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3/29/2011
Years ago (1990s) at work one day I noticed the migraine eye aura starting to come on as the usual lunch time was getting near. I had progressed from a jogger to a runner of sorts and there was an extended period where I would regularly put in a 30 to 40 minute run during the lunch period. I went out for the run anyway with no problem. The aura went away and the migraine never developed. That was the first and most direct challenge I had put to an oncoming migraine and it was successful. For over 30 years I have continued to be a regular aerobic exerciser and also have continued to occasionally experience the eye aura that in earlier years would develop into a full fledged migraine when I was unable to go out for a run. However, for many years now I have successfully used a different challenge to the migraine process and have ceased having migraine headaches. This newer approach came from Dr. John E. Sarno’s book, THE MIND BODY PRESCRIPTION, Healing the Body, Healing the Pain, (1998). Dr. Sarno discusses his own migraine experiences and applies his mind-body prescription to resolving the agony. He tells how his thoughts on what anger he might be repressing turned off the migraine process (page 112). With that practice his eye auras have never continued to the headache stage. I tried it and to this day it is working for me.