same thing. I've recently taken a voluntary demotion in work to achieve this, as the migraine had got to the point of being daily, but it has made a significant improvement. Next step give up coffee and diary, I've encountered lots of people who said their migraine didn't go away until they gave up those two thing. Problem is I love those two things. Oh well, got to try.
6 months ago I was given another migraine medication (from a neurologist). I noticed it was also given to people who suffer from epilepsy. So I looked into natural ways of treating epilepsy and wondered whether I could use the same treatment for my vestibular migraine (instead of trying another unnatural drug). I'm happy to say that the ketogenic diet has been a wonderful time of relief for me. It is worth cutting out the carbs and eating healthy grass fed proteins and fats. When you're desperate enough you will make the change. I was desperate and the change has been remarkably. I was elated to hear this lady speak because I thought I was the only one who has tried this means of cure. 🎉
@mjbcoffee16 Do you get auras? Any idea how to stop them. Magnesium etc has not helped me. I'm on a sugar free diet so that has not helped either. Any idea?
More than a year ago I completely changed my diet for a different reason and I've just realised that I haven't had a serious migraine attack since then. I do still get the ocassional mild headache, but nothing like it was before. Now I'm wondering whether those mild headaches happen at times when I compromise my diet. This gives me one more reason to stick to wholefoods - I still eat complex carbs (grains, legumes, all types of vegetables and fruit) and pretty much everything else (some meat, fish, eggs and dairy) - I haven't excluded anything other than added sugar and ultraprocessed food. If I had known that my diet had such a huge impact on my health, I would have switched a long time ago, but sometimes it takes a crisis to make you realise what is basically just common sense.
I took part in an experiment a few years ago, where we took 70 ml of olive oil on top of a normal diet for 2 weeks, to see what the olive oil would do to our serum lipid profiles. I never found out exactly what happened to my lipid profile, but I kept taking large amounts of olive oil, and interestingly, this happened: the migraines I had been getting since 30 years got much better, and basically disappeared. Starting in my late 20s, I had been getting severe migraines first once a month (with the period) and later on, in my late 40s-50s, once a week. Over the years, they had been getting milder, but simultaneously with the olive oil diet, they disappeared nearly completely. Dr. Gross, I know your company and the theory about ketones and glucose uptake in the brain (I wrote a first draft of your EU grant application in 2021--it was very interesting!), but the olive oil on top of a regular diet also seems to have done something...any ideas how that could be working? Olive oil has like 70-80% oleate, which has some effects on sphingolipid metabolism (see papers by Ashley Cowart et al), but other than that, I don't know what could be happening, since I'm still eating sugar and carbohydrates as normal--perhaps just less of them due to more calories from olive oil. Anyway, nice to see you here, and congratulations on your company, and on beating migraines! I commend you!
@@RG....... Patience. Your body changes slowly. You are reversing one day at a time your insulin resistance, and improving your metabolic flexibility. It's a challenge to change, so incomfort is expected.
The first time I heard this theory, it all made sense. My metabolism is whack. I have chronic intractable migraine, narcolepsy type 2, and obstructive sleep apnea. Oh, and apparently fibromyalgia, as well. There's a commonality in here. Thank you for all that you have researched and been through and helping us all live better quality lives.
At 48 years of living with migraine it's safe to say I'm a migraine elder. During this time I've tried a lot of things and the research has also changed a lot. Migraines are multi-genic- I have them all (vascular, neurological, trauma) Dr. Gross's metabolic approach may be the missing link... Many sources (including two neurologists I know) say that only 16% of migraineurs will continue with attacks post menopause. I was very hopeful that I would be one of the lucky 84%. So far, two years in, not so. I have become high episodic 8-10 migraines a month. I do everything right and have for years. I am a yoga and meditation teacher, I eat organic, whole foods, no alcohol or caffeine, gluten free, vegetarian, hang with nice people, low HRP doses etc... However, Im not getting any younger and considering the metabolic approach makes perfect sense. Age means metabolism slows down, cellular repair is slower, some of the natural antioxidants like estrogen and progesterone fall away,...yet does the hyperactive brain slow down? I don't think mine has. I am very interested in the migra-kit and want to know how and when I can get it in Canada... or maybe I will have to plan a trip abroad to buy:)
@@Tad-For-Global-Peace Do you get auras? Any idea how to stop them. Magnesium etc has not helped me. I'm on a sugar free diet so that has not helped either. Any idea?
I've been convinced I am diabetic for such a long time. I struggle with sugar and carbs, the best i ever felt was doing a low carb (not keto, I felt so ill) but I have kids and I'm like a carb-a-holic. I need to watch this again with a notebook. I have migraine triggers in every category mentioned but something I didn't hear was sound triggers. High pitch noises can trigger my tinnitus and when it gets really bad I start the migraine cycle. In this moment I just realized it's probably the stress of trying to function through the tinnitus...dang.
