Many testimonials in the FB protocol migraine group or from the FB keto migraine group. If you wish to see more, please join the group!

The following is a huge list of testimonials from the past few years. I didn’t collect testimonials from the migraine group prior to the middle of 2016 and didn’t even date them at the beginning. I didn’t realize at the time I started collecting them and posting them (with the migraineur’s permission) that this page was going to dominate the Stanton Migraine Protocol’s website and that there will be so many testimonials that the page cannot even be opened from a mobile device without waiting for some time for all to load. I frequently spend hours just reading through the testimonials, finding that reading the feedback helps me and encourages me to continue the hard work. It does take a full time job for me as well as for all the volunteer admins of the two migraine groups: Kristin Elizabeth Ingram, Terri Corley, and Andrea Katz. We do it for love and to help migraineurs. We work endless hours and deal with the health of thousands of people. Reading through the testimonials collection makes it all worthwhile. ❤

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Brand New To Our Group, & Can’t Believe First 5 Migraine-Free Days:

“Ok so I don’t want to jinx myself here but I haven’t had a migraine in 5 days now! Which is amazing considering I have had a chronic daily one for like 7 weeks! I felt pressure/pain in my eye today and like my words were getting mixed up (a usual sign for me that a migraine is coming), so I did the salt test and the pressure/pain reduced so done the salt water waited then ate my dinner and OMG no migraine attack! I couldn’t believe it av been sitting on edge waiting for the horrendous pain to kick in but nope just some pressure type sensation in my eye slightly on and off.. Is this too good to be true? Am scared it is haha! I hope everyone is well “

–RS 8/27/2020

Amazon Blocks 5* Reviews Posted for My Book:

“Having a very frustrating afternoon with Amazon. They are telling us that they won’t accept a review on your book from our account! I know that I wrote a review back in 2018 already, yet I can’t find this review anywhere to even just be able to update it!

Have sent an email to the help desk to see if it can be remedied. Anyway, thought it would be nice to write the review from my husband’s perspective, as mine exists out there… somewhere in cyberspace!

Here’s what I’m trying to get them to post Angela Stanton:

BEST BOOK I’VE EVER BOUGHT!

I bought this book for my wife some time at the end of 2019. After having got it out of our local library it quickly became apparent that she needed her own copy. Bought this on kindle and then paperback as well because her copy is now bulging with post-its and notes written all over the place. This book saved her life and our marriage. She was in pain 2 out of every 3 days and this went on for years and years. We despaired of her ever being able to just make a date and be able to keep it. Her world became very small as she moved from bed to the couch and back to the bedroom again.

After 770 days of following Dr Stanton’s protocol I am delighted to report that she has been completely migraine free for 357 days IN A ROW!! (She had a few hiccups in the first year as she learned to juggle all the various aspects of dietary and lifestyle changes, but she persisted and figured out what her body needs for optimal wellness and even in that first year she experienced enormous relief within the first few weeks of following the protocol.) She’s now doing so well that we have sold our house, moved to the coast and are in the process of buying a yacht to go sailing around the world! Two years ago just getting her to agree to go to the movies was almost impossible and now she’s ready to sail the world. Thank you Dr Stanton for giving me back my wife. I wish I could give this book a fifty star review!

To anyone debating whether or not to buy this book I have the following to say:

BUY THIS BOOK and read it as fast as you can!

Follow all the instructions diligently and persevere. It may seem overwhelming in the beginning. Don’t get flustered by this. Just keep on plodding away and doing the next right thing.

Don’t give up when it seems like it’s too hard – the miracle is just 5 minutes around the corner.

This protocol works.

You deserve to live a life free from the hell of migraine, as do the people who love you.”

–LK 8/18/2020

From Serotonin Syndrome & Migraines to Healing:

“This just seems too good to be true but I am forever grateful I found this group through Angela’s article on Serotonin Syndrome about her mom. My sleep score last night was excellent at a 91 on my FitBit, I’m now dreaming, my memory and brain fog is lifting, I woke up rested and ready for the gym this morning, my BP is no longer high, so far the migraines have mostly lifted with only a little pressure every day but nothing that water and salt can’t take care of, and no digestive issues. I still pinch myself that this is all possible without medications and expensive supplements. The day I was forced to quit Amitriptyline cold turkey due to SS (Serotonin Syndrome) and temporarily put on Propranolol a month ago on July 6th, I cried to my husband and said hold my hand as we work through this together and no matter how bad things get regarding my health and my headaches promise me one thing. Hold me accountable as I never again want to go down the destructive path of pharmaceuticals chasing a cure.

You see, I had been seeking help for 4 years for my suicidal depression and insomnia that progressively got worse and then the migraines increased in frequency and intensity throughout that. We chased cures in both the natural and finally pharmaceutical world. It broke us financially, almost lost our marriage (but thankfully it’s much better now), came crazy close to ending my life several times, and hurt my health. So–when I was diagnosed with SS it was the straw that broke the camels back and I was done chasing cures. I knew nothing about this group until I read Angela’s article in a desperate google search scared with how my body was in SS. So now you can see why I still can’t believe it (but know science doesn’t lie) and am forever grateful that it’s working!!!”

–DS 8/10/2020

From Almost No Hope to a Pain-Free New Life:

June 2020: “😔 I have tried everything to help reduce/cure my chronic migraines. Now, 40 years old I am considering disability before I try one last thing, the protocol. I have read most of the book and done a lot of research and it just makes sense. The reason I have not done this is because I have been veg for the last 25 years, 15 years of which I was vegan. This goes against every moral fiber of my being but I will do anything to have the zest for life I once did. I don’t even known how to safely start this transition without shocking my system both physically and mentally but it is my last hope 😢 I’m wondering if I can hire someone for some guidance? I’m feeling really lost. Thank you.”

July 2020: “😭😍Happy tears😍😭 Vegan gone protocol here and can’t stop bursting into tears of joy on a regular basis. Happy tears when I wake up without a migraine. Happy tears when I realize I haven’t been engulfed in fear, waiting for the next attack. Happy tears because I know my triggers and when I’ve set one off a Motrin, hydration, salt, and good food will stop it. No more heavy meds and I know I won’t need Motrin soon! Happy tears because my depression has lifted and I can see and think clearly now. Happy tears because the person I had completely forgotten existed has come home!!! Happy tears because I had forgotten how good food tastes even though it was a struggle to consume at first.

I am still doing my best to learn the protocol but I can’t believe how wonderful the impact has been. When something goes a bit sideways, I immediately know why and I can fix it so that there won’t be a next time. I was processing my disability claim and now I’m processing all the incredible things I CAN do with my life. I have a beautiful practice of giving thanks to the beings that have given their life so that I may honour mine.

Thank you Angela Stanton and everyone who has supported me so far. It’s only been a few weeks but the impact on my life has been profound. The depths of gratitude are deeper than then ocean. Thank you all for being you and for all that you do ❤❤❤❤❤❤”

–JLC 7/14/2020

A Successful Trip After Just 5 Weeks of Protocol:

“Before I found this protocol I hadn’t driven in months. We moved from Charleston SC back to Florida on May 31st. I had to drive my own car the 7 hour trip, which landed me in the ER on June 1 with a vestibular migraine attack. I coincidentally got the $2,000 bill today (insurance covered $6,000 of it) for my CT scan, bloodwork, ekg blah blah blah. This past week I had to drive the same trip there and back to tie up some lose business ends for my husband…I drove the whole trip there and back no problem. I worked out for an hour daily, and walked everywhere. Thank you Angela Stanton and admin team! 🙏🙏🙏 I would have never dreamed this was possible a few weeks ago. I honestly don’t think any drug could have worked as well, as fast as this protocol has for me. I plan on doing my baseline bloodwork and 5 hour blood glucose and ketone testing in two weeks when I hit the 5 week mark. While on this trip, since Charleston is now a Covid hotspot not much was open at our resort so my food options were limited. I didn’t have a car there, and the hotel only offered limited food service at the pool from 11-4. My only options were really burger meat, scraping the chicken and cheese out of taco shells, and farmed shrimp or salmon. Only veggies they had was iceberg wedge, otherwise carb options were burger buns, fries, etc so all not really options for me. I did bring my own hard boiled eggs in a cooler, air dried beef jerky, pumpkin seeds, avocados. I was able to Uber to Whole Foods once and get a small amount of premade beef, some whole milk, celery stalks and peanut butter, and strawberries for my minuscule mini fridge. I salted closer to every water since my carbs were lower (I’m not saying this was the right thing to do, I just intuitively did this). However I noticed I went from feeling 90-95% myself before the trip, to actually feeling better on the trip like 95-100%. I’m wondering if it’s more likely because I had to restrict my carbs more, or because I was salting more of my waters or both? Do you all think maybe if my blood testing comes back appropriate, I should try to move toward keto? I don’t think I’m ready for cv [carnivore diet] yet, coming off a vegetarian diet I don’t want to go too extreme and then fall off the wagon. Thank you all for your help!”

–JG 6/28/2020

New Member Reading the “How to Exercise” file in the FB Group:

“Holy moly my fingers always swell when I walk 😅 I’ve learned more in the three days I’ve been in this group than I have researching all my issues over a lifetime 🙏🙏🙏 it’s like a manual of me lol I always have everything mentioned in here, and no other doctor in the planet has ever had an explanation for any of it. This protocol has been nothing short of a miracle already. I went from not working out or driving for months on end, to brisk walking for exercise and driving in 3.5 days. Literally. I even did a low key strength training session today. I cannot believe it! I’m so beyond grateful 💕”

— JG 6/11/2020

Ulcer Vanishes; Healthiest Ever:

“I wanted to share a huge win – some of you may remember earlier this year I had agonising stomach pain and blood in my stools – the doctors suspected a perforated ulcer but my endoscopy was delayed due to Covid hitting. Angela Stanton advised me to stick to a carnivore diet which I have done for the most part and I came off the PPI drugs about 6 weeks ago. On Thursday I went for the scope and they told me I had the healthiest stomach they had seen all day – no signs of any ulcer or gastritis whatsoever. What an amazing testimony to the healing power of carnivore – I told them I healed myself with meat and salt!!!!!

I still get stomach pain if I eat off plan, especially anything that is raw. Nuts are a huge no no as are berries or even a squeeze of lemon in my water – I’m fine with that though as long as I get my steak and butter.

