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Apr. 15th, 2005 02:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
semperfionaPossibly of interest to some of my friends list--(mental note: point out
to Tammie).
Paula
Kamen has had a headache for 14 years. Her unlikely and often hilarious
memoir explores the secret history of women and pain, and introduces us
to a new (but very old) social phenomenon: The Tired Girls.
...
A Tired Girl may suffer from migraines or depression or chronic fatigue
syndrome (now called CFIDS) or fibromyalgia or bipolar disorder or the
persistent, mixed-headache syndrome called chronic daily headache (CDH),
which is Kamen's diagnosis. It's quite possible she has more than one of
these conditions; scientists are now inclined to believe that these
ailments (along with epilepsy and other seizure disorders) are related
at the neurological level, and people who suffer from one are
exceptionally likely to have the others.
to Tammie).
Paula
Kamen has had a headache for 14 years. Her unlikely and often hilarious
memoir explores the secret history of women and pain, and introduces us
to a new (but very old) social phenomenon: The Tired Girls.
...
A Tired Girl may suffer from migraines or depression or chronic fatigue
syndrome (now called CFIDS) or fibromyalgia or bipolar disorder or the
persistent, mixed-headache syndrome called chronic daily headache (CDH),
which is Kamen's diagnosis. It's quite possible she has more than one of
these conditions; scientists are now inclined to believe that these
ailments (along with epilepsy and other seizure disorders) are related
at the neurological level, and people who suffer from one are
exceptionally likely to have the others.
