Migraine: A Neurological Condition That's Not Just in Your Head
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Everyone gets headaches from time to time, but migraines are different. For an estimated 15% to 18% of women and 6% of men with migraine, they endure not just intense pain in their head but also nausea; an inability to tolerate light, noise, or odors; confusion; overwhelming fatigue, and more-to the point that they are unable to keep working or be present with family and friends. This inability to function separates migraines from headaches. The good news is that knowledge about them and treatments for them have increased exponentially to the point that most migraine sufferers are able to enjoy meaningful relief that allows them to go about their lives in a fairly normal way. Doctors may prescribe medications, behavioral treatments and lifestyle changes, and even electrical stimulation devices. Learning to distinguish warning signs of an impending migraine from what have traditionally been called “triggers” can greatly improve someone’s ability to manage these episodes. “The understanding of migraine biology and the treatments available have exploded in the last decade; with proper education, consistent use of the tools available can improve the lives of most migraine patients,” says Christopher Gottschalk, MD, a Yale Medicine neurologist and director of Yale Medicine's Headache and Facial Pain Center. “Unfortunately, migraine remains underdiagnosed, undertreated, and underestimated-according to reports, migraine causes more disability than all other neurological conditions combined. But learning to identify the early signs of a migraine attack and intervene quickly and effectively can provide patients with a level of control they never thought was possible,” he says.
Anybody who dismisses a migraine as 'just a headache' has never had a migraine!
Or call their headache a migraine. If they were having a migraine, they would be in bed wanting to die!
I had a migraine they’re horrible and so is Aura
@@PleasantlyConfused6816i agree with u...I m suffering from this painful disorder from past 10 yrs..and it sucks..!! Just ruins the quality of your life...!! So freaking painful 😖😖😖
@ruchikapaul1106 absolutely. I too have suffered for 10 years. As I am just coming out of one - yesterday was absolute hell.. in between head pain and vomiting 😢. Today is more mild but feel hung over. I never know when they are going to hit, hence messing with quality of life. I come on these videos to feel a little less alone in dealing with them as people have NO clue or understanding the severity of them. Sigh.
Yes !!🤯
Often the pain isn't the worst part of migraine. It's the vertigo, disorientation, sleepiness, and so much more.
Nah, the pain is most definitely the worst. I’ll take nausea and desorientation over that pain any time.
Post migraine sucks as much as the migraine itself ☹️
nothing is worse than the pain. n o t h i n g.
Try taking Magnesium. SO many people have migraines because they are Magnesium deficient. IF that is the cause of your migraines, simply taking magnesium supplements CURES your migraines. It did for me !!! No migraines or even headaches in 5 years now. Please try it ! Cheap and safe.
Same here 😢Gone through all of them, and you are right vertigo is the worst part of it.... 😢
I am a French pharmacist, and I wrote a thesis about migraine and how underestimated it is. People talk about diabetes , high blood pressure , and other chronic illnesses, but only a few persons know that migraine is an illness too. Reducing it to a simple headache shows that you never had to endure migraine.
I myself suffer from migraines , it's been the case since I was a teenager, so I know how much it can hurt and impact your life.
SO MANY people have Migraines because they are Magnesium deficient. Simply taking a daily magnesium supplement will COMPLETELY eliminate migraines for these people
@@Oldharleyguy Aaah, how I wish it were that easy... Unfortunately , while magnesium could help reduce the frequency of stress-induced migraines , I highly doubt it can eliminate migraines that depend on menstruations, teeth issues, sleep or anything else. We use one word 'migraine', but it can refer to a hundred different types of migraines.
Thank you very much.
Migraine and the severe head acha around the temporals middle of the skull with nausea caused by constipation, symptoms are same. How to say which one is migrain ?
@@vannuvilaiti1340 People suffering from migraine experience throbbing pain, located around one eye. It's often unilateral, when you put a finger on the temple, you can feel your pulse strongly.
Nausea and vomiting come hours after the migraine begins , when the headache is strong.
Hope this helps! There are many types of headaches that share clinical aspects with migraines , that's why it's important to be diagnosed, in order to get the proper treatment.
Can we stop adding color strobes to videos about disorders triggered by color strobes.
I’ve been getting aura migraine since I was 7. I’m 53 now, and still get them. I’ve lost most jobs over them, and disability doesn’t recognize them. It’s beyond frustrating… 😢
Disability may recognize them especially if you have other illnesses. You need a lot of documentation regarding work time missed, failed treatments and the number of headache days per month. There are also many prophylactic medications that help reduce symptoms and severity.