Thank you so much to Angela and the other lovely admins who advised me earlier this year. 🙏🏻“

–VJ 5/31/2020

Harry Potter & The Stanton Migraine Protocol:

“I’ve had 💯 success, thus far (just over 4 weeks in) stopping migraines using salt, but today was my first time using potassium. Woke up with head pressure and a bit of pain. Grabbed my Barometer and sure enough pressure was on the rise. I ate 30g of avocado 🥑 and about 45min later, I was good to go!! 🤗

I’m currently reading 📖 Harry Potter with my granddaughter (virtually since she’s 3000 miles away) and I can’t help but feel like this protocol stuff is Wizardry 🔮 🧐

😜🤣😂🤣”

–PLP 5/18/2020

Almost a Year on the Protocol, including the Carnivore Diet (CD):

“I have something, which I hope will encourage those in the early part of their journey.

I started Protocol in July last year and have been on CD since late January this year. I’ve just had my first full month migraine free after 40+ yrs of migraines. This is big news for me. I have felt the last few weeks in particular more of a resilience in my body. This month I’ve had multiple prodromes but have been able to shift all of the them which has been very empowering.

I remember reading on here some great advice: ‘healing is not always linear’. This helped me so much to persevere as it has taken 9 months to get to this point.

So I know there may still be ups and downs, but for now I feel I have escaped a dark, shadowy tunnel of pain and have come to a warm, beautiful, sunny day! My quality of life has improved a thousand percent! So thank you from the bottom of my heart Angela Stanton, Kristin Ingram, Terri Corley, Alison Inchausti and all the other people who contribute on this page. To help us all so generously and selflessly shows what amazing people you are ♥️🌺🌷” –CC 5/1/2020

I Received a Testimonial by Email Today:

“Angela,

With the world being in such a crisis, I do hope you are doing well and that you and your loved ones are safe and happy.

I wanted to reach out to you to let you know that today is my 1 year anniversary on the Stanton Migraine Protocol and my life has forever changed. I have been meaning to do an intensive writeup documenting my personal experience and I may find the time now to do so. In the meantime, I want to tell you that your book and protocol has forever changed my life!!! I know now, what it feels like to feel normal. I went from 12 migraine days a month, to one mini migraine about every 7 weeks.

I will forever be grateful for your expertise and aid in assisting so many of us who suffer. The journey hasn’t been easy, nor do I expect it’s over, but I recently have gone about every 7 weeks now before I get a migraine and the last several ones have been partial days and I’m fully functional and even question if its a true migraine since I can still eat and move around.

A remedy that I learned is a brisk fast walk after doing hydration protocol at the onset and this hugely affects the quality and length of the migraine for me.

I read your book and underlined everything constantly and then made my own table of contents to help me find the key items that didn’t stick with my first read. I followed the details proposed by the book and began the KETO diet. (I follow The Diet Doctor) for recipes and insight, and I never leave the house without

Salt,

Water,

Nuts,

My barometric app on my iPhone that runs 24/7. Which has been huge for me.

I didn’t sway from the protocol and when I wanted chocolate so badly for a week about 3 months in, I went back to your book to learn that I needed even more salt.

I never fell prey to cravings or social pressure to bend, and in the year, I have had 3 or 4 items in totality and all by choice. This truly enable me to learn what my body

Can and can’t have and how it reacts to all the migraine trigger elements. I cannot believe how good I feel and I was never overweight, but have lost the 7 extra lbs.I could NOT lose and love the fact that my weight is so incredibly stable now.

I do get postural headaches or tension headaches every now and then but I can treat those and be fine. (Work related)

The journey was quite hard, first weaning off the OTC meds and tryptophan (which I only took 9 pills in total). THANK GOD! And then the 3 day migraines in bed suffering was not fun, but I just knew I would find answers if I stuck with it. My husband had never truly seen the migraine suffering until then, and he was very supportive. Without your book and protocol, I know I would be bed-ridden by now suffering more often and probably depressed, which is not something I’m as likely to get.

I have shared your book with so many, and several have purchased it, and many have been helped just by hydrating properly.

I do hope you are well and want you to know you have truly helped ONE more in a line of so many.

With much love and gratitude for life!”

–CS 4/7/2020

A Testimonial Worthy to Save and Share from Twitter:

–JU 3/24/2020

Encouraging a New Migraine Group Member:

“This protocol is not something that you can partly do and hope to have any results, unfortunately. If you aren’t on protocol yet, then it makes sense it’s not working 😕 I would suggest that you rip the bandaid and get to baseline ASAP. Know that things might get a bit worse while your body adapts during those days. Then, the fog lifts and your pain disappears and you’ll be SO happy you won’t even know what to do with yourself. That was my experience… I was depressed, anxious, feeling so helpless, my health was going down the drain and my quality of life was worsening every day. I started on protocol, knew it might feel worse for about 5 days while I fat adapted, and I’m so glad I made the decision. There is no medication that offers the same symptom free relief… but it takes work.”

–MF 3/13/2020

The Surprise of a Lifetime!

“I had a very cool experience today. (I’ve learned so much from this group!) This week has been SO tough at work, allergies, pressure drops, and stress. Every day I’ve had a headache at least a 4-5/10 pain scale and my company is WFH right now so I’m in back to back Zoom video conferences all day. Not easy.

Anyway – I’ve resorted to caffeine and Excedrin migraine out of desperation because it helps for a few hours and I absolutely have to make it through my workday.

Today as I reached for the Excedrin with 8/10 migraine, I thought NO! I am going to take extra salt. Normally a salt test doesn’t do much and feels inconclusive – so I took 1/4 tsp with about 16 ounces of water. Then 30 minutes later I felt slightly better so I took another 1/4 tsp with 16 ounces of water and took a 30 min nap. I felt absolutely desperate.

I woke up and my migraine was down to a 4/10!!!

I took another dose of salt/water (this is way more than I normally take, but my gut kept saying I needed more.) and within 30 minutes my migraine was 100% gone and I actually had energy!!!

I AM SO THANKFUL FOR Angela Stanton

AND THIS AMAZING GROUP!

Before coming here, I never would have even thought to supplement salt. Now I am slowly, but surely learning how to respond to different situations and I’m finding more relief consistently! ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻

Question: does allergy medicine and pseudoephedrine cause me to need way more salt???”

–SG 3/13/2020

Give it Only 2 Weeks of Try:

“I just want to say, that having become a chronic migraineur (17 or more migraines per month, with an increasing number not responding to triptans) in the last couple of years and with many rebound migraines, due to abuse of triptans (in my ignorance and naivety, I assumed that only NSAIDs caused rebound headaches/migraines), since starting ‘protocol’ ie getting to baseline and eating only ‘allowed’ foods, I have not had any migraines. Whenever I feel one come along, I do the salt test and act accordingly. And it has been working. It is only early days yet (ie I started this only about two weeks ago), and I am just very very grateful. Thank you Angela Stanton and all the wonderful and dedicated admins and all the compassionate and helpful members of this group who respond and help whenever i post a question! “

–EC 3/6/2020

A YouTube testimonial both for the Stanton Migraine Protocol and for CD:



Family Vacation:

“Hi Friends! Trip Report Part 2–after 2 lovely weeks in Baja, hubby and I headed to Belize for a family reunion in honor of my parents’ 50th anniversary! Long international flights, and then 15 of us exploring jungle and beach, swimming in rivers and salt water, snorkeling (with sharks, sea turtles, manatees and rays), bird watching, howler monkeys, Mayan temples, and plenty of boisterous family time–no migraines. This time I successfully avoided all the tropical fruits (my kingdom for a pineapple!) and had zero drinks (my kingdom for a mojito!) Really though, I’d give up any food or drink for the biggest pleasure of 10 days with my nutty family in hot sun and humidity and no time lost due to headaches. Plus, I was able to help my sister and my niece both arrest migraines with salting. And many of the rest of them (non-migraineurs) also popped their salties to keep up hydration in the heat. It was a family tradition! I can’t ever tell you enough how grateful I am, Angela Stanton! “

–TC 2/24/2020

A Message to New Migraineurs with POTS & Other Dysautonomia by A Migraineur with POTS & Other Dysautonomia:

“I have a pretty severe dysautonomia also orthostatic hypotension — my blood pressure falls very low like 50/40 and would faint every time I stood up. I couldn’t play sports in middle or high school because I would faint. I’ve fainted at numerous concerts, festivals, outdoor activities, picnics, farmers markets, grocery stores, the list goes on. I have a big plastic chair in my shower. I used to carry what I call a “chair cane” it literally has a little built in chair.

Since I’ve joined this group and began the carnivore protocol – my life has been transformed.

First – salting a lot all day has been transformative for my fainting. I salt 1/4 tsp with every 16 ounce glass of water. I’m over 220 lbs so it takes a lot more water to be at full hydration, so that’s something I’ve cleared with Angela. Check with her on salting.

Second – hydration. I only drink one cup of coffee now and it’s helped me soooooo much. I drink close to optimal hydration levels for my body weight now, and I feel SO much better.

Third – carnivore diet. I can’t say enough about this. It’s helping my hypoglycemia and blood sugar crashes, my mood, my anxiety/depression have literally melted away. I sleep deeply at night (magnesium also seemed to help with this…) and the list of benefits of carnivore is never ending. I feel like I’ve been given a new chance at life.

Be encouraged. This group is SO wonderful and supportive. Do the reading and commit yourself and you will find healing. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️“

–SG 2/21/2020

Travels With Friends:

“Hello from mid-travels, friends! We had a wonderful 2 weeks in Baja, including snorkeling with sea lions, long hikes in the hot sun, looking for shells & birds, riding waves, hanging with friends talking, and this day, a highlight, out on the water with a pescadero, looking for whales. We saw gray whales and humpbacks (with calves!) breaching, spouting, diving, from as close as probably 100 feet! It was incredible. The best part is, though I had a lot of eating variables, some heavy wind/weather/sun/pressure factors, and a couple of prodrome days (due to overexposure/dehydration), I was able to pull out of all impending migraine. My friends were amazed at the salt factor, and we talked a ton about the SMP.

As a funny aside, my hubby and I did most of the grocery provisioning, and though we got stuff others asked for, there was definitely a LCHF bent. At the end of our trip, one friend with Celiac said she’s going to try a month with no grains/sugars, and another friend said, “Is it possible that with all this cheese and milk and avocados and nuts, I’ve LOST weight? My pants are looser!” We both smiled. Anyway, thanks as always, to Angela Stanton, as I am able to travel this amazing world healthy, happy, and whole. Next stop, Belize! 🐦🐋🐠🌴🌊💜” –TK 2-13-2020

As a 6-Year Old Sees Her Mommy without Migraines:

“Out of my 6yr old “mommy, I feel like your headaches don’t come as much” 🙌🏻 🙏🏻 thank you Angela Stanton and all admin!”

