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The Women’s Migraine Toolkit: Managing Your Headaches from Puberty to Menopause

Dawn A. Marcus, M.D. and Philip A. Bain, M.D.
DiaMedica Publishing (2010)
ISBN 9780982321928
Reviewed by Rita Grasshoff for Rebecca’s Reads (1/11)

If you or someone you love suffers from migraine headaches, I highly recommend this book. My daughter suffers from migraines, and different aspects of this condition have sometimes left me baffled.  I didn’t fully appreciate what she was experiencing.  Treatments recommended by her doctors didn’t make a lot of sense to me, and that was disturbing. "The Women’s Migraine Toolki"t gave me new insights, leaving me much better informed and at ease.
           
The book is organized and indexed very well, so it’s easy to refer back to sections you want to reference or read again. Not only does it explain how and why migraines occur, but it also gives clear guidelines for managing them during all phases of a woman’s life – including childhood, adolescence, pregnancy, nursing, and menopause.  In particular, the book covers the hormonal changes associated with those stages, and how they influence migraines.

This handy reference also offers solid information about natural, non-drug alternatives to management of migraines, and how nutrition can play a role as well. The typical drugs prescribed for migraines by doctors are covered too. Through well-written, easy-to-follow information and explanations, "The Women’s Migraine Toolkit" makes it easy to understand various prevention and rescue therapies.

The authors did an outstanding job of presenting good, useful information for those who want answers. Dr. Marcus and Dr. Bain have not only compiled a good resource (with even more resources listed in a resource guide at the back of the book), they have made it highly readable and useful for non-experts who want and need to know more about migraines. Being better informed about this often-debilitating condition is comforting for this mother!

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