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Migraine Treatment That Finds the Source.
You plan your week around the next attack and keep rescue medication within reach.
Chronic migraine is rarely a problem of the head alone. Hormone swings, blood sugar dips, food reactions and poor sleep each lower the threshold for an attack. We test for those drivers and treat them, with the goal of fewer attacks that are easier to manage.
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“After four years of worsening chronic symptoms, wasted money on random tests, and the prospect of lifelong medications, I came to Indigo exhausted. In just three months under Indigo’s care, my symptoms are steadily improving.”
Maureen M., Indigo patient- 4.8/5
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More Than A Bad Headache
A migraine disorder reaches well past the pain.
Many patients spend the day before an attack feeling off, and the day after wrung out, so a few attacks a month can cost a week.
The pattern matters as much as the pain. Attacks that cluster around your cycle, follow a skipped meal, or arrive after certain foods or a poor night’s sleep are telling you what sets them off. We read that pattern and test behind it.
Common Migraine and Headache Symptoms
- Throbbing pain on one side
- Nausea or vomiting
- Sensitivity to light and sound
- Visual aura or blind spots
- Neck and shoulder tension
- Dizziness or vertigo
- Brain fog after an attack
- Attacks tied to your cycle
- Pain after certain foods
- Waking with a headache
- Jaw clenching or grinding
- Daily, dull background headache
The complete picture
Finding What Lowers Your Threshold
Most migraine care starts and ends with the prescription. We start with why your nervous system has become so easy to tip, which is usually several things at once.
We Evaluate
- 01Hormone patterns: estrogen, progesterone and their cyclical shifts
- 02Blood sugar and insulin stability across the day
- 03Food sensitivities and food-driven inflammation
- 04Magnesium, riboflavin, CoQ10 and vitamin D status
- 05Gut health, inflammation and microbiome balance
- 06Thyroid and adrenal function
- 07Sleep quality and nervous system regulation
- 08Environmental triggers: mold, heavy metals and chemical exposures
- 09Medication overuse and rebound patterns
How It Works
Your Path to Fewer Attacks
01
Advanced Diagnostics & Trigger Mapping
Functional and specialty testing, alongside a careful history of your attacks, maps what has been driving them:
- Hormone panels timed to your cycle where relevant
- Blood sugar and insulin markers
- Food sensitivity testing
- Nutrient Status: i.e. Mg, vitamins B and D, CoQ10
- Gut and inflammatory markers
- Thyroid and cortisol rhythm
- Toxin burden where indicated
Every protocol begins with your results and your attack diary.
02
Personalized Migraine Protocol
Your plan is built around what the testing found, your history and your goals:
- Targeted nutrient repletion with evidence behind it for migraine
- Hormone balancing where cycles drive the attacks
- Blood sugar stabilization through nutrition and timing
- An elimination phase for the foods that showed up in testing
- Gut repair to lower inflammatory load
- Sleep and stress-response support
- Prescription options used thoughtfully, including preventives where appropriate
No two migraine patterns are the same, so no two protocols are.
03
Ongoing Monitoring & Adjustment
Migraine recovery shows up as a trend, so we track it as one:
- Attack frequency, length and severity logged between visits
- Rescue medication use tracked, with a plan to bring it down
- Protocol adjustments as triggers are confirmed or ruled out
- Re-testing of hormones and nutrients at sensible intervals
We measure progress on your calendar as well as on your labs.
04
Long-Term Prevention
Staying well means keeping your threshold high once the attacks have eased:
- A maintenance nutrition and supplement plan you can live with
- Hormone and blood sugar support through life changes
- Food reintroduction done carefully, one at a time
- Periodic reassessment to catch drift early
The aim is a calendar you no longer have to plan around.
Built for Patients Like You
Indigo Health Clinic was founded with one purpose: to give patients the kind of care we wish we had when we were searching for answers.
Our practice is built on compassion, curiosity, and the belief that healing happens when you’re truly seen, heard, and supported. Our integrative team looks beyond symptoms to understand the full picture, your history, lifestyle, environment, labs, and unique physiology.
A multidisciplinary care team
Trained in naturopathic, integrative, functional, and conventional medicine.
Advanced diagnostics and specialty testing
To locate root causes often missed by standard care.
Medical-grade IV therapy & targeted protocols
Tailored to your needs (immune support, detox, nutrient restoration, energy, gut health, etc.).
Long-term, relationship-based care
We don’t just prescribe; we guide, monitor, and adjust as your healing unfolds.
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The Indigo Promise
Why Choose Indigo for Migraine Care?