–JJM 2-11-2020

New Book? Copied from My Other Blog:

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Visiting the Neurologist:

“Saw my neurologist today. When she walked in and asked how I was I responded great! I have reduced my refractory migraines by almost 75% by changing my diet and supplementing with salt and magnesium! She said well I was just standing in the hall looking at your chart trying to figure out what I was going to suggest next. I saw you crossed a bunch off of your current medication list and there’s really nothing left we haven’t tried. She seemed excited for me and sat down and listened to the protocol and took notes the whole time. Angela Stanton, I gave her your name and book title and also told her she could check you out on Facebook. She said she doesn’t do Facebook- weird because she’s very young- but she was definitely going to get online and read up on it. She was encouraged and happy for me, not condescending in the least. She asked if I needed any prescriptions or anything at all and I said nope- I am good with my self treatment plan! What a change! Taking my life back one day at a time! A million thanks Angela!”

–KDD 2-10-2020

The First Day in This, the First day in That:

“I would like to share something… Today was a day of a few firsts for me! It was the first day… since I can’t even remember… that I woke up without any head pains, anywhere! Today is the first day where I felt seriously normal… happy, energetic, and NO pain, no head fog!! 🤯 I have only just started making a few adjustments based on the protocol since the weekend… and WOW. The salt and milk before bed, drinking throughout the day, taking my little salt pills. It has made an impact already. And of course my diet changed in November, so I am eating much better.

I am just starting to read Part III in the book, and I look forward to learning more and developing a better, healthier me!! My husband even noticed the marked difference in me today!! I look forward to continuing this way of life, and learning along the way. This has been a true lifesaver for me… I can’t even put into words, and I’ve only just begun.

I even had an appointment with my headache specialist today (neurologist), and told him the adjustments I made since November. I explained to him the protocol I started, and showed him the book. He was very happy with the results I’ve experienced, and said “just keep doing what you’re doing”! Today was really, an utmost fantastic day 😎 With gratitude!!”

–AMM 1/21/2020

Trashing Medicines No Longer Needed:

“Cleaned out bathroom cupboard last night. Threw out both left over boxes of prescription meds for migraines … with a bit of a smile. Guess I’m done with that chapter of my life. I do have a very large stash of burger kind salt sachets in my wallet😀😁☺️”

–CP 1/20/2020

A Very New Member:

“I have a LONG way to go with protocol, but I’m happy to report the following after just one week of being introduced to it:

-I stopped all sugar and grains

-My frequency of urinating has gone down (I was going about 5 times in the first 4 hours of being awake).

-When I have a “good” meal I am satiated longer, which means I’m snacking less

-(Cue the drum-roll…) I’ve had fewer migraines (and the ones I had or started to have didn’t last long)

-I’ve only taken one Excedrin Migraine (which is a big deal for me)

-I’ve decided to stop Aimovig (what has it done for me in the last 8 months anyway?)

-I’ve been around sweets from Krispy Kreme and Dunkin’ Donuts and felt disgusting inside at the mere sight of donuts

Thank you, all!”

–RMB 1/17/2020

A Year in Recap from One Migraineur:

“Happy Everything to all of you lovelies!! I have not been around much at all, because, well, I feel so darn good that I’m too busy to be on FB!!!! So, here’s a better later than never recap of a long-overdue race report.

For all you newbies out there, I’ve been on the SMP since June 26, 2017, and Keto for two years next week, on Jan 1 2018. Hang in there and just do what you’re told so you become a ghost-member like me!!! Wooho!!

Aug 25, 2019, I raced that darn Half Ironman I had been training for with the all of you cheering me on. Thank you for that 🙂 Going to keep the report short and highlight the colorful lessons I have learned: one of which just struck me while out running this morning.

History: I came into these groups a big-hot-overmedicated-mess-of-a-heart-attack-stroke-death-waiting-to -happen-kind of mess. RIDICULOUS!! My docs would never believe I am the one who is going to say…

I raced that Half Ironman-70.3 miles of swimming, biking, and running, and I survived migraine free-almost 🙂

The biggest lesson I have learned since this race: watch your hydration more closely than you ever thought you had to. I thought I had been doing so well, but I’ve learned that edema is evil and sneaky and creeps in much more slowly than I ever thought it could. I learned that just because I have been migraine-free for so long, that I am not invincible to all the other sensitivities brought on my special electrolyte fueled body-brain. HA!!!!

I went into this race well trained and thought I had been tracking hydration properly and watching all signs. Well, race day proved I needed a lesson in humility. I somewhat panicked due to the high temps and every time I took salt I felt the need to take 8 ounces of water with it. Ugh, the need for extra sodium is not the same as water. I know this! I do! But, even in the last weeks of training, panic set in, and I forgot this. I had edema going into race day that I ignored because my head felt fine. MISTAKE!! Can we say prodrome of a disaster waiting to happen. Ugh,

In this 7 hour and 20 min race, I sadly stopped to pee 6 times! SIX! Now, normally, for this amount of activity, I would have gone to the bathroom once, maybe twice? But, six times?!? I drank too much and then could NOT get enough salt inside of my body as I continuously washed it all away. I was on track to meet my 6:30 finisher goal, until mile 9 of the run hit and I bonked. I was doing great burning ketones and watching my heart rate, and then I became a sobbing mess who wanted to quite, I walked to mile 9.5 and remembered there was food on the course and I am here to confess, and to also report with pride, that I took care of my crashing BS and ate those lovely oranges and yes, I even drank the coke. The only fruit (besides a few berries) and sugar in two years. I had never ever cheated and haven’t since, but I was not going to die over this. I knew the oranges might take a bit to kick in which is why I drank the coke. Let’s just say I stopped hating life so much by mile 11 of the run and I was able to run VERY VERY fast for the last 2.1 miles and crossed the finish line smiling-and ALIVE! Please see my profile pic as proof:)

The last few months since the race…..haven’t biked or swam and hardly have run since my last half marathon in October. I am a single mom in grad school and teaching full time so I am busy. Also, my body needed a break and time to recover. Angela, Terri, and Kristin (no tagging skills today darn it!)got me through the week post-race and the 8 pounds of edema I needed to shed. Yep, 8 pounds. I also got one helluva migraine with that edema. Today, I ran 4.6 miles, took my salt and regulated my water, and I felt great. My ketones and BS responded better than they have the last two years. I realize now, that I felt sooo good from keto in the beginning that I went out too hard too fast and should have taken things slower. So I’m happy I’ve given my body time to rest. I am down 15 pounds since the Half IM in August, and I am certain it’s all edema. Totally nuts!

If you’ve kept reading and have made it this far then you must be feeling pretty good from the SMP. LOL! But, seriously, I am still a firm believer that I can race fasted and make it thorough a HIM. Still amazed by my body and what it is capable of. I am rocking life without migraines and I am so so so so grateful for Angela and the life she has given me. DON”T GIVE UP! I don’t care how difficult it is! You are worth all of the work and this works! Search my name in both groups if you’d like my back story and near-death experiences due to migraines. It’s still unreal that I am writing to tell you I raced a Half Ironman and lived to tell. hahaha!

Thank you Angela, Terri, Kristin, and Alison!!! Grateful for you every single blessed day!”

End of 2019 and start of 2020 testimonials.

–HD 12/27/2019

“I made it, from one side of the world to the other without a Migraine!!! Thirty hours travel from start to finish. Had to pick my way through several meals on the plane, and couldn’t get my hands on anything dairy in Singapore, as in cheese or whole milk, but other than that. It was fine. My sister, who also suffers horribly with migraines has ordered the book and as she was off to see her doctor due to her very high blood pressure … she carries slightly more weight that she would like and also has some hormone imbalance issues. She must of told her doctor about the brief conversation her and I had had about Angela’s book, so Doctor ordered insulin resistance test for her straight away and agreed that diet changes to Protocol would be greatly beneficial to her health. Off topic, may you all have a wonderful, happy, high fat, low cal, migraine free Christmas xx”

–CP 12/24/2019

Migraine-free Travel:

“Just wanted to say I have been travelling for 18 hours, 9.5 of which were on a plane. I have arrived safely at my destination feeling great. This was my first flight at baseline, fully hydrated, tracking and off all grains for nearly 3 months. I followed the flying instruction document and it really worked. I have never got off a plane feeling so ok. I checked my eyes for prodrome in the mirror of the bathroom every 1.5 hours or so. Drank my waters every hour alternating salt and adding potassium on the second salted one. And ate my cooked steak, raspberries and kefir on the plane. (Steaks on the plane!) My boyfriend was so jealous and asked that we could take steak for him next time too. This protocol really works. I needed time to get to full hydration and also for stuff to settle down but the results are incontrovertible. I know I am going on holiday but I have had terrible back pain, lots of stress and I have still come through ok. Thank you to all, Angela and all admins xxx”

–LW 12/21/2019

Four Months Migraine Free:

“Hi! Just wanted to share that I have been both migraine free and all forms of headache free for four months! Not even during my wacky menstrual cycles…a hurricane…the time and weather changes…a couple of colds…you name it. The last time I got sick was after I had a massage. I haven’t gotten another one for fear it would break this magic spell, but I decided I needed to conquer the fear. Before my appointment today, I did “tiger” exercises to calm my nerves and of course have been following the protocol for the past few months. Drum roll, please….I did not get sick! Hip Hip Hooray! I am endlessly grateful to Angela Stanton, all of the admins especially Kristin Ingram and Terri Corley, and also Truc Klover. I can’t put into words how wonderful the Stanton Migraine Protocol is and how amazing it is to be migraine free. 🥰”

–ES 11/23/2019

A Recovering Former Sugar Binge Eater:

“I have to share another victory in my life but more importantly a victory in that the STANTON MIGRAINE PROTOCOL works. Most know by now that I’m a former recovering sugar binge eater. Sugar, sweets was my poison of choice. My mother lives in the next town to mine and I don’t get up there very often, so when I do I had always viewed it as a treat to go to Dairy Queen, after all I had it in my head that I don’t have very many pleasures in life and I’m going to take this one for sure. There was a time in my life when I was actually talking to my mom and visiting with people I love however all I could think about was when can I leave and go get me some Dairy Queen. Man how sad that was. Plus when I got there the process of placing the order and them making it felt like a million years, I would get so frustrated and impatient. Boy this really was pathetic. HERE IS THE victory, yesterday I went to my mothers. I saw the Dairy Queen sign and that was it, I only saw the sigh. Nothing more, it passed over my eyes and it was gone. It did not linger, it did not pull me, it did not fuel the desire, it was simply seeing something and moving on. 😃😃😃😃😃 sorry if you are tired of me talking about this but I just can’t shout it enough that if I broke free and others can too. No longer being a prisoner to the poison of sugar. THANK YOU once again to Angela Stanton and all the admins. This is just so unreal to me, I just can’t believe I’m living to experience this victory. So the victory truly is that I did not go to Dairy Queen so that lead to not having a migraine for four days. Being pain free is far sweeter!”