The world health organisation has categorised migraines as a major debilitating illness, mine stopped immediately I was diagnosed with high blood pressure and started tablets, hope this helps
If you've never tried Elavil, try it. It's a preventative in low doses.
Cut the sugar out of your diet.
@@UranijaZeus that does help a lot. Sugar, but especially fake sweet chemicals, such as aspartame and Splenda, can cause these headaches.
Switch to water.... Key lime or lemon will help with the flavor and liquid stevia can give you some sweetness...(just a tiny bit!)
One of my major symptoms (aside from headache and visual disturbances) is what I call “the veil of stupid.”
It’s hard to understand people talking, it’s like I can’t process it fast enough. It’s hard for me to come up with the words I need, so I talk really slowly. It’s like something has descended over me (hence “the veil”) and I just can’t deal with the normal speed of life.
Can you have these symptoms even without headache like brain fog and speech problem
My migraines are triggered by chemical odors. This type of brain fog is the first symptom I have, and a red flag that I have to get away from the chemical that I smell. I will suddenly be unable to think clearly, and I will have great difficulty even trying to speak. It is as if the odor is the full focus of my senses, and I no longer have any brain power left over for comprehension. I go on autopilot, and find myself automatically doing everything in my power to leave the area immediately. Unfortunately, it is often someone’s perfume or cologne that triggers my symptoms, which can become really awkward and strange, really quickly. My coworkers think I am odd because I am militant about NOT allowing any room deodorizer, incense, or scented anything in the area near me. People think that I just “don’t like” fragrances, but really it is that I am trying desperately to avoid being made ill for DAYS with the resulting migraine.
@jaylynn7493 you describes this perfectly! I have other symptoms as well but the veil of stupidity is right on!
@@brmc6145 ok but when someone says their trigger is chemical smells, it’s likely not blood pressure. That is a very specific headache that is associated with hbp rather than the generalized migraines that have classic triggers and many symptoms that can seem unrelated. Brain fog and interrupted speech patterns can happen before, during or after a migraine episode. Migraines are neurological disorders that can affect the whole body causing a vast array of symptoms including nausea, vomiting, feeling off balance, visual disturbances (including “auras”, “sparkles”, similar to seeing a puzzle with some areas missing, pixilated looking), temporary numbness or immobility of the face, and a heightened sense of smell. They can be triggered by scents, many foods, alcohol, stress, dehydration, fatigue, and other things. It’s always a good idea to be checked by a doctor when you have headaches regularly to get a proper diagnosis. I’m glad yours have been resolved.
@@nycatlady2314 I had a lot of these symptoms, all I am saying is other people may benefit from my experience, I wouldn't pour cold water on it if it helps others like it helps me, if you were such an expert on them you would know about blood pressure tablets stopping migraines, I don't see it in your solutions, at least I'm trying to help, get over yourself, you sound like some of my rubbish doctors who only saw problems and no solutions, I don't need a reply from you, I've heard enough
Great description of a migraine. It is not just the pain, it affects the whole way a person functions. Really debilitating.
You're absolutely right. Migraine can impact every aspect of life, not just the pain. If you're interested, I have a podcast all about migraine. It's called "Migraine Heroes" and I would love it if you give it a listen!💚
@@migraineheroesthank you, I’ll look that up.
Wow..the dots have been connected on the speech problems w a migraine!
Thk you all! I'm 64 and get them more now than in the past. I assumed stress from a job I hate but only 2 yrs left! I get the wiggling disco worm. I take a packet of Electrolytes from Walmart and the worm goes away and the crippling headache, light sensitivity and vomiting never appears! I'm lucky..I don't think this is normal.
In my 45+ years of migraines, I've learned what triggers them and I can usually avoid them. One commonly missed trigger is a sharp, bright, sudden (single) flash of light. Like a high-headlight beam or the reflection of the sun from a skyscraper window.
Halogen lights in stores are terrible
Yep, I notice that too. One day I went out early in the bright sunlight for a moment and came back in my dark house and instantly got a migraine.
I have noticed the same 😢
I wonder if there's any link with magnesium deficiency and the sensitivity to bright light. Something to look into if you're interested.