The Standard Approach
- A rescue medication and a preventive, then wait
- No testing beyond ruling out something serious
- Hormonal and dietary triggers left to you to work out
- Nutrient status never checked
- Gut, thyroid and sleep treated as separate problems
- Rebound headaches from the treatment itself
- Seven-minute appointments
The Indigo Approach
- Testing that looks for what lowers your threshold
- Hormone, blood sugar and food triggers confirmed, not guessed
- Nutrient repletion with evidence behind it for migraines
- Gut, thyroid and sleep treated as one system
- Medication used thoughtfully, with a plan to need less of it
- Progress tracked attack by attack
- Time to be heard at every visit
Starts with a free 30-minute discovery call
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What Our Patients Say
“After four years of worsening chronic symptoms, wasted money on random tests, and the prospect of lifelong medications, I came to Indigo exhausted. In just three months under Indigo’s care, my symptoms are steadily improving. This is truly the best care I’ve ever received. Indigo shouldn’t be a last resort - it should be the first place you go to understand and heal your body.”
Maureen M.Indigo patient
Is Indigo right for you?
We can help if you...
If your attacks have been managed but never explained, and you want a team that looks for the reason, this is the place to start.
Have more than four migraine days a month
And rescue medication is becoming part of the routine.
Notice your attacks follow your cycle
A skipped meal, certain foods or a poor night’s sleep.
Have tried preventives that didn’t work
Or worked at a cost in side effects you don’t want to carry.
Have a scan that came back clear
And were sent away with a prescription and no explanation.
Live with other symptoms alongside the pain
Such as fatigue, bloating, anxiety or irregular cycles.
Want a long-term partner in your health
With a clinician who knows your history and a plan that changes as you do.
I founded Indigo because I saw too many patients being dismissed and told their symptoms were stress, aging, or just 'how their body is.'
Commonly Asked Questions
Your Questions Answered
If you’re living with migraine or frequent headaches, these are the questions we hear most. Yours are welcome on a free discovery call.
Do you treat tension headaches and cluster headaches as well as migraine?
Yes. The headache type guides the plan, but the work of finding what has made your nervous system easy to tip is similar across them. Where a headache pattern needs neurological assessment first, we say so and coordinate with your neurologist.
Can hormones cause migraines?
They are one of the most common drivers we see, especially in women. The drop in estrogen before a period, the swings of perimenopause and the shifts around pregnancy and birth control all change migraine frequency. Testing hormones at the right point in your cycle, then supporting the pattern we find, often lowers the number of attacks.
What tests do you run that my neurologist didn’t?
Neurology’s job is to rule out structural causes, which matters. Our testing looks at the ground the migraine grows in: hormone patterns, blood sugar and insulin, food sensitivities, magnesium and other nutrient levels, gut inflammation, thyroid and cortisol rhythm, and toxin burden where your history points there.
Will I have to stop my migraine medication?
No. Rescue and preventive medications stay in place while the underlying drivers are treated. As attacks become fewer, many patients find they reach for medication less. Any change to a prescription is made deliberately, with your prescriber where another clinician is involved.
Can food really trigger migraines?
For many people, yes. Aged cheeses, cured meats, alcohol, chocolate and foods high in histamine are frequent culprits, but the pattern is individual. Rather than asking you to cut everything, we test, then remove what your results point to and reintroduce carefully.
Does IV therapy help with migraine?
Our IV Lounge offers magnesium and nutrient infusions that some patients use during a difficult stretch or as part of their protocol. Infusions are a support alongside the root-cause plan rather than a replacement for it, and your clinician will advise whether they fit your case.
How soon will I see a difference?
Some patients notice a change in frequency within the first month or two of the right adjustments, particularly where a food or nutrient driver is found. Hormonal patterns take longer to settle. Individual results vary based on health history, condition severity, and personal factors.
Do you accept insurance?
Indigo is a cash-pay practice. This allows us to spend the time your case actually requires, without insurance constraints dictating your care. Many patients find the investment worthwhile given the depth of evaluation and the results they’ve been unable to achieve elsewhere. For eligible services like provider visits, in-clinic blood draws, and vitamin D injections, we can provide a superbill you may submit to your insurer for possible out-of-network and direct reimbursement.
Getting Started
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- 01Book a time that suits youChoose a slot online in under a minute.
- 02Share your storyTell us what you’ve been living with, and ask us anything. We listen first.
- 03Get your path forwardLeave with clear next steps, whether or not they’re with us.
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DISCLAIMER
The information on this page is intended for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Indigo Integrative Health Clinic provides personalized, data-informed care; individual results vary based on health history, condition severity, and personal factors. Functional medicine services are intended to complement, not replace, care from your primary healthcare provider or specialist. Please consult a qualified healthcare provider before making changes to your health protocol.