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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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[firinel.livejournal.com]

hmm, that's a migraine. It might be exaccerbated by something sinus-related though, since you've got sinus cavities all around your eyes. Try treating the sinus issue as well as the migraine, and that might take it out for you. Also, do you generally drink caffinine? If so, avoid it and then when you do get a migraine, get a ridiculously caffinated beverage, like jolt, that should help a little bit.

*gentle hugs*

[annomalley.livejournal.com]

This is a Kabylian remedy and the only thing that works for my mum when she gets migraine.

Slice a raw potato, sprinkle black pepper on one side of the slices, lie down, put the slices on your forehead pepper side down and tie around your head with a scarf. Relax for a while in the dark.

[vampwillow]

I used to get that type of migraine (and they are *so* 'real') .. the cause was eventually traced to milk so maybe there is something you also have a minor allergy to that then increases enough to cause a migraine?

[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. ;)

[ex-froodtheh193.livejournal.com]

I've had horribly painful light sensitive headaches placed behind my eyes.

And utterly incapacitating migraines.

Migraines are almost utterly untreatable, with strong drugs being really only any use for speeding recovering.

Really bad headaches are of course terrible and incapacitating, but having had both I can appreciate why a headache doctor distinguishes. (I certainly do).

I would love to have neither.

My migraines are triggered by a sudden drop in stress/increase in stress or general change in mood. (My first migraine being on a birthday as a child), mine are short-lived (I believe) at around 4 hours, when they then become an extremely painful light sensitive headache... but soooo much nicer than the migraine... for about the same amount of time.

One particular aspect of migraines I utterly hate, is that fact it also incapacitates me the following day, I end up in what I guess would be called a disassociated state (common in depressives I believe) for pretty much the whole day.

[esbat.livejournal.com]

How long do they last? Do you get "aura", i.e. wavy lines or zigzag patterns in your vision before they come on? Is the pain centred around one eye or generalised? Do you find you prefer a darkened room? Do you ever vomit when you get them? Does one cheek or nostril feel congested?