This week on Talking Head Pain, Joe is joined by Winnielyn Bautista, a physical therapist assistant, a migraine patient, and creator of the “Healing_W_ChronicMigraine,” an Instagram account dedicated to sharing Winnielyn’s migraine journey through engaging and empowering content.

Join Joe and Winnielyn as they discuss migraine hangovers, being a young person with a chronic disease, and having migraine attacks in the workplace. We also hear from Dr. Peter McAllister as he shares his advice on migraine hangovers and navigating migraine in the workplace.

Among the highlights in this episode:

01:13- Joe starts the episode by asking Winnielyn about her worst migraine attack

03:37- As Winnielyn talks about her migraine hangovers, Joe turns to Dr. Peter McAllister to learn about what is happening during that phase

06:03- Joe asks Winnielyn to talk about her Instagram account, Healing_W_chronicmigraine, and how she turned the negatives of having migraine into positives

07:15- Joe and Winnielyn discuss some of the absurd “migraine cures” that they have been sent through social media

08:46- Winnielyns talks about functioning at work while having chronic migraine

10:28- Joe asks Winnielyn how she came to embrace being a young person with a chronic disease

10:55- Winnielyn shares what working with migraine looks like in her new job

11:37- Winnielyn talks about what migraine patients should know about physical therapy

12:58- Joe asks Winnielyn if she has ever had an attack while at work

14:42- Dr. McAllister shares his thoughts on what a migraine patients should do if they get an attack in the workplace

15:39- Joe talks to Winnielyn about how finding the right treatment has improved her life

17:04- Joe and Winnielyn discuss Winnielyn’s favorite pieces of content that she has made for Instagram

18:07- Winnielyn shares advice for people for advocating for themselves with their health care providers

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