@@w1975b - I take magnesium supplements already, I never heard of the connection. I'll check-it-out. My light sensitivity isn't necessarily bright light; it's a 'flash' of super-bright light, like the sun's reflection for an instant. I appreciate your input. Thanks!
It is a terrible illness. I had a career which I loved. I was a HS teacher and was always the happiest while teaching. However, I knew it was only a matter of time before I would vomit in the classroom. That would not go over well with a class full of sophomore boys. I had no medical help whatsoever for decades until I was referred to a marvelous woman neurologist in NYC. She gave me a triad of medications which could ward off the worst. When I was pregnant, I felt absolutely marvelous! No headaches. If I could have had six children, I would have! The weeks soon after childbirth were horrendous. Just dreadful. I couldn’t get out of bed and my husband traveled frequently on business and no nearby family. Do they know how pregnant women may not get migraines? I hope they find out. Good luck to fellow migraine sufferers.
If you did not get any or reduced incidence of migraine during pregnancy, it could be from estrogen. Hormonal triggers are an important piece for migraines.
Yeah i was also going to say sounds like you have hormonal migraines. Wondering if regulating hormones, birth control (on or off), HRT, estrogen and progesterone pills/ patches have helped you. Good luck ❤
@@tashar3210 Thank you. I have come to believe that progesterone may have been a magic bullet for me.
I feel so extremely well , fantastic, while pregnant!
@@maryshanley329 🙏🏽🙏🏽
My mother's migraines stopped with the menopause. Mine started with the menopause. I'm approaching 57 and they are becoming less severe. I'm hoping that eventually I'll 'grow out of them'.
I've told my family about my past migraines. Told them it's a "sick headache" maybe 100 times worse than a regular "garden variety" headache. Mine lasted 2-3 days, one sided, throbbing pain with nausea and vomiting and I'd stay in bed the whole time. I was barely able to drink water much less eat anything. My migraines were always hurting the right frontal and temporal areas of my head. I had maybe 4 or 5 a year in my 20s and 30s and then they stopped. Always thought they were triggered by hormones and stress.
I wouldn't wish migraines on anyone.
I get them every month rn I am very scared because the time is coming
So true absolutely horrific pain.
Hi, I have the same right now, on my right side especially on temporal veins, it's been 50days of taking a lot of painkillers, please what did you do?
Just had another brutal migraine yesterday. Im a trucker around NYC and started getting a headache around 3pm on the Long Island Expressway. I got to my delivery at 4 and it was pounding. I popped my Nurtec tablet ( too late) and I started rolling around in the truck in agony. The smoothie I drank around 2pm came back up around 5pm and again 6pm. Vomiting for me is almost always a given. Driving a 18 wheeler with a migraine and all its terrible symptoms is damn near impossible and dangerous. I rested as much as I could but I had to keep going. I made it home in NJ around 10 exhausted and guilty cause it was my girls birthday and I couldnt even be happy for her. I want to throw in the towel when I get these things. They destroy any joy in the world.
Get a daith piercings. Saved my life from migraines. Not one migraines since I got the piercings- 9 months later.
I can’t imagine having a migraine while doing that kind or work. The best non-pharmaceutical treatment I and my mother-in-law had was chiropractic. It worked beautifully to prevent migraines for years. I had to stop due to other physical problems and now I have more than ever.
I can’t imagine how you get through driving a truck, migraines have stopped me driving a car at all now, I take magnesium glycinate every night this does help somewhat, best of luck.
I feel you
@@marilynalspachtoth5635 did you have frequent migraines?
The first neurologist I saw for daily migraines with 24/7 pain told me that it was probably due to stress and that I should perhaps see a psychiatrist 🤬 Fast forward some months later and I found an amazing neurologist who has worked with me steadily for 15 years to treat this very debilitating disease. The Dr in the video is quite correct to advise you find someone else if you are dismissed
Please try taking a magnesium supplement. SO MANY people suffer from migraines because they are magnesium deficient. Such a cheap and healthy cure.
I had same experience, but persisted. They, docs. threw magnesium solution at me like no tomorrow, they became almost instand vomiting triggers. I self diagnosed, my diagnose was ignored at immunologist, then second. I almost lost hope, but then my new gastro (70 mil. away from my town) send me to that town immunologist, went to breath test where you breath to machine every 30 min. (drink solution of allergen- like corn sirup for fructointolerance, wheat porridge for celiakia, milkshake for milk), my milk test went weird. First 90 min nothing in breath and what should have been last, went over 50 points (almost 70), which meant positive. Nurse told me I should stay for one more, 30 min later 157 points, another 20 min over 200. She asked if I feel all right, if she should call for ER.