Regarding the hyperexciteability of the brain. Could this be similar to ADHD? In which case a stimulant might decrease the brains activity...? Thinking a combo of metabolic fuel AND a decrease in brain hyperexciteability would be ideal!
Muchas gracias excelente info,quisiera saber si esta en español, sufro como la dra migrańa cronicas por mas de 20 ańos he tratado todo para prevenirlas,lasche tenido por 30 dias ha sido muy dificil vivir con esta condicion opte por buscar una Segunda opinion y me ha veneficiado un poco mejor,con med para las combulsiones y un triptan solo por 10 dias a el mes me dan de 15 a 18 quisiera que en un futuro fueran 3 o 4 muchas gracias
@thefisherling78 Do you get auras? Any idea how to stop them. Magnesium etc has not helped me. I'm on a sugar free diet so that has not helped either. Any idea?
Unfortunately, the content of this video does not help with my migraine. I got episodic cluster headache, which is a type of migraine that affects mostly men. Episodic in my case, means that I got this condition 2 to 3 months a year regardless of diet exercise or anything on the face of the earth I even tried to go keto while I was on a cluster headache phase it also did not help
@@RG....... calcium channel blockers made the attack go away completely I strongly recommend it however consult with your doctor first as these meds cannot be taken without doctor consultation first as they are for blood pressure or heart condition
It's worth also remembering that not everyone who gets migraine gets headache. If you think it's difficult to get a diagnosis when you do get headache, you should see how much fun it is when you don't get headache, but it's estimated that about 1 in 10 people who get migraine don't get headache. It's important that people understand that as a lot of people suffer unnecessarily. Vestibular migraine often doesn't cause headache but leaves the suffered dizzy, uncoordinated, brain fogged, nauseous etc.
I think you're talking about the auras. Do you get auras? Any idea how to stop them. Magnesium etc has not helped me. I'm on a sugar free diet so that has not helped either.
Any idea?
@@RG....... No this isn't aura, aura generally only last a max of 60 min. Some aura can affect balance and coordination though. In my case I do get aura but it affects my speech.
With vestibular migraine the balance and coordination issues hit during the attack (often called the headache) phase not the aura phase and last many hours to days. Some people with vestibular migraine do also get headache but about half don't.
There are other types of migraine that also often don't include a headache and it's not aura either, such as abdominal migraine or ocular migraine.
I have found the ketogenic diet has helped somewhat. I actually have to be in ketosis though to have the benefit, so I have to be very strict on avoiding carbohydrates or big bolus of protein to get the benefit, a low carbohydrate diet doesn't do the job for me.
I personally find that adding any electrolytes eg magnesium, salt etc makes my migraine worse contrary to what everyone advises.
Also one of the biggest factors for me was reducing stress even though I didn't actually feel stressed I was experiencing a lot of frustration at work and as far as my body is concerned it's the same thing. I've recently taken a voluntary demotion in work to achieve this, as the migraine had got to the point of being daily, but it has made a significant improvement.
Next step give up coffee and diary, I've encountered lots of people who said their migraine didn't go away until they gave up those two thing. Problem is I love those two things. Oh well, got to try.
6 months ago I was given another migraine medication (from a neurologist). I noticed it was also given to people who suffer from epilepsy. So I looked into natural ways of treating epilepsy and wondered whether I could use the same treatment for my vestibular migraine (instead of trying another unnatural drug). I'm happy to say that the ketogenic diet has been a wonderful time of relief for me. It is worth cutting out the carbs and eating healthy grass fed proteins and fats. When you're desperate enough you will make the change. I was desperate and the change has been remarkably. I was elated to hear this lady speak because I thought I was the only one who has tried this means of cure. 🎉
Awesome content! I would also like to see drs prescribing bhb exogenous ketones for chronic migraine suffers like myself.
@mjbcoffee16 Do you get auras? Any idea how to stop them. Magnesium etc has not helped me. I'm on a sugar free diet so that has not helped either.
Any idea?
More than a year ago I completely changed my diet for a different reason and I've just realised that I haven't had a serious migraine attack since then. I do still get the ocassional mild headache, but nothing like it was before. Now I'm wondering whether those mild headaches happen at times when I compromise my diet. This gives me one more reason to stick to wholefoods - I still eat complex carbs (grains, legumes, all types of vegetables and fruit) and pretty much everything else (some meat, fish, eggs and dairy) - I haven't excluded anything other than added sugar and ultraprocessed food. If I had known that my diet had such a huge impact on my health, I would have switched a long time ago, but sometimes it takes a crisis to make you realise what is basically just common sense.
