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Useful information and resources

This page contains links to useful sources of information for patients and their General Practitioners.

This is not a complete list of neurological symptoms and diagnoses. It is simply a selection of topics for which we have found particularly useful resources.

Epilepsy

Epilepsy Action – www.epilepsy.org.uk

Epilepsy Society – www.epilepsysociety.org.uk

Headaches

The Migraine Trust – www.migrainetrust.org

Migraine Action  – www.migraine.org.uk

NHS Choices advice on coping with headaches –  www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Pain/Pages/Headachesandmigraines.aspx

NHS Choices relaxation tips and exercises for headaches – www.nhs.uk/LiveWell/headaches/Pages/Relaxandcureyourheadaches.aspx

The British Association for the Study of Headaches – www.bash.org.uk – Including a link to the BASH guidelines on managing headaches.

The Migraine Clinic – www.migraineclinic.org.uk – An independent organisation which has some useful links including information sheets on different types of headaches and downloadable headache diaries.

Memory Problems

Useful information about memory symptoms that are not due to any serious neurological disorder www.neurosymptoms.org/#/memory-concentration/4533053189

Multiple Sclerosis

The MS Society – www.mssociety.org.uk

The MS Trust – www.mstrust.org.uk

Non Epileptic Attacks

NEAD Trust – www.neadtrust.co.uk

Non Epileptic Attacks information – www.nonepilepticattacks.info/

Pain

NHS Choices advice on coping with pain – www.nhs.uk/livewell/pain/Pages/Painhome.aspx

www.paintoolkit.org

Back pain advice from the NHS Choices – www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Back-pain/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Neuropathic pain: The NICE guidelines, including a link to a patients and carers guide – guidance.nice.org.uk/CG96

Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s Disease Society (Parkinson’s UK) – www.parkinsons.org.uk/

Sleep Problems

The Sleep Council – www.sleepcouncil.org.uk/sleep-advice/

Stroke

The Stroke Association – www.stroke.org.uk/