Healing Migraines Naturally

A neurologist looked at her patient after years of appointments and said three words: I have failed you.

Not, "You failed the treatment."

Not, "You're overusing your medication."

I have failed you.

She's in her late 30s. Three to four migraines a week. She's been through every triptan, every preventative, Botox, CGRP injections, the Cleveland Clinic. She's made her own sourdough, done a food sensitivity test, ordered a cleanse kit. In 23 years of migraines, she has gone two weeks without one exactly twice.

And in this episode I tell you her story the way she told it to me on a consultation call — because if you've had migraines for a long time, it's probably your story too.

I also explain what I heard in her story that nobody else did. Where her needle actually is. Why the two weeks without a migraine during a cold was not trivia. Why every drug, every supplement, every cleanse was aimed at the migraine, and why not one of them asked what's blocking her body from recovering in the first place.

Your neurologist may have run out of drugs. Your body hasn't run out of the ability to recover. And there's a question nobody has asked it yet.

If you're ready to look at the full picture, book a free consultation call at www.drlesliecisar.com/apply

She came to me for her migraines.

But she was also in the middle of a brutal perimenopause — the hot flashes, the mood swings, the sleep disturbances, all of it. And she said to me: if my migraines were better, I'd probably handle menopause better.

She had been treating them as two completely separate problems. A neurologist for one, a gynecologist for the other.

One sentence changed her entire picture.

In this episode I explain why your migraines and your hormonal symptoms are not two different problems, they're two expressions of the same underlying picture. I also talk about why the HRT conversation that's everywhere right now is missing the most important question entirely.

Not whether bioidentical hormones are safer than synthetic ones. Not what the clinical trials say. But what is your total estrogen load right now — and how well is your body actually clearing it?

I walk through how estrogen is actually metabolized, the three detox pathways it has to go through, what happens when those pathways are nutrient depleted, and why a woman with migraines is in a fundamentally different position than the average clinical trial participant.

I'm not saying HRT is never appropriate. I'm saying the question of whether it's right for you cannot be answered by a five minute telehealth intake form.

If you're ready to look at the full picture, book a free consultation call at www.drlesliecisar.com/apply

When I heard that Presley Gerber had died at 27 in a residential treatment center, I had a pit in my stomach.

Not because I knew him. Because I'd seen it before.

For two years I worked as a staff physician at an inpatient drug and alcohol rehab in Arizona. I watched young people walk through our doors on nine, ten, eleven prescription medications — each one there to suppress a symptom the drugs or alcohol were generating. Nobody was asking why the body was generating those symptoms in the first place.

Before he died, Presley posted a video listing his medications. An opioid. Two benzodiazepines. An antidepressant. Two blood pressure medications. An anticonvulsant. An antihistamine. Ketamine.

Nine prescription drugs. And he said something that I haven't been able to stop thinking about.

"I'm just looking for a doctor that's actually going to help me taper. Not just keep me on some stuff."

In this episode I explain why that's so hard to find. Why coming off medication fails almost every time without health being restored first. Why the taper is almost always done too fast. And why when I looked at his medication list, I saw the same categories I see in my migraine clients every single day.

Migraine sufferers are not drug addicts. But tragically, they are given as much medication as drug addicts are given.

This episode is for anyone who wants to understand what their medications are actually doing, and what it would actually take to come off them.

Book a free consultation at www.drlesliecisar.com/apply

Free Training: 5 Proven Steps to Being Migraine Free (Even if you think you've already tried everything.)

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Connect with us:

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Free Facebook Group: Healing Migraines Naturally, with Leslie Cisar, ND

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In health,
Dr. Leslie Cisar

This episode is for the woman in a dark room.

Maybe you found this podcast the way a lot of women find it, lying in bed waiting for the pain to pass, needing something to listen to, wondering when you're going to be able to re-enter your life.

I want to tell you about Rachel.

Rachel is a composedof real clients. She's 35, a dental hygienist, a mom of three. Her third delivery went wrong. She hemorrhaged. Lost consciousness twice. Missed the first moments with her baby. And then went home and waited to bounce back the way she always had before.

