The Neurology Lounge

Author: Ibrahim Imam

  • Episode 51. 10 Strange Headache Disorders You Need to Know About

    In this brief podcast, I count down 10 unusual but unique headaches that may be perplexing for patients, and challenging for doctors to diagnose. Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SKDoyLMs2m0 Listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4HivcE11WgCVluGcMLqcsL?si=k8Se1rXmTCKn90psmnoTqw Listen to it on RSS feed: https://rss.com/podcasts/theneurologylounge/1815852/ Listen to it on Apple podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-51-10-strange-headache-disorders-you-need-to/id1748456248?i=1000681654487 ***

  • Episode 50. Oblivion – When Amnesia Wipes the Memory Slate

    In this episode, I explore the intriguing condition of amnesia, the isolated loss of memory with the preservation of other cognitive disorders. I use remarkable patient anecdotes, such as those of musician Clive Wearing, and of Jimmie G, a patient of neurologist Oliver Sacks, to illustrate the diverse causes of…

  • Episode 48. Impact – The Tragedy of Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury

    In this episode, I explore the two catastrophic forms of traumatic neurological injury, brain and spinal cord. I discuss the life-changing physical consequences of traumatic neurological injury, and the equally harrowing but often invisible emotional fallouts. I particularly highlight the often incomprehensible ways by which neurological injuries result – from…

  • Episode 49. Spinal Cord Injury with Susan Mockler – Author of Fractured

    In this podcast, I am joined by Susan Mockler to discuss her harrowing experience of traumatic spinal cord injury, which she narrated in ‘Fractured’. This is her memoir that detailed her experiences with acquired disability following a car accident which left her with a spinal cord injury. She recalls how…

  • Episode 47. 10 Reasons Your Nighttime Sleep Is Plagued by Insomnia

    In this episode I count down 10 top causes of insomnia, and these range from the habitual to the pathological. I also highlight the treatment approaches to these.   Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Smn5yU2DgBk   Listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0zMaZCR8XWIVCzju5doKl5   Listen to it on RSS feed: https://rss.com/podcasts/theneurologylounge/1794876/ Listen…

  • Episode 46. Schizophrenia with Randye Kaye – Author of Ben Behind His Voices

    I am joined in this podcast by Randye Kaye to discuss the patient and family perspectives of schizophrenia as she narrated in her memoir titled Ben Behind His Voices. Randye is a radio and podcast host, actress, singer, teacher, mental health advocate, and motivational speaker who speaks to groups of…

  • Episode 45. Shattered – The Split Mind of Schizophrenia

    In this podcast episode, I explore the diverse facets of the debilitating mental illness schizophrenia. I particularly highlight its varied manifestations such as delusions, hallucinations, disorganised thoughts and abnormal behaviours. I illustrate these concepts with insightful illness memoirs, such as the classics Is There No Place on Earth for Me,…

  • Episode 44. Migraine with Mark Weatherall – Author of Living with Headaches

    In this episode, I explore the diverse clinical and pathogenic dimensions of migraine with neurologist Mark Weatherall whose interests are the diagnosis and management of chronic migraine, facial pain, visual snow syndrome, and secondary headaches associated with systemic disorders. Our discussion covered the distinction between primary and secondary headaches, the…

  • Episode 43. Migraine with Danielle Newport Fancher- Author of 10: A Memoir of Migraine Survival

    I am joined in this podcast by Danielle Newport Fancher to explore the patient perspective of migraine as portrayed in her illness memoir titled 10: A Memoir of Migraine Survival. Danielle Fancher is a writer, migraine advocate, and speaker who has received awards from the National Headache Foundation and The…

  • Episode 42. Pounding – The Torment of Migraine

    In this episode, I review the pathological and clinical dimensions of migraine, the most common disabling neurological disorder. I tried to capture migraine’s diverse disabling recurrent symptoms, from its risk factors, triggers and prodrome to the aura, the headache, and multiple heightened sensitivities. To illustrate the lived experience of migraine,…