–CD 11/2/2019

What High Blood Pressure?:

“I am at my neurologist right now. Excited because the last time I came here my blood pressure was 145/88. After, the last few months of salting I was worried it would be higher. ( worried just a tiny bit because I trust Angela’s knowledge).

So, my blood pressure is 112/72

Doctor walked in and immediately acknowledged that I looked heathy, pain free and happy and wondered if his guess was correct.

3 1/2 years of unbearable Trigeminal Neuralia pain is behind me for now!”

–JCF 10/20/2019

Reading About the 3-am Wake-up Migraine:

“My, oh my, oh my!!! I’m new here and I’m reading Fighting the Migraine Epidemic: Complete Guide… by Angela Stanton. I’m about a third way through the book and I’m so excited. Wish I had come across Angela’s book years ago. I have been on a Ketogenic diet for a while, when I started a few years back I was desperate and found it so helpful and soon learned that when I stray (increase my carbohydrates) the migraines also increased. Now after coming across this book and Facebook page, I am coming to understand in a much clearer way why avoiding the carbs has helped and how to tweak things. I am learning so much! The section in the book about the 3:00a.m. migraine wake up call –brought tears to my eyes. There is so much that I identify with. It’s like coming home, finally being understood. It’s hard to put the book down, I’m learning so much. Thank-you Angela for your research and for sharing it in this book. And thanks for this Facebook page, I am learning so much from reading posts and files here as well.”

–MG 10/16/2019

Sharing to the world:

“I just ordered and received a second autographed copy (Thanks Angela Stanton !) of Angela’s book and now am looking to share my first copy with someone in need. I posted the following to my local Next Door neighborhood group and looking to spread the word and share these great ideas curing migraines.

About 3 years ago I started having severe migraines which became chronic and debilitating to the point where I was spending 2 weeks in bed every month and had a migraine at some level every day. In desperation, I tried all the meds and every modality of health available. I was pissed off and desperate facing a life-long disability. Long story short, I no longer have migraines and have been migraine free for over one year. I am back to work and feeling grateful to have my life back at hand. My success was primarily based on a diet change which I only discovered when a friend of mine sent me a book. I have bought a second copy of this book Fighting the Migraine Epidemic and would really like to pass it on to someone, like me that is suffering and serous about reclaiming their health. I have nothing to sell anyone but I would like to provide this as a gift, as it was provided to me.”

Share the word!”

–DZ 10/15/2019

Morning shower:

“A moment of gratitude: In the shower this morning, I was thinking about where I was two years ago during similar beautiful October weather. I was home, in pain, and on leave from work fighting with NJ Disability, popping triptans just to get through the day, and spending every last dollar on therapies that were not working. I couldn’t stop working and had to go back to work in November because migraines are not considered a disability and I needed the insurance so that I could continue to get my meds. I was so desperate and depressed. It would be another couple of months before I discovered this group. Within a week of going on protocol (and lots of hand-holding by the admins) I was on the road to empowerment. Empowerment over my condition which led to empowerment over my life. Though I still get tripped up believing that I can eat anything, I am 100% in charge of how I might feel from one day to the next. I am in control. I’ve been able to shift my life to work that I’m happier doing, no longer a slave to insurance premiums to pay for drugs that were just making me worse. So, I just wanted to pause and say THANK YOU ALL, to Terri Corley for your ability to kindly kick my butt when I need it, to Kristin Ingram, for your gentle encouragement and humor, to Alison Inchausti for your warmth and understanding, and especially to Angela Stanton for your selfless dedication to helping migraine sufferers. And to all the new folks, hang in there. This really, really works. You have to put in the effort. You have to experiment and fail more than a couple of times. But trust the process.”

–JR 10/15/2019

Wow, check out those triglycerides & after baby!

“My husband and I do this bio-metric screening each year to earn $$ on our insurance plan. This year I just couldn’t wait another two hours to eat, I am nursing an infant after-all and it had already been at least 12 hours. I was pretty nervous how things were going to go after eating, but boy, my BP was perfect, my non-fasted BG was 86. Everything else was pretty well in line as well, given that i had just had my black coffee and breakfast, nursing, post cesarean life, she was pretty impressed and I am beaming with pride, 3 years ago, my triglycerides were over 700, now in the normal range For the non-believers and naysayers – trust the process.”

–EG 9/23/2019

Medicine Tapered:

“Hi everyone,

Just a little update. I’ve been successfully lowering Lamictal which was creating a sodium interference and also seemed to be presenting a host of other bizarre and in some cases terrifying symptoms. The taper off continues to be gradual and will take more time but each decrease makes me feel healthier.

I haven’t had a full blossomed migraine since December of last year and the heart/stomach issues I had abated. After a gazillion tests (3 EKG, 24 hour monitor, stress test, enzyme test, colonoscopy, thyroid, gallbladder test, upper GI), it turns out I am very healthy. I may never know exactly what caused the terrible symptoms I had earlier this year but I’m so glad to be talking about them in past tense.

I’ve kept up with all of the diet changes I made from reading the protocol, which has been 10 months now. I’ve been more quiet here but am still reading updates. Hope everyone is doing well today”

–BK 9/7/2019

Little Victory:

“Little victory to share

For three days I have had a very trying trip with my family and guests ( lack of sleep, loud smelly train (for seven hours one way, five hours another), got overheated in baking sun each day, walking 7-10 miles daily, taking Uber numerous times with air refreshers), and guess what… I survived without pain killers. This is an impossible dream that is becoming reality. I had to push myself not to be everyone’s problem. And it worked only because I was addressing every prodrome with salt and water

I even dragged my suitcase to the train station in heat. This is very unusual for me to survive so many challenges at once in so little time

I am still behind on my studies but what a difference! I compare with 2012 challenge when Our ten-day Europe trip ( honeymoon) was spoiled… five days of horrible pain. I did not know how to address prodrome. We helplessly watched the attack forming, then hitting me and …canceled plans for the day. What wasted time n money, killed joy, disappointments, you know how it goes….

Not this time. ❤️ Thank you, Angela Stanton 🌹and everyone here who is so encouraging and supportive of each other.”

–NV 9/3/2019

Look what family members can do!

“Yesterday my husband had open house and one of his coworkers had a migraine. She was about to go home and he told her to salt test and it showed she needed salt! He helped stop her migraine. He told her about protocol and my journey! I was so proud of him when he told me he did that!

Then today! A paraprofessional walks in my room with major migraine eye! I had her salt test and she was amazed at how fast her eye came back to normal and she was able to stay at work today. She knows about protocol because she saw me at my worst before I found protocol!”

–KL 9/4/2019

A new member is scared to apply the protocol and many members have responded with support. Here is a response from one of the many veterans in our protocol group:

“I was a vegetarian for nearly 20 years when I humbly stumbled upon this WOE [way of eating]. Scared as hell was an understatement. Girl! Over 2 years later and I say bring it on. Meat and all. Worth every single fear and tear and frustration of learning an entirely new lifestyle. My docs all say the same thing, every time they see me… “I don’t care how much salt you ingest or what you’re eating or what you’re not because I never thought you’d be migraine free.” We are the evidence our doctors need. I was a $200k+ med patient that the industry didn’t want to lose. Jaws drop when they hear of my success. No meds and allll the fun!”

–HD 9/4/2019

Funny how people think! Migraineur camping:

“Camping with friends. First they teased me because of what I eat. Then they teased me because I didn’t want a beer. Then they criticized my unsafe level of salt consumption. Then half of them went home early with horrible migraines. I’ll tease them tomorrow.”

–HS 9/30/2019

A picture is worth a 1000 words: A member’s migraine diary (in the group 12 weeks):

–WM 8/25/2019

Blood Test Victory:

“Also- I just got all my bloods done incl. cholesterol as my dad and doctor we’re both worried it would be extremely high- even though I told them it would be ok.

The doctor almost fell off her chair with my results!

Both good and bad cholesterol were amazing she said and she said everything she learnt in school about high protein/fat diets has gone out the window!

Woo- hoo Angela Stanton 👍👍👍”

–SAM 8/19/2019

A 50k ultramarathon run by a migraineur on hilly terrain in ketosis–no migraine:

“50K ultramarathon trail race in Marquette, Michigan is successfully done! Migraine-free, which is remarkable on a few levels which I’ll explain below. I’m pretty sure there are some things I can improve on as far as migraine management, water intake, and fat adaptation during endurance events. For reference, I’m 50/50 CD [50/50 macro ratio on the carnivore diet] for 6 months.

Started race fasted at 5:40am. Bg/bk 83/0.7. Temps: humid and 61*F. Normal pre-exercise hydration and salting routine. Didn’t eat until 4 hours later at mile 15 when I took my bg/bk and bg was down to 73, but physically felt fine. This is the longest I’ve ever run fasted. Ate 1 oz mozzarella and 1 hard-boiled egg from my pack. The only time I remotely felt hunger was about 2 hrs into the race, mild stomach grumbling that faded as I’m guessing glycogen ran out.

The final 16 miles of the race were the most technical trail miles and the highest, hardest 4-peak climbs. Like, scaling sheer rock and pulling yourself up sections. So hard, so fun, not super run-able. Temps made it up to a sunny 80*F and humid, so not too bad, but blazing hot on the exposed granite rocks. My goal was to take in an average of 1 salt-cap and 8 oz water/30 minutes, ended up with 1 salt-cap and 11 oz water/30 minutes. *Room for improvement there! Started with finger-swelling edema at mile 17. Probably could have double-salted after that, but I’ve given myself a salt-heavy migraine during long training runs that respond to K [potassium] afterwards, so didn’t want to chance double-salting. Angela’s edema document was swirling through my head for many miles!

Ate at mile 21 (1 egg, 1 oz mozz) before a big climb, and again at mile 26 (1o z mozz) before the biggest/hardest/most technical climb of the race. Did not take the time to test bg/bk before eating at those stops. Honestly, didn’t want to lose time doing it and I was starting to lose fine motor skills and the ability to focus after so many hours on the trail!