I took part in an experiment a few years ago, where we took 70 ml of olive oil on top of a normal diet for 2 weeks, to see what the olive oil would do to our serum lipid profiles. I never found out exactly what happened to my lipid profile, but I kept taking large amounts of olive oil, and interestingly, this happened: the migraines I had been getting since 30 years got much better, and basically disappeared. Starting in my late 20s, I had been getting severe migraines first once a month (with the period) and later on, in my late 40s-50s, once a week. Over the years, they had been getting milder, but simultaneously with the olive oil diet, they disappeared nearly completely. Dr. Gross, I know your company and the theory about ketones and glucose uptake in the brain (I wrote a first draft of your EU grant application in 2021--it was very interesting!), but the olive oil on top of a regular diet also seems to have done something...any ideas how that could be working? Olive oil has like 70-80% oleate, which has some effects on sphingolipid metabolism (see papers by Ashley Cowart et al), but other than that, I don't know what could be happening, since I'm still eating sugar and carbohydrates as normal--perhaps just less of them due to more calories from olive oil. Anyway, nice to see you here, and congratulations on your company, and on beating migraines! I commend you!
Please pass this on to friends and family who suffer from migraines
Do you get auras? Any idea how to stop them. Magnesium etc has not helped me. I'm on a sugar free diet so that has not helped either.
Any idea?
@@RG....... Patience. Your body changes slowly. You are reversing one day at a time your insulin resistance, and improving your metabolic flexibility. It's a challenge to change, so incomfort is expected.
The first time I heard this theory, it all made sense. My metabolism is whack. I have chronic intractable migraine, narcolepsy type 2, and obstructive sleep apnea. Oh, and apparently fibromyalgia, as well. There's a commonality in here. Thank you for all that you have researched and been through and helping us all live better quality lives.
At 48 years of living with migraine it's safe to say I'm a migraine elder. During this time I've tried a lot of things and the research has also changed a lot. Migraines are multi-genic- I have them all (vascular, neurological, trauma) Dr. Gross's metabolic approach may be the missing link... Many sources (including two neurologists I know) say that only 16% of migraineurs will continue with attacks post menopause. I was very hopeful that I would be one of the lucky 84%. So far, two years in, not so. I have become high episodic 8-10 migraines a month. I do everything right and have for years. I am a yoga and meditation teacher, I eat organic, whole foods, no alcohol or caffeine, gluten free, vegetarian, hang with nice people, low HRP doses etc... However, Im not getting any younger and considering the metabolic approach makes perfect sense. Age means metabolism slows down, cellular repair is slower, some of the natural antioxidants like estrogen and progesterone fall away,...yet does the hyperactive brain slow down? I don't think mine has. I am very interested in the migra-kit and want to know how and when I can get it in Canada... or maybe I will have to plan a trip abroad to buy:)
Hormones increase hyperactivity unfortunately.
@@Tad-For-Global-Peace Do you get auras? Any idea how to stop them. Magnesium etc has not helped me. I'm on a sugar free diet so that has not helped either.
Any idea?
Thank you so much!
I've been convinced I am diabetic for such a long time. I struggle with sugar and carbs, the best i ever felt was doing a low carb (not keto, I felt so ill) but I have kids and I'm like a carb-a-holic. I need to watch this again with a notebook.
I have migraine triggers in every category mentioned but something I didn't hear was sound triggers. High pitch noises can trigger my tinnitus and when it gets really bad I start the migraine cycle. In this moment I just realized it's probably the stress of trying to function through the tinnitus...dang.
Regarding the hyperexciteability of the brain. Could this be similar to ADHD? In which case a stimulant might decrease the brains activity...? Thinking a combo of metabolic fuel AND a decrease in brain hyperexciteability would be ideal!
Ketone bodies can actually also reduce hyerexcitability. =)
Muchas gracias excelente info,quisiera saber si esta en español, sufro como la dra migrańa cronicas por mas de 20 ańos he tratado todo para prevenirlas,lasche tenido por 30 dias ha sido muy dificil vivir con esta condicion opte por buscar una Segunda opinion y me ha veneficiado un poco mejor,con med para las combulsiones y un triptan solo por 10 dias a el mes me dan de 15 a 18 quisiera que en un futuro fueran 3 o 4 muchas gracias
Great stuff, thanks! I know some migrainers
@thefisherling78 Do you get auras? Any idea how to stop them. Magnesium etc has not helped me. I'm on a sugar free diet so that has not helped either.
Any idea?
Unfortunately, the content of this video does not help with my migraine. I got episodic cluster headache, which is a type of migraine that affects mostly men. Episodic in my case, means that I got this condition 2 to 3 months a year regardless of diet exercise or anything on the face of the earth I even tried to go keto while I was on a cluster headache phase it also did not help
Do you get auras? Any idea how to stop them. Magnesium etc has not helped me. I'm on a sugar free diet so that has not helped either.
Any idea?
@@RG....... calcium channel blockers made the attack go away completely I strongly recommend it however consult with your doctor first as these meds cannot be taken without doctor consultation first as they are for blood pressure or heart condition
It takes months to change your metabolism. Nothing works instantly.
The hypothetical framework is dubious at best. Stick to the experimental findings.