Point, I have slow but hyper strong response for milky products, any milk from any animal. I cannot be around lactose but milk casein is way more reactive for me.
My anaphylactic starts like migraine from 30 min past milky products to 5 days later (like I barely remember what I had at dinner, so of course it was hard to find out pattern).
I saw 7 yr old girl who had celiakia (wheat intolerance) and she got almost same onset like I have for milk….I bet most migraines are due to immunoresponse.
Majority of my problems started after flu poke, which onset flu like symptoms less than 48 hour from poke. Lasted 1,5 yr. My first immunovisit (pointless) was 6 months from poke. Now I am allergic to majority of food (really), but NO milky products diet keeps my migraine away (it is worth it: I mean pizza, cheese, cheesecake…and brain boiling, spine splitting migraine with vomiting my innards out, or …not.).
Could it be more honest if they said well, I don’t know much about it would be better to find an expert. Most people had a big ego to say that good for you that you didn’t give up!
can you please recommend this neurologist
@@AASA76unfortunately, she has recently retired 😕. She was in Nashville (not sure where you’re located). My new neurologist is fine and has added Vyepti to my regimen which has helped as well. The combination of Lyrica (nerve pain) and Vyepti seems to keep me pretty steady overall unless a strong trigger (perfume for example) sets me off. Have you tried those??
When a migraine starts does anyone else hear things louder. Like every one and everything has turned up the volume to a deafening level and every light is 3x brighter. Especially if its night. I hate xmas due to the lights causing migraines. Especially flashing ones. Makes all winter hell for me. Everyone just says im miserable and a scruge. They cant see what i see. 😢
Nooo this is perfectly valid!!! Sensitivity to light and sound are very common symptoms of migraine actually - it's not just in your head and don't let other people gaslight you into thinking that. Ask them to read up on migraines if they don't believe you!
Yes. I keep lights dimmed down including tv,computer and phone screens. I walk into shops and wonder how anyone else can stand the artificial lights.
I always carry sunglasses with me and I USE them however stupid it makes me look.
When I have my migraines I can hear my brothers playing with legos on the other side of the house. It creeps me out sometimes.
@@katzcapzz Yes, the sounds, lights and smells are so much worse! Especially in summer when the sunlight reflects off cars and windows. It's a constant dagger in my head. Also people with sweet perfumes... I am sorry, but I might throw up when I have to smell this during an attack. Happened in the tram once already.
My experience with migraines was really ugly. I had seizures that followed my migraines. I thought I had a brain tumor. Thought I was on death row when I was a kid. And at that age that can be extremely psychologically wicked.
Did you recover?
@@Jayboi4204 the neurologist couldn't find anything. Both my parents had migraines and I recognized the visual disturbance in scientific American magazine and also read that seizures are common with migraine sufferers. But this was not the j a m a and so don't know if it's scientifically verified. Bit I'm not dead yet. So I am assuming the neurologist did a good job.
It annoys me when people say they have had a migraine when it was just a bad headache. Those people don't truely understand how bad it is. One had me in ER once after it went away the aftermath made me feel like I had dementia, I couldn't even remember what the doctor repeated countless times. I was so worried I'd overdose without knowing due to not remembering if I'd taken my meds or not. It went on for a week after the migraine. I was really worried.
Headaches can be bad as well and migraines can have no pain at all. There's also trigeminal neuralgia. Migraines can leave lesions in the brain and often are confused with MS. It's kind of tough to get the right diagnosis.
God I feel you I’m 18 and I’ve been having these horrible migraines right when I wake up in the morning and I’ve been to the doctors and the ER two times they’ve been going on for a month and I just get scared every morning to wake up because Ik I’m gonna be in pain for more than two hours. I don’t even remember what’s happened this last month :(
Migraines are NOT only headaches. Can be seizures and all sorts of symptoms. Not always pain.
Yes! A painless migraine is a very weird & scary experience. You think you’re having a stroke, you can’t see or speak right & your confused 😔
Migraines are NOT seizures. I was diagnosed with chronic migraines 40 years ago. My son was diagnosed with epilepsy - which is seizures. They are definitely not the same!
you can seize up from a multitude of things, lol, epilepsy is just one of them.