My goal was to finish under the 12-hour cutoff with no migraine, and I finished in 9 hrs 9 mins with no migraine! At the finish, I drank 8 oz water with 1 salt-cap and a few minutes later 6 oz whole milk and 2 T HWC [heavy whipping cream], then took bg/bk 10 mins later and it was 98/2.2. Wish I had taken it before drinking the milk, but I was exhausted and not totally thinking straight 😆. Felt very mild tightening prodrome in my forehead which responded negative to salt, so ate small amount of NY strip steak, then more steak on way home (7.2 oz total). Head totally clear until an hour later with very mild head tightness returning, responded to salt, then absolutely fine the rest of the day. Was NOT hungry at all afterwards, but ate some spot prawns, roe, butter, milk, HWC for dinner, total of 1535 calories for the day. And that was forcing myself to eat. I normally eat 1800-2000 cals/day during training. Felt fine the next day, with no real appetite, went hiking and climbing, but edema weight gain of 3.4 lbs (no visible swelling). (***note from Angela: this is normal body healing. Inflammation after a race like this heals.)

Average heart rate: 157. I train at 140 or less. The climbs were so intense, I’m fine with that heart rate during a race.

Overall place: exactly in the middle for overall and age group. I was expecting bottom of the barrel, until I started passing people the last half of the race!

Overall, I’m pretty darn happy. This is the first endurance event I’ve done since starting Stanton Migraine Protocol 9 months ago, and it was migraine-free and sugar/grain-free! My goal is to work towards no bg drops during long runs and experiment with the macros appropriate for me that allow me to run fasted, continue to manage my Hashimoto’s and migraines, and then see where that takes me in my love for endurance running.

I ended this race with a smile, too. Not a migraine….a smile. I can’t begin to express how grateful I am to Angela, Kristin, Terri, and Alison for your tireless support and knowledge, along with other migraineur endurance athletes (Heather Dixon) who have shared their journeys and allowed me to learn from you. ❤️

If you’ve read this far….WOW you deserve the medal! 😬🥳”

–SM 8/19/2019

A migraine cure testimonial from horses and a cat:

Some time ago, one of my migraineurs complained about her horse–animals shake their heads when they get a headache. My cat did too. I started to salt my cat’s water and within a day she stopped shaking her head. I have been placing a little salt into her water every day.

Then this migraineur told me her horse was shaking its head and she decided to give salt to the horse. The horse is migraine free. This is what she wrote to me today:

My horse has had no “migraines “ since starting the salt protocol and my vet actually called me for what I had done to “cure” my horse and he helped 2 more horses

So we had helped my cat, her horse, and the veterinarian is now curing other horses from migraines by giving them salt. We cannot argue with the benefit of salt for migraine anymore.

–AF (horse) and me (cat) 8/1/2019

Bike race of a migraineur:

“Well I survived my 1st bike race! I realize that switching to Keto definitely helped me keep my ketones down and BS up, especially after long hard rides! Leading up to the race I was dealing with frequent cervi headaches, which my PT said was caused by “ bikers neck ” thankfully the hard hit of PT helped. the morning of the race I was up at 4:30 am and struggling to eat breakfast, ugh! Hard when your body is saying “ GET BACK TO BED! “ Once we parked the car I tested BS/K and was 5.3/0.9. There were 2500 people racing and it’s a mass start; I was terrified!! Main goal: don’t crash! Luckily there was a steep hill right off the start and we quickly thinned out.

My goal was to be done in 3 hrs, I was done in 2:04!! I was 48th out of 270 and 2nd out of my age/gender category, which I think there were 52 of us, so was really pleased about that! I did not need to eat at all during the race but salted like crazy!! It was 27C and very dry! On one of our hills that was 1.8k long and STEEP!! I was gasping with a terrible dry mouth but in that situation you cannot grab your water bottle or you risk falling over! I was worried I didn’t drink enough as many crashes happen with people dropping water bottles but in the end I felt great! Most important NO MIGRAINE!! I figured with all the stress leading up to and with the race I would surely get one… but nope, nothing!!

Post race they had burgers and beer, I clarified that the beef was pure beef and then just stood there with a meat patty in my hands, chowing down with a lot of funny looks 😁 I added in some fruit and more salt and water. Since our car was parked so far away, I couldn’t check numbers till we got back there. My BS 5.6/0.4. I’m so happy I was able to complete this goal in honour of my dad, I know he was there helping me through the toughest parts💕 I’ve decided to do another race here in 4 weeks and then head back to CD [carnivore diet] to get this IR [insulin resistance] crushed!! Oh and absolutely no muscle soreness post race 🙌🏼🙌🏼”

–LM 7/22/2019

New member’s first post:

“Can I just say what an outstanding theory Angela has uncovered in her book Fighting the Migraine Epidemic! Yes! There is a lot of reading materials but every word I’ve read so far has been extremely concise but not difficult to follow. Every statement Angela makes in her book and other materials has been followed by detailed scientific explanations as to WHY and HOW these specific reactions are linked (the medical science is not just Angela’s own word – I have checked the well credited citations).

In short, I just want to say in my, and my mother’s [name], dealing with countless doctors and after spending literally tens of thousands of dollars of money, not a single paid doctor or specialist has ever taken a fraction of their time discussing ways to Prevent or Cure migraines or even what causes them – other than to prescribe heavy medications like Topirimate and Butalbital.



So, [Angela] Stanton if you are reading this – thank you for taking the task upon yourself to research, test and publish your work in such a way that so many people are not only truly understanding the true cause of migraines 1 but are starting to live without them! Once I read that Angela was a migraineur herself, I knew she could actually know what the feeling of a migraine was – which, unless you suffer from them, you can’t imagine. It’s like telling us guys how childbirth feels like!

So, my deepest gratitude to Angela for her continued work, and to all the volunteers who make this group possible. And my best wishes of success to all those on their way to becoming migraine free. My journey is just beginning and now comes the commitment and lifestyle changes. So here I go!” –DA 7/22/2019

A birthday to remember:

“For my daughters’ 9th and 11th birthdays this past week we decided to skip having a party and instead put the $ towards our first family vacation. It was 5 days, 4 nights, only an hour and a half from our home, in the lovely little Michigan-German town of Frankenmuth. We stayed at Zehnder’s Splash Village, which is an amazing hotel that includes a humongous indoor/outdoor waterpark. I never could have planned, much less executed this trip before protocol. Not only was it humid and 90 °F most days, but the waterpark has 3 areas – loud, louder, and loudest. 😆 Guess what? Not so much as a twinge of pain the entire time.

The one bit of trouble I did get into resulted from trying a single slice of leftover “cauliflower crust” pizza my kids wanted to share with me one morning (I’m well aware that means rice and/or potato flour). I said to my husband as we left the hotel that morning, “We’ll know how many carbs were in that crust within an hour or two.” Right on schedule, an hour later I was feeling strangely dizzy, shaky, and just plain off. I salted, salted, salted, took some down time in the hotel, and within the next hour we were off to the waterslides! Two hours and much excitement after that, back to feeling fabulous, we took this family selfie on our way out. The rest of the vacation – foods, people, shopping, aerial park, fireworks, SUPER loud arcade – oh, and starting my period *the day* we arrived!, went off without a hitch. I’m so thankful to have had these experiences, and so happy to be back home with my beloved steak and butter. 🙃 Thank you, Angela, admins, and everyone else I’ve learned from in here. This was a huge test and I’m so grateful to have reached this point and made these memories while my kids are still kids. 💙💚💛” –ER 7/7/2019

New member:

“Hi to the group. I don’t have nearly the detailed story so far as some in the group but wanted to share my success because I know it’s important for us all to input our experiences as part of the collective learning process. I’ve been doing near-protocol for 3 months. I just finished a term of school and plan to devote more time now to food perfection. However, even with changing from a high carb, high sugar routine (I ate this way out of convenience and habit) to near-protocol, I’ve eliminated migraines except during the two “hormone storms” of the month – ovulation and menstruation. And these migraines are gradually getting better, allowing less meds per headache. I have previously depended on meds in these times, becoming totally debilitated by pain and nausea without them.

I am incredibly thankful for this change and have witnessed for myself the importance of diet for the purpose of maximizing health. As so many in the group have expressed, the feeling of freedom from chronic pain is almost indescribable, especially for those of us who have suffered for years and decades. I lead a busy life and protocol has become more or less routine. But no matter how routine it becomes, I find myself occasionally daydreaming about what a gift this knowledge is…and how it seems too good to be true. And how surreal and wonderful it feels to say “but it IS true!” I don’t know if that amazement will ever wear off; I’m guessing probably not. Excited to keep going!”

–EAWA 6/22/2019

One year Stanton Migraine Protocol anniversary report by a migraineur:

“Anniversary Alert! Last night I was looking back in my journal to this day in 2018: “June 20: Investigating a new protocol for migraine. Complex but interesting.” That week I had had near-constant prodrome and a couple of totally disabling headaches. As my migraines had been worsening over the past few months, I had been to a neurologist for the first time the week prior, and she prescribed Sumatriptans, tinazadsine, and told me I would be a candidate for Topamax. I had read enough in other migraine groups to know that was not a route I wanted to go. My desperate internet sleuthing for “migraine cure natural” brought me to Angela Stanton‘s book. I ordered it on Amazon and joined the group soon after. Those first weeks were so overwhelming. I am a skeptic, and I committed to trying as much as I could muster for 3 weeks to see if I noticed a difference. The rest is history.

Over the last year I have made my halting way through protocol, as many of us do, in stops and starts, solid tries and imperfect weeks, but committed to the long view. I am still nowhere near perfect in my implementation, and I have much left to learn, but I cannot believe the difference between the me that’s writing this and the one from a year ago. Not only are my migraines under control (a resistant one from peri-menopause issues and/or high pressure kicks up every now and then), but I rarely even have uncomfortable prodromes. I love what I get to eat. I’m no longer thirsty all the time. My lifetime constant companion of shaky hunger is gone. My persistent post-viral condition is 150% improved. My hair is thicker, my skin clearer, my moods more stable. I have learned so much about my body, and the science of health. I work a physically active job, travel widely, and best of all, I have a better understanding of my complex, beautiful, interesting brain and nervous system. I have also been able to share what I’ve learned to help the health of my mom, several friends, and my niece. All this is to say, if you are new here, this is possible for you, too. If you are struggling, stick with it. Change comes incrementally. Trust this process. If you are an old member, thank you for the ways in which you have participated, for encouragement, for asking questions that help us all. To the admins, Terri Corley, Alison Inchausti, Kristin Ingram, thank you for all the ways you have pushed, supported and cheered me on, not to mention play-by-play suggestions when battling a bad day. Most of all, thanks to Angela Stanton for your creative thinking, tireless research, pioneer’s stamina, and spirit for outreach. It is truly astounding. I am grateful everyday to be here, part of this group of amazing, interesting, quirky people. May the year to come bring continued healing for us all!” –TK 6/20/2019

One scary migraineur birthday!