She never bounced back.

What followed were four years, a diagnosis list as long as your arm, every specialist, every injection, every clinic, every approach that medicine had to give her. And none of it worked. Not really. Not for long.

In this episode I explain why. Nt with another diagnosis, not with more treatments, but with three questions that nobody had ever asked Rachel before. Questions that reveal where recovery breaks down, what stands between a depleted body and the health it's been trying to reach, and why the approach that changes everything is completely different from everything she had already tried.

I also tell you about Jody, who found me eating crackers in a dark room and now sells out her cookie butter stuffed cookies at a farmers market every Saturday.

If part of you is wondering, am I too complicated for this? Too many diagnoses, too many years, too many things that didn't work,this episode is specifically for you.

Your body is not defective. It's blocked. And those are completely different things.

Book a free consultation at www.drlesliecisar.com/apply

Free Training: 5 Proven Steps to Being Migraine Free (Even if you think you've already tried everything.)

https://www.drlesliecisar.com/5SHMN

Connect with us:

Website: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/

Free Facebook Group: Healing Migraines Naturally, with Leslie Cisar, ND

Ready to try something radically different that actually works? Read more about my approach here: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/map

In health,
Dr. Leslie Cisar

She's very put together when she leaves the house. Hair done, makeup on, clothing right. And always a Kleenex in her left pocket. Because about four minutes after she sits down to eat — any meal, any food, any day — her nose starts running like a faucet.

She's been hiding it for a decade. Perfecting the quiet dab, the fake cough. She sat across from a man on a third date with a wad of tissue balled up in her fist under the napkin.

When she mentioned it to her doctor, she was told it was allergies. Try an antihistamine. It didn't help. So she went back to the Kleenex and stopped asking.

In this episode I explain what's actually happening, why her nose runs when she eats, why this symptom shows up in migraine sufferers at a striking rate, and why I actually love this symptom more than almost any other.

Because her nose isn't misbehaving at dinner. It's been giving her a report three times a day, every day, for ten years. Nobody ever told her how to read it.

If you're ready to find out what your body has been trying to tell you, book a free consultation at www.drlesliecisar.com/apply

Free Training: 5 Proven Steps to Being Migraine Free (Even if you think you've already tried everything.)

https://www.drlesliecisar.com/5SHMN

Connect with us:

Website: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/

Free Facebook Group: Healing Migraines Naturally, with Leslie Cisar, ND

Ready to try something radically different that actually works? Read more about my approach here: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/map

In health,
Dr. Leslie Cisar

Amanda spent nine years having migraines about half the time. Half her week, every week, for nine years.

She went through every triptan. She got on Topamax. She took a day off work to travel to a headache specialist, convinced that this time she would finally get real answers.

She drove home in tears. They offered her more medication.

By the time she found me on social media she was desperate enough to reach out to a naturopathic doctor she had never met, halfway across the country, through telehealth — something she had never done before and no one in her family had ever considered.

She actually got a migraine in the middle of our very first call.

In this episode Amanda shares what working on the root causes of her migraines actually looked like, how quickly things started to shift, what surprised her the most, and what life looks like now, years later, compared to where she was in 2019.

Her words: the migraine used to be the biggest thing in her life. Now it's the smallest.

If you’re ready to address the root drivers of your migraines, you can book a free consultation at the link below: 

https://www.drlesliecisar.com/apply

Free Training: 5 Proven Steps to Being Migraine Free (Even if you think you've already tried everything.)

https://www.drlesliecisar.com/5SHMN

Connect with us:

Website: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/

Free Facebook Group: Healing Migraines Naturally, with Leslie Cisar, ND

Ready to try something radically different that actually works? Read more about my approach here: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/map

In health,
Dr. Leslie Cisar

In this episode of Triggered with Dr. Leslie, I break down a popular piece of migraine advice about why so many women get migraines on Saturdays.

