Not Tonight I Have a Headache

Dr. Ravinder Singh, a board-certified neurologist, a member of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), is on the board of Complementary and Alternative Medicine branch of the American Headache Society (AHS) and is consulted by physicians all over the United States and internationally in his approach to headache treatment. You will benefit greatly from the wisdom and insight Dr. Singh brings to the topic of headache management. “Not Tonight I Have a Headache” is here to help you make the transition from sufferer to being the person in control of you headache management.Amazing insights for control of and freedom from headaches await you within these pages. You will understand the problem and its solutions like never before, with non-technical and easy to understand language written with wit, heart, understanding, and compassion

• Section I Diagnosis of HeadachesChapter 1 What is a Headache Anyway?Chapter 2 Is Headache Common?Chapter 3 Headache CharacteristicsChapter 4 Name That HeadacheChapter 5 Migraine HeadachesChapter 6 Migraine TriggersChapter 7 Other Conditions assoc. w/ MigraineChapter 8 Tension Type & Other HeadachesChapter 9 Cluster HeadachesChapter 10 Laboratory TestingChapter 11 What Causes Headache?Section II Conventional Treatment of HeadacheChapter 12 Basics of TreatmentChapter 13 Tips to Stop the Pain of HeadacheChapter 14 Conventional Approach to Headache Treatment: Acute TreatmentChapter 15 Conventional Approach to Headache Treatment: Prophylactic or Preventative TreatmentSection III Non-Pharmacologic Treatment of HeadacheChapter 16 Non-pharmacologic therapyChapter 17 Laws of NatureChapter 18 Effect of Mind on HealthChapter 19 Chinese Medicine and HeadachesChapter 20 Allergy EliminationChapter 21 Stress: Negative Mind Over MatterChapter 22 Stress Mgmt: Positive Mind Over MatterChapter 23 Exercise and Headache ManagementChapter 24 Diet and HeadacheChapter 25 Herbal and Supplement ApproachesChapter 26 HomeopathySection IV Special SituationsChapter 27 Headache in WomenChapter 28 Headaches in Children and AdolescentsChapter 29 Chronic Daily HeadachesSection V Stress and Headache Reduction Program (SHARP)Chapter 30 The SHARP ApproachChapter 31 Lifestyle ManagementAppendix 1 Life-threatening Causes of Secondary HeadachesAppendix 2 Common OTC medicationsAppendix 3 Non-specific prescription headache medicationsAppendix 4 Common triptans in use for acute treatmentAppendix 5 Results of the 20-year study on Stress managementAppendix 6 Diet Modification and Migraine RecurrenceAppendix 7 Types of fats