“Another reminder yesterday that our brains keep adjusting in response to the healing promoted by the protocol. My son and I were in the midst of a guy’s day out together to celebrate our birthdays and I was being just a bit slow on hydration as we were driving a distance and I didn’t want to stop for too many pee stops. I had a prodrome I’ve never had in my (now) 71 years: My speech center suddenly went down and I could not fully articulate words. My mind was completely clear, no loss of any coordination or other signs of prodrome. I was able to signal to him not to worry, mentally position where the nearest ER was, and take a salt and H2O. Literally within 3 minutes, my speech was 95% back. Talk about avoiding 24 hours in the ER and a bunch of panic!! Especially with my 54 year old sister-in-law just now having very incomplete speech recovery from a stroke 3 weeks ago. Thanks again, Angela.”

–BW 6/3/2019 (posted with delay)

Brand new migraineur already sees success:

“Never thought this little teaspoon would bring such value to my life! 😁. I just joined the group and started reading the book a few days ago after a 6 day battle with a migraine. I was able to stop the end stages of my migraine with balancing salt/potassium ratio and I am still literally AMAZED!!! I have been on the carnivore diet for over 2 months for other reasons than migraines. I have LOVED IT! I didn’t have many migraines until the last couple weeks and I was sooo puzzled since I’m so strict with my diet. Learning all about the migraine brain and the electrolyte balance has made sooo much sense to me! I thought I was going to have to abort the carnivore way of eating due to migraines. Thanks to the Stanton migraine protocol I now know what’s really been causing them and I am soooo encouraged to be learning all that I have been. There is so much more to learn but I’m excited and hopeful. Thank you Angela Stanton and everyone in this group for all your contributions!”

–JB 6/11/2019

A fantastic migraine lesson: always check salt/sugar containers before you dip:

“Well guys, I had an interesting test of protocol this weekend, with some crazy variables. Drove 5 hours from home for work, staying with my brother. Taught a 3-day chainsaw training, which is always intense with tons of extroverted teaching energy expended, plus stomping around in the woods and the stress of watching complete novices learn. 😂 All 3 days went great, not a glimmer of prodrome, even though one day I was pretty off on water timing, but was able to catch up later in the day.

Saturday was busy, moving between my brother’s place and a friend’s house, and my cousins arrived for a visit. We had a bonfire at the friends’ house, more socializing–I was pretty maxed and needed my salt. My stuff was all spread out between 2 houses, our truck, my field pack, etc., so when I went in from the party to get water, I noticed their salt cellar on the stove (even had a tiny 1/8 tsp in it!!) and made myself a bubbly water. An aside–everyone had pizza and I was not even tempted by what used to be my favorite food. I had take-out from my favorite Nepali restaurant–a pork curry with floating fat globs. 😄

Had 2 more salt glasses, felt myself crashing, figured I was just over-done. Went to bed. Woke at 2 am with a pounding headache, the worst pain I have had in many, many months–like pre-protocol pain. WTF, I thought. Well, lots of variables. Got up and went into the kitchen to do salt test, though I was pretty sure what I needed. Stuck my finger in that little salt cellar on the stove and put it under my tongue. IT WAS #*&%^ SUGAR!!!

During an evening when I had a serious need for salt, I had taken my last THREE doses of waters with white sugar. I almost lost it. I dug around and found my salt and took a plain 1/8–I had so much edema I couldn’t get my test ring off at all. Slept fitfully, woke with a lot of pain. It was so familiar from the old days–the kind of morning I used to have after an intense work weekend, pre-protocol. The kind of day where I’d wake among friends and have to stay in a dark room, probably vomit, and writhe in pain while everyone else had fun and felt sorry for me. I was a bit skeptical that I’d be able to pull out of it, actually. My eyes were SO swollen, squinty, huge bags underneath.

As is, I took another plain salt, waited until edema diminished slightly. Had a cup of half-caff coffee (I usually drink decaf) with HWC [heavy whipping cream] and milk, 2 Advil, a hot shower. After, it was time for a salt water. Within minutes of swallowing it, the pain and pressure was lifting. Within another hour I could join for breakfast. Took it slow, had a big old burger for lunch and though I felt a bit fuzzy all day, I ended up being able to join the gang for a 4-hour day hike (uphill, climbing a small peak) and dinner out.

Woke up today a little tired but fine. I tell you, it was the perfect tester weekend–I would never have done that on purpose, but between the stressors, the sugar mix-up, the symptoms, the salt rescue, it was like a science experiment. I thought of Angela Stanton and how much of this she went through, trying variables, inciting and resolving headaches, in order to figure out our brains. I am so grateful.

Sorry so long, it was too weird and useful not to share. 🙂

Oh, and also, the biggest take-home–don’t trust other people’s “Salt” without asking or testing! I won’t make that mistake again…”

–TK 6/3/2019

A migraineur’s observations: carbohydrates are addictive:

“I’m not an admin so you can take this post with a grain of salt (ha, ha). I hope this post will encourage lurkers who haven’t been able to stick with protocol and still find themselves indulging in sugar cheats…A few months ago I joined a group of non-migraine people following ketogenic diets for weight loss and found that 95 percent of the people were constantly obsessed with food and instead of eating meat, dairy, vegetables and nuts, they were always asking questions about how to make cookies or muffins or something else that was supposedly on the diet, but tasted like what they were craving. I was really shocked by all the food obsession. What I noticed about starting the Stanton Migraine Protocol was that within weeks I no longer craved sugar at all. Not a bit! I don’t find it difficult to sit in a restaurant while people are eating desserts. I don’t find it difficult to serve my guests ice cream while I have raspberries with cream. Now instead of smells and sights of food being in the driver’s seat, I am in control of what I eat and being able to make those good choices gives me a feeling of empowerment. Sugar is more addictive than heroine! Letting it go will be the best thing you can do for yourself.”

–SDC 6/3/2019

The carnivore diet and migraine:

“I posted this in my carnivore group a few days ago for my one-year carniversary. I wanted to share in this group as well. Especially for those who have found their healing process to be slow. One year ago today I started on the carnivore diet. For someone who never ate a lot of meat, switching to this way of eating was not easy! But let me tell you it works! I was in a car accident over 3 years ago and suffered a head injury. I spent months recovering and was left with chronic vestibular migraines. For 2 1/2 years I never had a dizzy-free day. I could only drive 3-5 miles which didn’t get me real far. I saw several neurologists, neurotologists, acupuncturist, and a vestibular specialist. None could help me! This diet along with the Stanton Migraine Protocol were my last hope. One year later, I now only have a few dizzy days a month as opposed to every day. I can drive 15-20 miles which allows me to drive myself to work and my children to school. I expect to see more improvement as I continue this journey. I am one of those who has been slow to heal, but I am patient. My IR was really bad. I also took a few months to adjust to this diet, so if you are new and struggling, hold on. Be patient. You will see the rewards eventually.

I honestly feel that at 45 years old I feel better than when I was 25!!”

–JZL 6/1/2019

Just started to read the book:

“Well then- reading the book I’m going through so many emotions. It’s eye opening in so many ways I can’t begin to explain. At first- I thought I may not have migraines and thinking my doctor misdiagnosed me. That short list prodromes seem more like just me being me. Then I get to cortical spreading depression section and suddenly EVERYTHING is clear. I do get migraines. I had to search auras on here because I was convinced I didn’t get them. they’re definitely not what I thought it was and I been experiencing these for years without any of the pain that’s associated with migraines. I mean I was shocked, angry and happy within seconds of reading this. I’m not even halfway through the book and I finally feel like I’m not alone. Different from others yes, but not alone. I can’t tell you all how grateful I am for the person who directed me here (I can’t remember but I’ll look because you deserve recognition) but YOU are awesome.”

–JC 5/31/2019

Finally decided to completely apply the protocol:

“I want to thank everyone that contributes to this. In a week it has helped me so much and I never have to ask questions because everything I could possibly want to know is in the history and files. I have finally gone all in on this protocol and the differences I am noticing are incredible. I have been keto (75 to 80% F, 10 – 15% P, 5% C) for over two years and initially had incredible results in migraine reduction and Triptan elimination. But over time that progress wore off a bit. Though I am not back to where I started, I am having too many migraines (one a week at least) to lead the life I want to as a father of 4, business exec and athlete. I have followed every single baseline instruction to the nth degree for a week. The biggest eye opener for me has been the difference I feel in being “salted” properly while balancing my potassium. My head feels amazingly open when I keep my sodium levels above 5000 mg per day. I tested the protocol with a moderate weight training session last night as this has been my biggest trigger as the keto alone stopped working as well.

Success! No migraine today. My head feels a little tight today but I don’t feel a migraine is inbound. I keep salting and hydrating and that loosens things up a bit. I’ll have my fasted blood results posted this weekend. Thanks again for everyone for your work and dialogue here. It’s helped me a ton this week in making progress.” –KD 5/30/2019

A migraineur: Life after triptans & the importance of tracking:

“Update from a triptan-quitter (since 9th March):

1. WOW. Protocol really works for me now. I finally feel confident that I can be migraine-free. Oh, the freedom and liberation! It’s like I’m a normal person!

2. I still hate tracking salt/potassium.

3. Too much salt appears to have no effect at all, but too much potassium and I am in big trouble. Therefore, if I don’t track and balance, I am severely punished.

4. The migraine needs to kick me hard in the pants repeatedly to teach me to track. Which is why I’ve been awake since 4.30 am (high potassium meal last night and not enough salt to balance – ouch). Because I am not a normal person, much as I might wish to be.

5. I have just been through an extremely demanding and high-pressure time. I balanced carefully – and got no hint of migraine. For two weeks. Again, WOW.

6. I seem to be able to tolerate macros that are ‘out’ – I consistently eat too much fat and too little carbs/protein, but not quite to keto levels. I seem to be a successful no-mans land dweller – but not with respect to balancing. (This is not advice to others to be slack on macros.)

7. Giving up triptans and caffeinated coffee made a massive difference to the reactivity of my brain (caffeine is now a rare, last-ditch resort to compensate for slack balancing).

8. It took me 18 months to get myself together since finding this group. Changing the eating and drinking was the easy bit for me but was most definitely not enough on its own. I had to add in quitting the drugs and tracking/balancing to get the result we all want. Slow learner here, clearly.

9. I am not sure if my IR is truly correcting itself, but it feels that way – I can go much longer without feeling hungry and shaky. (I know I can test for that.)

