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[morwen]

another migraine. i don't know what triggers these off. i haven't done anything out of the ordinary today or anything.

i was told some years ago by a headache doctor that they weren't "real" migraines, but just tension-related hedaches or something. and that if i relaxed they would go away. which kind of feels like i'm being blamed for them

but i don't see how. i get kpain, right now mainly behind and a little to the above of my left eye, along with strong light aversion and not liking nloise. they have been incapacitating and i hope they aren't again. if i get a bad one nothing i take seems to stop it.

i need to fix this. it was supposed to be fixed already.

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[561.livejournal.com]

Hope you feel better soon. You really should try the darkened room and resting for as long as you can if at all possible...

My migraines are triggered mostly by stress or the not-restful sleep that accompanies it (exponentially increasing stress only - like exams or a deadline that I have not left myself much time to meet), skipped meals combined with too much coffee and last, but not least, certain types of florescent lighting (the type that seems favoured in sports halls).

I can usually predict them now based on this knowledge - and I have fewer so I might be averting them.

Good luck with working out your triggers. By the way, some people are triggered not by stress but by the relief of stress and also by oversleeping - I think the word balance is key somewhere. ;)

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

thanks. i just seem to go through rough patches every so often now, and have forgotten how to cope. i guess the fact that i individually get distressed by one, means i am getting fewer.