We are also pleased to welcome Dr. Lindsay Weitzel as a new member of our board in 2018! Dr. Weitzel is Scientist, Migraine Coach, Author of Super Zoe the Migraine Hero, Medical Science Writer, Chronic Daily #Migraine Veteran, #Invisible illness. In another words, she is Epidemiologist, Migraine Expert, Author, Migraine Activist, Chronic Daily Migraine Veteran.

Dr. Lindsay suffered from chronic daily migraines from the age of four until the age of thirty and knows all too well how helpless, defeated, and misunderstood individuals with migraines can feel. She vividly remembers sitting in the only swing in the shade to keep the sun from hurting her head and eyes. Strange shapes” of migraine auras floated across her vision when she tried to focus on the teacher. By age 15, the constant migraine pain caused her to develop complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) down the right side of her face and body, eventually taking away her ability to participate in athletics. Lindsay’s high school and college memories mostly involved finding physical and mental tricks that would allow her to get out of bed to get to school in the morning, or accomplish a homework assignment. Because modern medicine was unable to help her, Lindsay became obsessed with the relationships between diseases and their causes and treatments. This motivated her to earn a PhD in Analytic Health Sciences. During her graduate studies, with the pain worsening, she became underweight due to the continual nausea and vomiting.
While migraines are still a difficult part of Lindsay’s life, they no longer haunt her as they used to.

Lindsay developed skills to get through every phase of life with her migraine disease from preschool to pregnancy and parenting. She now devotes her time as a Migraine Life Coach to helping children and adults with chronic migraines decrease their pain levels and attain their goals despite their migraine disease.

She speaks nationally to groups of migraine sufferers and their families, and to doctors and nurses who work every day with patients suffering from unrelenting chronic pain.