10. My brain needs me to exercise every day and have some time outside, even if it’s just a 20 minute fast walk.

11. Thank you, Angela and mods! Thank you thank you thank you.”

–AG 5/18/2019

A migraineur shortly after joining our Facebook migraine group:

“Long excited post. I joined this group on April 11, 2019, after having migraines for over 20 yrs with almost daily ones for over 10 yrs. Plus chronic constipation since I was 12, with 1 bowel movement weekly. I was using sumatriptan as needed and it wasn’t working. Then my Dr prescribed Topamax a week before I joined this group. I tried 2 pills and decided there had to be another way – I wanted to know WHY I was having migraines. So I searched on the internet for days and landed on a Angela Stanton webpage – I don’t even remember how, but so thankful!! Then I joined this fb group and I was in the middle of a 3 day migraine. Terri recommended trying salt and I couldn’t believe the salt helped and kept doing the salt test. Then the next day, my migraine was almost gone – oh and I had a bowel movement! I started implementing the protocol and reading units and the book immediately. I was already off grains, so refined sugar was next. Quit that day. It caused one migraine that week, but then no more until my period. AND I have had a bowel movement almost every day! I have been following protocol since I joined. I am really enjoying my fats and meats! Growing up, I was always told to avoid fat and red meat, but here I am loving every minute!! My husband couldn’t believe how well it is working and has now started to change his diet. So awesome! Thank you so much Angela Stanton, Terri Corley and all admins for helping us and in sharing this information with us!! I am so excited to continue this journey of healing.”

–CP 5/6/2019

A migraineur explaining her road on the Stanton Migraine Protocol to other migraineurs:

“just wanted to give an update on where I am at the moment. I started keto in January cause I heard, it would help with migraines. At that time, I needed triptans/aleve/domperidone for min. 15 days a month and knew, this has to stop! I had almost instant results, migraines went down from 15 to 6 in the month of Feb and March. I had days, where I just felt great. Full of energy, no cravings, no headache, but there where days, where I felt like crap and always thought, I needed carbs, and on those days, I gave in and increased carbs.

I knew, on keto you have to drink more, but I never added salt, until I found Angela’s Video on YouTube. From this day on, I started with the salt. I had a lot of stress going on and wasn’t doing it in the correct way, just when I thought, I need salt, I put 1/8 tsp in water. Still drank way to much coffee, had artificial sweeteners in my diet. But the day, I ordered the book and joined this group, things changed for the better day by day. Still a bit overwhelmed with the balancing of the food, but I am almost on the correct ratio for macros, I eat potassium-heavy and have the correct water and salt intake during the day. I have bedtime milk with 1 or 2 tablespoon of cream later the salted water and never since introducing this woke up with a migraine! So no more artificial sweetener and coffee down to 2 a day (second on early afternoon).

Its now 2 weeks without a triptan, I cant believe it! Salt-test works fine for me. I needed an ibuprofen on Easter Sunday; took it with coffee. I went to bed with still a headache, normally I would wake up, still in pain, but this time, I woke up pain free and was soooooo grateful! I go on slowly but steady on my way to a migraine free life! for the blood test I have to wait a bit. It stresses me too much at the moment. I just want to say thank you sooooooooooo much Angela and admins for all the help and encouragement you give us. So next steps will be: doing my homework with balancing potassium and sodium in foods/ start exercising /coffee down to 1 /doing the 5 hours blood test…”

Questions from other migraineurs answered by this migraineur in same thread:

I ate high carb, low sodium forever and thought, migraine is a disease, that you can only manage with meds….I read last summer an article about ketones and migraines and it took me another half a year to finally start cutting those carbs.

My face looks healthier, fresher… people notice that 🙂 But also skeptics of eating low carb so very low, but 50g isn’t that low for me anymore. I am used to it…

Even 0 carbs can be the best option. But people around me think its impossible to live without the so called healthy oatmeal for example 😉 BUT one of my sons, 26 came to me lately before he went exercising and said: hey, mom, how much salt do I have to put in my bottle for perfect hydration 🙂 That was a great moment!!!…

Yes, I had fast success, but I know very well, that it will still be a long journey to freedom from meds and migraine. 3 months into changing my way of eating and drinking will not heal my lifelong battle with migraines!

— 4/27/2019 SB

Medicine free using the Stanton Migraine Protocol:

“I just dumped this box of migraine meds in the safe drug return bin last night at my local pharmacy!! And this is only a sample of many more to come. I felt like I should have thrown a party at the pharmacy! The celebration was truly peace in my head because I didn’t have a headache in spite of tremendous family stress lately.

To those who wonder if The Stanton Migraine Protocol works I’m here to tell you that it most definitely does and it is worth it. So wipe those tears, brush your boots off, and get up and try again and again until you get it. Read everything you can even if you can only hold a thought for 3 seconds. Do it as many times as it takes until it gets easier with time because your brain is starting to heal. And treat our Admin angels and the brilliant Angela Stanton with love and respect for all the time they donate to helping you.

I have cut out on average 20-25 mind blowing, drugged out of my gourd, migraines per month since last fall of 2018. I could barely function on the days I was drugged up and probably risking stroke maxing out multiple abortive migraine meds that I had accumulated in over 30 years. And then I spent the few non migraine days struggling through crushing fatigue due to migraine hangover. This would leave me depressed because my hopes were repeatedly crushed over and over that this was my life. I had researched ways to end the misery without a traumatic experience for my family. I know it’s selfish to even think that in spite of suffering. Remember Angela found a cure through her own suffering. So don’t give up, you never know what tomorrow holds!

Do I still get migraines? Sure I get a few per month on days I cheat, don’t track, or hydrate properly. I’m still figuring things out because I’m dealing w/other issues. But my brain is starting to heal and who knows maybe my back will heal too. So I intend to keep working on it until migraines are a distant memory.

The rest of my migraine meds will be dumped. Just wait for it. I am for the 1st time in over 10 years finally titrating off Topamax without falling apart. I have other meds to work on next but I now feel hope that it can actually be done! Angela is the answer to 30 years of prayers for a solution and help. I can’t thank you enough Angela for persevering to find a cure against all odds and against the medical world. I am in awe of your brilliance and forever grateful. And to our admin angels for your patience, time, and love too!

Update: If this doesn’t look like much there were layers of meds in here you can’t see. I hated these the most because of the form of delivery or they didn’t work, so they are the 1st to go. So many more to come! I think I will throw a party when I get rid of the rest!”

–4/27/2019 RC

This message is from a former neuropsychologist who was forced into retirement early due to migraines:

“I’ve always had inexplicable physical (and emotional) symptoms that I knew were brain based. Simply put, my brain has been starving for most of my life. Dr. Stanton’s incredible ability to pull together many disparate fields of study–biochemistry, nutrition, neurobiology–into a sensible, simple theory of migraine has transformed my life. Not only do I not crave or desire carbohydrates, I see them as poison. I have much more empathy for myself and can finally stop worrying, stop hating myself, and start healing. I’ve only been officially associated with the protocol for three days and I already have seen an enormous reduction in migraine head pain. It almost feels like a thing of the past and I can’t imagine sabotaging myself now that I have hope and insight. Knowledge is key. No longer will I have to frantically go down rabbit holes chasing the latest incorrect, fad theory of diet and migraine. I don’t have to fear food and its purported allergens any longer. I know exactly what my brain needs. Now I can give credence to my formerly mysterious bodily symptoms (rather than ignoring them) and take action to help myself in the moment. Better health can be had by anyone who wants it. Just had to get that out. Ok. Breathe.”

–4/22/2019 GM

The non-migraineur mother of a migraineur:

“I want to report some good news–some of you will remember I’d been introducing my Mom to protocol eating while visiting her last year. She was very interested (seeing how much better I felt), but she’s not a disciplined person, and since she doesn’t have migraine or any overtly debilitating symptom, I wasn’t sure it would stick. Well, her cholesterol came back “high” (not terrible, but high Triglycerides and not a great ratio) so her doc was pushing statins. I explained about brain decline and pleaded with her to try diet changes first. (My migraine gene is from her side, and we have Alzheimer’s risk in that family, which she worries about.) So, her doctor let her try. While I was with her for 3 weeks in November, she ate a lot like me–not balancing macros, and a few exceptions, but a huge shift for her, away from carbs, sugar and low-fat dairy. She’d been telling me over the months how well she was doing (“When someone offers me a cookie, I turn the other way!).

Well, she texted me yesterday with this news: “Just got the results of my blood work. HDL is 60, LDL is 132, Trigylcerides down from 149 to 76. Pretty good don’t you think!” So, in 6 months of changed eating, she cut her triglycerides in half, brought her cholesterol ratio (Tri/HDL) down to 1.2 (from 2.5 before) to a good level for a 74-year-old woman. She has also lost 15 pounds, has less joint pain from osteoarthritis, more energy, and has completely gotten off gabapentin (which her negligent doctor had her on for SIX YEARS! after knee surgery, telling her it helped with inflammation generally. WTF???) I am SO PROUD OF HER. As I said, she is not at all rigid–she still enjoys the occasional drink, she isn’t off all grains (Has pizza occasionally), she “cheats” with potato chips (at least now dipped in sour cream!) But she has changed her eating paradigm–quit nearly all added sugar including diet sodas, added a couple salt waters, moved to full-fat dairy, and cut her simple carbs by probably 80%.

I report all this because it’s clear that protocol-style eating, even if not 100%, helps so much. If your relatives are curious, encourage them to make baby steps! I am so proud of my mom, and best of all, she’s proud of herself. (We’re both hoping Dad will come around, who lives on hotdogs and Diet Coke, and has Triglycerides near 300, a 30-lb gut, and an auto-immune disorder but thinks he’s healthy as a horse. 😂)Thanks to Angela Stanton and all the admins for the information and support to help encourage her!”

–4/20/2019 TK

Exercising again:

“Hi friends and good morning! ☀️

I wanted to share something new and wonderful! Through out my life I have not exercised much bc I would feel faint after and it would take a few hours to recover (it had been about 11 months since my last workout because of chronic migraines). I’ve been on protocol a few months now. Yesterday afternoon I did a 15 minute Zumba and a light weight workout to wake my body up. Salted before during and after and felt AMAZING and strong!! No fatigue or feeling faint- nothing! In 60 years that’s the first time!! I’m so grateful for you, Angela and all of the guidance and love in this group! 🥰”

–JLS 4/13/2019

Enjoying the fruits of a healthy migraine-free life:

“I turned 62 yesterday and am enjoying the fruits of a healthy migraine free life. I have been an athlete all my life and plan on staying active for years to come. I have backed off my aerobic intensity since I became a migraineur almost 3 years ago and consider myself in a cellular healing process under the Keto WOE, but I have been slowly adding more time in my workouts swimming and cycling. I am gaining strength and feel as though I have improved joint health and flexibility and my spine feels stronger and also more flexible. This August I will be participating in my 7th consecutive annual Golden Gate Bridge swim crossing in San Francisco. Thanks Angela Stanton and to the Admins for your tolerance, patience, knowledge and love. Cheers!”