I’ve been suffering from migraines since I was a child and I’m 54 now. It’s actually a running “joke” in my family. When we went on car trips as a kid, I would cry in pain about pointy objects in my eyes, stabbing me, then accompanied with brutal headaches. The joke part was my family made fun of me!? I guess not the best parenting but it was the early 70s, they didn’t know anything back then. I’ve suffered my whole life, and thought I was just defective. I found out it was migraines only 6 years ago thanks to TH-cam! It’s been a disability that has been dangerous at times specially while driving, I have to pull over,sit, put my hands over my eyes and wait. There are many other complications, too many to list.
Be very careful about driving..a friend had a sudden attack in the car..she died from injuries..it makes me so mad when people call them headaches…headaches rarely kill you…
I don't have a driver's license for this reason (in addition to some other ones, like panic attacks). During driving lessons I found out that I get stressed to the point that I get an aura and well... then I can't see properly. My driving instructor was making fun of me on top of this. What a douche.
I have been suffering from migraines with and without auras since primary school age, but was only officially diagnosed when I was 17, because before that I was "too young" to have migraines (bullsh*t!). Still at work people dismiss it as just headaches and they tell me to get a grip and stuff. People are idiots.
There's a particular form of migraine called ocular migraine. You feel the pain directly in or behind the eye
Thankyou for the encouragement and acknowledgement of migraine as some people don’t believe because it cant be seen.
They can see the vomiting !
I had a small pail that I had to carry around by the 3rd day, or keep on the floor next to my bed.
If there would be one thing I could erase from my life, it would be migraines.
Both of my grandmothers and my darling father got them, but not that frequently.
They need to get one for free. Preferably for a week.
I am sure that animals must suffer from bad headaches, but go untreated because they are unseeable.
Perhaps some unwanted behaviors in our pets which we wonder about could be that they are suffering very bad headaches.
However, my wonderful female neurologist in NYC ( now retired, sadly) said that migraines can be seen using certain scans ( PET scans perhaps) can be seen in real time. The wave of depression can be seen sweeping across the brain. Interesting.
I know this is a sensitive issue, but has anyone developed strokes or epilepsy, or know of those who developed these awful conditions?
@@maryshanley329.
Oh good. Now I can send all my masochist members of my family over to see that doctor.
And he can prove whether they're exaggerating their claim of a migraine when in fact it self poisoning of junk food high amounts of chocolate and cigarettes and diet sodas and pizza and pasta. All this is a form of self-induced masochism.
@@daphne4983I very much agree
I had migraines in my late teens early 20’s. I would literally fill the sink up with cold water and dunk my head. I was prescribed Isocet, sp? Lol… but it wouldn’t work unless I took it when the pain started. I got pregnant with my oldest when I was 20 and never had another bad headache. I am 52 now and very rarely do I get a head ache. Thank God❤
Sink full of cold water? That's a really good idea, thank you.
Unfortunately having children has only increased the frequency of my migraines male for the win? doh.
I remember my first migraine! My nose was in overdrive, I could smell the tires on the cars in the parking lot, and the cans in the pantry. Not many people took me serious! Lack of empathy. I was allergic he the only medication available. I had a stressful job and my migraines happened all the time. Once I got fired they subsided... amazing how that works. Now I think I am a better centered person, calmer, much happier and content!
I was diagnosed with chronic migraines at the age of 18 and suffered for decades. Many of the prescribed medications did not work, and I tried so many of them over the years. It’s was debilitating. People that don’t get them are not that sympathetic and I think because they can’t see it, they think you’re lying. And because they were frequent, I was constantly using my sick leave to take care of myself, meaning I could not accumulate any real sick leave over the years. And I often used vacation days for it as well. And there were even some instances where they were so frequent, my leave was used up and I’d have to go into a no pay status for some of the bad days. Many times I battled with depression because of it. Like you just can’t catch a break and people are constantly judging you.
However, I can say now that I truly believe my biggest trigger was stress, because since I’ve retired, I can count on one hand how many I’ve had in the 3 years since I retired. It was definitely the stress of my job.
I am glad this is getting more recognition and validation. And hopefully the medications will continue to improve.
You’re right, ppl are very judgemental, just because nothing is bleeding or fractured they considered migraines as ordinary headache, until you vomit in front of them.
