If migraine patients have a common and legitimate second complaint bes…

Oliver Sacks
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If migraine patients have a common and legitimate second complaint besides their migraines, it is that they have not been listened to by physicians. Looked at, investigated, drugged, charged, but not listened to. ✨ Oliver Sacks (2013). Migraine, p.309, Vintage
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If migraine patients have a common and legitimate second complaint besides their migraines, it is that they have not been listened to by physicians. Looked at, investigated, drugged, charged, but not listened to. ✨ Oliver Sacks (2013). Migraine, p.309, Vintage

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