–DZ 4/10/2019

Migraineur, work-place scent diffuser, & the carnivore diet (CD):

“Salt for the win!

9 hours at a work tabling event yesterday which included talking to hundreds of people while being located directly across a vendor who had an essential oils diffuser going ALL. 9. HOURS. The smell was overwhelming. But I paid attention to the minor pain symptoms in my head and salted/double salted as needed (in between talking to way too many people!). Before this protocol I would have ignored the minor head pain, thinking I just needed to tough it out and deal with things, and then would have ended up with a raging migraine by the 2nd half of the day.

Salt, and the progress I’ve made on protocol and now CD, allowed me to make it through pain-free, and even better, come home to my husband and kids as a functioning person! The normal guilt that I feel as a working parent was often made worse by not being present for my kids while “dealing with a migraine,” so this is a huge deal for me. And my CD lunch allowed me to come home to blood glucose in the mid-80s instead of super low numbers, no shakiness or irritability, no unnecessary snapping at my family. Just calm. Well, as calm as life with kids can be 😬

This group, the tireless work of Angela and the admins, it’s truly changing my life. Do I still have bad days, challenges, and much healing to do? Absolutely. I’m still figuring out my individual electrolyte needs around my menstrual cycle, my thyroid is really dumb and I basically want to sleep everyday from 2-4 pm, etc etc. But I’m excited to see the progress continue. 4 months on protocol, 2 months on CD, and I’m finally figuring it out at the age of 40! So incredibly grateful!!!”

–SM 4/8/2019

A most amazing testimonial:

“Angela Stanton, Terri Corley, Kristin Ingram, Alison Inchausti, from the bottom of my heart:

THANK YOU!

What you do, means a lot; you change lives and you’ve changed mine.

This shitty condition that was wearing me down is finally over. I don’t know what would have happened to me without you. I was sick every single day. One or two days a week were a bit better, but this endless hangover was always present.

I just followed the protocol and that’s it.

It was overwhelming at first and seemed like abandoning every pleasure of life. Sure, I’ve abandoned a few but I had forgotten what it is to just feel normal. I’m not just feeling normal, I feel great. Now my energy levels allow me to do everything I want:

My relationships are better

Doing great at work

Courses/night classes are great

I’m able to work-out again and enjoy it. It doesn’t feel like the end of time anymore.

I enjoy every meal. Looks and tastes delicious, people envy me!

Getting to baseline and following the protocol is not that hard, really. It’s just a matter of weeks. Cronometer [app] is super easy to use (specially on PC). I have a new routine, new habits.

I started the second week of January. My migraines are gone, no more topiramate, imitrex spray and sumatriptan pills, zomig, almotriptan, diclofenac, naproxen, ibuprofen, benadryl, zolpidem, ginger extract, domperidone, metoclopramide, alizapride, pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and other decongestants.

I emptied my pharmacy a couple of weeks ago, super scary but I’m fine.

Right now, life is beautiful because of you, thanks for what you taught me.”

–VW 3/31/2019

Cyclical vomiting syndrome is migraine, usually referred to as abdominal migraines–children frequently have this migraine version though adults can also have it. This mom has been in our FB migraine group for a few months. Here is the story after visiting the son’s neurologist today:

“HUGE news! So my son had his 6 month follow up appt with his neurologist this morning. Neurologist asked how he has been and usual questions. He was SHOCKED at my sons progress. (For the newbies to the group, my son has abdominal migraines that started out of the blue in August with violent vomiting-12+ times an hour with severe headaches, lasting days at a time…the record was 16 straight days…as of today, he has had maybe 4 since November and the ones he had were mild, continue to get more mild, and this most recent one we were able to actually abort entirely!) We took the book with us the last time we went and showed it to him, he seemed kind of “meh” about it, but this time, he was asking all kinds of questions and taking tons of notes! My son told him all about the insulin resistance, carnivore diet, sodium/potassium/electrolyte issue, etc. Doc was blown away. Our appointment ended with him thanking us for taking the time to change my son’s diet and research migraines instead of hoping a pill did the trick (this Doc is a gem and prefers to NOT prescribe pills!), and the best part of all, he said we don’t need him anymore NO follow up appointments!!! My son isn’t completely cured of migraines, he has had to fight a few off in the past couple weeks, BUT he is well on his way. Angela Stanton, thank you so much for putting this information out there for us to find, and for being here to help with all our questions, and thank you Terri Corley, Kristin Ingram, and Alison Inchausti for being so patient with us as we learn. Love you guys so much.”

–AW 3/27/2019

A migraineur running a marathon fasted using the Stanton Ketogenic Protocol(TM) for migraine:

“Drum roll please…. Now a shout out to Angela Stanton!

I DID IT! I DID IT! I DID IT! I RAN A MARATHON TODAY!

Ran fasted as planned. Decided looking at my watch wasn’t fun so I decided every 2 miles to salt (a bit more than normal and definitely appreciated for this super hilly course!). I had 36 oz of water with me that I drank and an ounce or two at nearly every water station… Maybe 20ish?

I felt FANTASTIC! My energy out-lasted my calves. Haha! Always my tight spot and they need more work. But never felt low on energy. And NO cramping! You know I was passing salt pills out left and right to everyone else out there cramping! Lol

Here’s the super cool amazing part: HR! I started slow and kept my HR in Zone 2 for the first 4ish miles. Then picked up the pace as I was feeling relaxed. Kept HR at the center of attention and found my groove. The ONLY times my HR hit zone 4 was uphill the first 13.1. On the 2nd loop it stayed in Z3 for hills and Z2 for flats! Miles 16-19 were flat and my HR was Z1! I couldn’t believe it. And whenever it increased going uphill the recovery at the flat top or downhill was quick and just as I wanted it to be.

I cried hard finishing this race. Hard. For so many reasons. One big one was my health. It’s still surreal to feel so good. NO MIGRAINE TODAY!

I am full of so much gratitude. Just so much.

P/s…yes. I’m sore. But not like everyone else I ran with! Haha! I’ve also been standing and tending to children from the time of post-race until 5mins ago. Now that I can put my feet up, the healing should happen. I can’t believe I’m not more tired or more sore! So so so excited!

My post-race morning-after report:

No pain. None. I have some tight calf muscles which are quickly taken care of simply by stretching. I have no muscle soreness, and even my arthritic knees aren’t crying too much this morning! It’s unreal to think that I tan 26.2 miles, yesterday, for the first time ever, completely fasted and the only nutrition I consumed was salt pills and water, and I feel AMAZING today! Going for a recovery swim 😍”

–HD 3/25/2019

Food for thought; literally:

“A little food for thought: (no pun intended 😆)

My past few months have been spent in a lot of research. Here are my amateur observations that I’m journaling about so far…

Going on a carnivore diet, sticking to migraine protocol of salt/potassium, and eliminating grains/sugar may be the key to not needing many (or any) of the supplements that the doctor suggests for thyroid, vitamin deficiencies, etc. This, of course, isn’t a quick fix but hopefully more effective way to improve a migraineur’s chronic weakness of cell depletion and instability issues that can cause a migraine.

I was recently told to take over 15 very EXPENSIVE supplements by a “natural doctor.” But my instinct is to keep plugging away at CD and recheck my numbers with Angela over the coming months. Although I’d rather do the easier route for getting my numbers “in range” with popping supplements, I feel this will actually undo the good results that I’m slowly gaining through this protocol. My migraines/vertigo have been eliminated and I have almost no doubt that the other things will improve if I’m patient.”

–SK 3/2/2019

Looking back after one year on the protocol:

“It’s been approximately 1 year of being migraine free thanks to Stanton Migraine Protocol! . . . and I’ve enjoyed the virtual friendships I’ve made along the way! This is a great group for support! I am so grateful that God led me to you all. It was an answer to prayer – and at a crucial time after my son was born. I am a better mother to him because of this program! Thank you, Angela Stanton, Kristin Ingram, Terri Corley, Alison, and all of the group members for your help, patience, suggestions, encouragement, and recipes! HUGS to you all!”

–DK 1/21/2019

Our amazing migraineur athletes! Here is a success story from one:

“8 years ago, I raced the same race as this morning. It’s an indoor triathlon, so it’s based upon distance and not time. 8 years ago while in A LOT of pain!:Swim: 11 laps

Biked: 4ish miles

Run: I didn’t! I walked most of it and couldn’t wait to be done! Hahaha!

Today:

Swim: 23 laps

Bike: 10.0 miles

Run:2.1 miles TODAY NO PAIN! NOT BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER! Completed the whole race (only an hour😉) fasted with salt and water. I kept my HR as high as it could, because I was racing friends and having a pain free damn good time!” (emphasis is by Angela) –HD 1/20/2019

Testimonial from a very new migraine group member:

“So I had my first neurology appointment this week since starting protocol. I’ve made such strides in this short time, and I’m not even to 100% adherence yet. Getting close! I used to have SOME form of head pain every day, and that is GONE. The one migraine I almost had, I was able to successfully halt with salt and did not have to turn to Imitrex like I normally would have. My doctor, who is really a great guy was skeptical, as I would expect, but after asking me a series of questions about everything he seemed very interested and even said he was interested in reading the book himself and possibly recommending it to other patients if this is really working that great. We’ve decided to not pursue any more rounds of Botox for the time being.

1. THANK YOU to this group. I know I entered with a huge level of skepticism myself as a former primarily plant-based dieter, and even though I’m not one to go full CD, I have embraced animal products and my glass of whole milk with extra HWC is what I seriously look forward to every night! Your patience with answering my questions and dealing with my surly skepticism is very much appreciated.

2. Hooray for open-minded doctors!! And

3. Hooray for being mostly pain free!! This is definitely my new way of life and I’m going to be passing it on to my other family members who also suffer. ❤️”

–JK 1/17/2019

Testimonial for newbies:

“Good morning, gang! I want to report some good news, since we’ve had so many new joiners lately.

I implemented protocol in late June, slowly ramped up to full tracking and balancing, and have been feeling great when I could control my situation well (at home, cooking for myself, predictable routines, etc.) I was a bit worried about how my new ways would transfer to a more nomadic period, which is typical for m