Wierd Topic but I find them quite fascinating, if not horrendously painful
So I get the odd Migraine, I have pinpointed it to not drinking enough water, yesterday in the morning at work I was thirsty but just never got round to drinking, I kept getting offered coffee and drinking it.
This particular migraine was probably the weirdest and was quite scary.
I first noticed something was up when I reached for my work phone, and my Arm seemed bigger than it should be and somehow disconnected from me, There was then a random flash in the corner of my eye and all of a sudden My vision was distorted, ( this is called the aura stage ) basically you cant focus on anything and cant see very well and have a sort of flashing arc of light in your eyes.
Then after about 5 mins my left thumb and my nose went numb and my teeth felt really wired. I sucked it up at work for the remaining hour and on the way home the headache started and it came with a bang.
I went straight to sleep and slept till about 10 and it seemed to have gone, however this morning I have the "Migraine Hangover" and i just feel warn out and a bit foggy.
Does anyone else suffer or had Migraines before
Migraines
posted on 25/6/15
comment by long term listener, first time caller (U19858)
posted 21 minutes ago
Have you ever gone to a chiropractor about your migraine? As it maybe a trapped nerve. I didn't believe chiropractors worked, I had 20 years of bad sleep (sleep walking, nightmares the lot) and had been to sleep clinics etc and nothing worked.
I went to the chiropractor and turned out a nerve was trapped in my neck. I now have perfect sleep . Just a suggestion, it might work?
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great response, I go to a chiropractor. Havnt had a cold or anything in the 2 years I been going.
posted on 25/6/15
Seems i am similar to jfdi - the aura stage is the most disruptive to me and the head aches although a little painful are bearable. I used to have the vomit stage as a child but seem to have grown out of this thank god. Mine seems to be linked with sleep and stress, and only thing that seems to work for me is ibuprofen, all the migraine drugs dont work
posted on 25/6/15
Had massive problems with them before Christmas, 2-3/attacks a day at times
Put on about 3 types of medication and told to cut out cheese and chocolate from my diet. I'm off the medication now but I still can't have cheese or chocolate
posted on 25/6/15
comment by Don't Click (U14639)
posted 1 minute ago
Had massive problems with them before Christmas, 2-3/attacks a day at times
Put on about 3 types of medication and told to cut out cheese and chocolate from my diet. I'm off the medication now but I still can't have cheese or chocolate
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id love for the doc to say, "your eating way to much lettuce, cut that out"
posted on 25/6/15
The aura stage freaked me the feck out, like i could see through people. I used to get them in high school. I think it was related to me eyesight though as i got them behind the eye with perfect sight that was being overused. Has been fine since i got glasses for short sightedness
posted on 25/6/15
I've only had a couple. The first one happened during a football match, I had no idea what was going on but I essentially saw a kaleidoscope effect wherever my focus was. This made kicking the ball pretty hard!
It wasn't too painful and the headache came n went after a decent sleep.
I know some people who have an awful time with them though.
posted on 25/6/15
Afternoon Ladies
posted on 25/6/15
comment by TheChameleonProject (U1847)
posted 37 minutes ago
Afternoon Ladies
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posted on 25/6/15
I get them quite frequently and like photo's wife usually around my monthly fun although not always. Other things that bring it on are not getting enough sleep or not eating enough. Had seen a few docs in the past but the last one I saw, a while ago now, was the best. Best piece of advice he gave was that when you have a migraine your body can't break down the tablets as it would normally and so prescribed me anti-nausea tablets. I take those and then take either strong migraine tablets or headache tablets depending on how bad it is. Luckily don't get the aura ones but the ones I do get are bad enough! Definitely frustrating when people don't understand and just think you have a headache. If you're lucky enough to have never had them be thankful cos they suck!
posted on 26/6/15
Having heard the effects of cluster headaches i am glad i have never experienced those.
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