Some of the my favorite books for learning more about our health conditions and developing coping skills.
THE ESSENTIALS
Living Well with Migraine Disease and Headaches: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know by Teri Robert
All In My Head: An Epic Quest to Cure an Unrelenting, Totally Unreasonable, and Only Slightly Enlightening Headache by Paula Kamen
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Break Through Pain: A Step-by-Step Mindfulness Meditation Program for Transforming Chronic and Acute Pain by Shinzen Young
How to be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill & their Caregivers by Toni Bernhard
Taking Charge of Your Fertility, 10th Anniversary Edition: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health by Toni Weschler
OTHER GREAT STUFF
Chocolate & Vicodin: My Quest for Relief From the Headache That Wouldn't Go Away by Jennette Fulda
My Secret by Gretchen Rautman (If you know a child migraineur you need this book.)
Think Like a Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes with Insulin by Gary Scheiner
How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life: Opening Your Heart to Confidence, Intimacy and Joy by Susan Piver
Unexpected Blessings: Finding Hope and Healing in the Face of Illness by Roxanne Black
Know Your Rights: A Handbook for Patients with Chronic Illness by Jennifer Jaff
Disability Workbook for Social Security Applicants 7th Edition 2008 by Douglas M. Smith & Barbara W. Smith
How to Get SSI & Social Security Disability: An Insider's Step by Step Guide by Mike Davis
A Delicate Balance: Living Successfully with Chronic Illness by Susan Milstrey Wells
The Body Broken by Lynne Greenberg
Migraine Your Questions Answered (Q&A) by Carol A. Foster
The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships by Harriet Lerner
The Feeling Good Handbook by David D. Burns
Conquering Your Migraine: The Essential Guide to Understanding and Treating Migraines for all Sufferers and Their Families by Seymour Diamond and Mary Franklin
Headache Through the Ages by Seymour Diamond and Mary Franklin
READING AS ENTERTAINMENT
If you're interested in what I'm reading for entertainment, check out these links:
Books I Read in 2007
Books I Read in 2008
Books I Read in 2009
Books I Read in 2010
Books I've Read in 2011