The usual explanation is that your “migraine brain” can’t handle sleeping in, shifting your routine, or delaying your coffee, but I don’t think that gets to the real issue. In this episode, I talk about the let-down effect, what I call false vitality, and why so many women crash the moment life finally slows down.

We talk about why I don’t want women stuck in a bubble-wrap lifestyle built around rigid routines, and why the real goal should be building the kind of resilience and vitality that lets your body handle normal life without tipping into a migraine.

If you’re ready to address the root drivers of your migraines, you can book a free consultation at the link below: 

https://www.drlesliecisar.com/apply

Free Training: 5 Proven Steps to Being Migraine Free (Even if you think you've already tried everything.)

https://www.drlesliecisar.com/5SHMN

Connect with us:

Website: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/

Free Facebook Group: Healing Migraines Naturally, with Leslie Cisar, ND

Ready to try something radically different that actually works? Read more about my approach here: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/map

In health,
Dr. Leslie Cisar

In this episode of Triggered with Dr. Leslie, I break down a popular migraine graphic that I think perfectly captures one of the biggest problems in the migraine world right now.

So much of the messaging women are receiving teaches them to see themselves as having a defective “migraine brain,” to track every symptom, ration medication, and live in a constant state of hypervigilance. I talk about why I believe that mindset is not helping women heal, how it can actually reinforce fear and disconnection from the body, and why we need a very different framework if we want real recovery.

If you’ve ever felt like living with migraines has turned you into a full-time monitor of your own body, this episode will probably hit home.

If you’re ready to address the root drivers of your migraines, you can book a free consultation at the link below: 

https://www.drlesliecisar.com/apply

Free Training: 5 Proven Steps to Being Migraine Free (Even if you think you've already tried everything.)

https://www.drlesliecisar.com/5SHMN

Connect with us:

Website: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/

Free Facebook Group: Healing Migraines Naturally, with Leslie Cisar, ND

Ready to try something radically different that actually works? Read more about my approach here: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/map

In health,
Dr. Leslie Cisar

In this episode, I break down a very popular migraine TikTok that talks about frequent migraines, rebound headaches, and how to rotate through different medications to manage attacks.

I want to be clear that I believe the creator means well, but this kind of advice reflects some of the biggest misconceptions in the migraine world. 

I explain why I do not believe medication truly “aborts” a migraine, why cycling through more and more tools can actually deepen the problem over time, and why real healing has to go beyond symptom suppression.

f you’ve ever felt trapped in the constant math of what to take, when to take it, and how not to overdo it, this episode will likely resonate

If you’re ready to address the root drivers of your migraines, you can book a free consultation at the link below: 

https://www.drlesliecisar.com/apply

Free Training: 5 Proven Steps to Being Migraine Free (Even if you think you've already tried everything.)

https://www.drlesliecisar.com/5SHMN

Connect with us:

Website: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/

Free Facebook Group: Healing Migraines Naturally, with Leslie Cisar, ND

Ready to try something radically different that actually works? Read more about my approach here: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/map

In health,
Dr. Leslie Cisar

In this episode, I answer one of the most common questions women ask me: what is it that you actually do?

And the truth is, the reason that question is so hard to answer simply is because I do not start with a protocol, a supplement, or a one-size-fits-all solution.

I share a story from a conversation at my hair appointment that perfectly captures the problem with the way both conventional and alternative medicine often approach chronic symptoms: the tool gets picked before the right question is even asked.

In this episode, I explain the three core principles I use to understand why a woman’s body is struggling in the first place, and why real healing has to be built like a solid foundation before anything else can truly work.

If you’re ready to address the root drivers of your migraines, you can book a free consultation at the link below: 

https://www.drlesliecisar.com/apply

Free Training: 5 Proven Steps to Being Migraine Free (Even if you think you've already tried everything.)

https://www.drlesliecisar.com/5SHMN

Connect with us:

Website: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/

Free Facebook Group: Healing Migraines Naturally, with Leslie Cisar, ND

Ready to try something radically different that actually works? Read more about my approach here: https://www.drlesliecisar.com/map

In health,
Dr. Leslie Cisar