Migraine

Themanymanifestationsofmigrainecanvarydramaticallyfromonepatienttoanother，evenwithinthesamepatientatdifferenttimes.Amongthemostcompellingandperplexingofthesesymptomsarethestrangevisualhallucinationsanddistortionsofspace，time，andbodyimagewhichmigraineurssometimesexperience.Portrayalsoftheseuncannystateshavefoundtheirwayintomanyworksofart，fromtheheavenlyvisionsofHildegardvonBingentoAliceinWonderland.Dr.OliverSacksarguesthatmigrainecannotbeunderstoodsimplyasanillness，butmustbeviewedasacomplexconditionwithauniqueroletoplayineachindividual'slife.