Migraine
by Oliver Sacks
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Book Reviews of Migraine
Book Review: FASCINATING...
Summary: 5 Stars
Truthfully I didn't expect this to be an enjoyable book. I bought it because i have migraines. But I was fascinated by the history and especially by what it must have been like to suffer migraine symptoms (ie hallucinations) in earlier days...Were these people called insane? possessed? witches? Yes, I believe they were. I learned alot about this complex range of symptoms and it helped me recognze symptoms earlier...there by getting more effective treatment. Some of this book was dry (it is afterall a medical text) but overall I found that the good outweighed the boring. I would say this is a must for anyone interested in migraines...and possibly also for people interested in the treatment of ill people before modern medicine.Book Review: Oliver Sacks can't write about himself...
Summary: 3 Stars
One of the things that mad "The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" and "Awakenings" so great were Dr.Sack's powerful (an human) powers of observation. Migranies is thin in these areas. Oliver Sacks suffered from migraines himself and finds the subject a bit more fascinating than people who have no experience with migraines might.I'd recommend this book for some who suffers from migraines (no medical advice though, it about understanding the cause of the condition) or to someone who had a loved one who had migraine and wanted to get a better idea of what it was like.
For the average pop science fan the book is a little boring... skip it and get Anthropologist on Mars instead.
Book Review: Fascinating...
Summary: 4 Stars
...This book seems a little dated, but the truth of the matter is the medical world still knows very little about the mechanisms surrounding migraine and especially migraine with aura. This book is the most comprehensive description of migraines available. I had my first acute confusional migraine around the age of 11 and no one knew what it was. I now get migraine with aura as the primary symptom once a year or so. This book helped me realize that I am not the only person who experiences abject terror and dissociation during aura, while my arm, lips, tongue are all going numb and I can't form words or thoughts. Like migraine auras, this book is fascinating. Wish we knew more, however.Book Review: Explains a lot
Summary: 5 Stars
I have suffered from migraines for years, however, many of my experiences were strictly visual: without pain. I have enjoyed reading Dr. Sacks' work before and this book is no exception to the rule. I am an artist. When I saw the color plates showing what other non artists experienced visually during or before a migraine, I was floored. These images explained it all to me. I have seen the same types of things since I was a child.
Interesting book and very helpful to those who "suffer" from migraine. I put suffer in quotes because I enjoy the visual disturbances unless they occur when I am trying to read or online! I am sorry I didn't purchase this book sooner.
Book Review: Read the book and be a critical thinker
Summary: 5 Stars
We are all responsible to digest information and put together our own analyses and decisions. Migraine sufferers are no different. This book is a blessing for anyone who just needs to know that they are not alone and not crazy. (well, at least not necessarily crazy as exhibited by migraine)
The book is full of excellent information. It should be part of every migraine sufferer's library...also the libraries of enlightened loved ones.
There are times when Sacks gets a little preachy about psychological factors, but he always reverts to the facts that the physical symptoms are real and are neurological.