Neurologist Dr. Serena Orr has spent her career researching migraine attacks and trying to bring patients relief from the painful symptoms.

But it wasn't until she moved to Calgary that she gained a whole new perspective with a migraine attack of her own.

"I had mild headaches in all the other places I lived but didn't think anything of it. It was during COVID. I couldn't get off the couch. I had severe nausea and brain fog. When the fog started to fade, I realized I didn't have COVID. I had experienced a severe migraine attack," Orr said.

"I didn't understand how bad it was until I experienced it myself. It is super ironic."

Orr, an associate professor at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine, worked in collaboration with researchers at the University of Calgary's Hot

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