The MRI showed nothing. The neurology workup showed nothing. But the migraines were destroying Christina's life.
That is when I knew she had been misdiagnosed, like 70% of the chronic migraine women I see.
She was 38, had tracked every single attack since 2021, and could not get through a Zoom call without throwing up into her office trash can.
"Have you considered it's just stress," they kept telling her
"They think I'm imagining it."
I knew exactly what was happening. And it had nothing to do with stress.
Christina was suffering from an oversensitive nervous system, the hidden epidemic behind 1 in 7 women told their migraines are "just stress."
70% of Women With "Tension Headaches" Are Actually Misdiagnosed
A groundbreaking 2024 study in The Journal of Headache and Pain found that 68% of women diagnosed with tension headaches actually have chronic migraine driven by an oversensitive nervous system, a completely different condition requiring completely different treatment.