Have you tried Maxalt wafers (Rizatriptan), they get rid of my migranes in about 15 minutes. 🇦🇺
I can't imagine how tough it must have been dealing with chronic migraine for so long. It sounds like it affected every aspect of your life. It's heartening to hear that since retiring, the frequency has decreased. Stress can indeed be a major trigger. If you're interested, I have a podcast all about migraine. It's called "Migraine Heroes" and I would love it if you give it a listen! 💚 Wishing you brighter days ahead!
@@migraineheroes Thank you so much! It did affect so much of my life over the years. And long term use of certain medications caused other physical issues, so I am happy to not be on anything. I will take at look at your suggestion! Appreciate your words!!
I'm English, I live in England, UK. Have you tried : Sumatriptan 100 mg, use one tablet when migraine coming one ( It works for me hopefully for you.
Anyway, Peace to all.
my chronic migraines just started one day at work *working in a restaurant* i still remember that day clearly cause i never had a migraine that severe that i was sitting in a corner crying in pain. That was 4 years ago now. I lost my job and am recognized as disabled now, ive constantly went to neurologists and still we dont know whats causing my migraines.
So now my doctor believes that i overused pain medication and that that caused it. No matter how many times i tell him i rarely take painmeds he never listens.
Living with migraines is really depressing indeed, you cant do the things you love at all.
I didn’t talk much about my migraines until it got so severe that I stopped functioning completely. When I was untreated I was in a migraine attack pretty much every day, so I couldn’t even differentiate symptoms. Now I notice that I get depressed and extremely tired. I can basically sleep through the whole day before the pain starts. I also feel very exhausted the day after and sometimes I get a nasty residual headache that feels different from the migraine and can last for days.
My neurologist didn't believe me at first when he asked me how many migraine days do you have and I said all of them. He say out of 30 days, how many days did you have migraines and I said 30. He thought I was being snarky but I worke up and went to bed with pain every day.
Now I'm on so many meds that I wouln't say I have an "attack" becuse the pain is so low I can pretend and function. It's still there but other's cant seen the constant pain and they only see the intense pain sometimes so, good enough, eh?
My "friend" has taken to calling me grumpy but he hasn't lived my life the past 8 years. He's been around and tried to help but there's not much he can do. I feel so hopeless, and angry and depressed and now I'm on the verge of loosingmy job and they hired me knowing about my migraines so I have un documented accomadations and there is NO WAY I could get a job anywhere else with the problems I have. Luckily I have been able to work from home since covid, but now even that work is too difficult to complete during these migraine attacks and pain that last for a week or longer.
What do you do when you can no longer function? Who listens to you? Who helps?
@@MetqaI used to have migraines everyday too. The only thing that has significantly helped is Botox injections every 3 months. Ask your neurologist and I hope you find relief soon!!
After a few decades of suffering with persistent migraines I learned how to prevent 99 percent of them. I avoid chemicals and preservatives in my diet. The "no list" is easy--no cured meats, no aged cheeses, no wine, no hard liquor, no fast food, no junk food, no processed food, no dyes, no high fructose corn sugar, no wheat, no cow dairy, no fried foods, no chocolate before bedtime, and no artificial sweeteners. Some nuts are a problem, too. Safe nuts for me are raw pecans and walnuts. Cashews are mildly poisonous. Brazil nuts give me migraines. I do eat pepitas and sunflower seeds, which are not nuts.
I can drink a craft beer (no preservatives or sulphates), one strong cup of black coffee per day, most vegetables, a little fresh goat milk cheese, fish, chicken, eggs, properly soaked and prepared beans, lentils, grains, and masa tortillas. The last thing which I can't control is wide fluctuations in barometric pressure, but those very occasional migraines are minor annoyances.
Wow! That’s an extensive list and I share many of the same things. What about scents? I get triggered by cigarette smoke, bleach, most perfumes, air fresheners, scented candles, and many cleaning products. Living in the northeast, the barometric pressure triggers me fairly often as does humidity.
@nycatlady2314 It appears these are all common triggers. So far, scents haven't been a trigger, but all the sinus issues I ended up with from the "no"list probably blocked my sense of smell. Now that I'm off all that problem food, my sense of smell returned and I haven't had a migraine in over 12 years.
@@nycatlady2314me too no more going to salon or using perfume 😢
@@nycatlady2314 Totally! Fragrances are a huge trigger for me as well.
@@El_Ophelia and they’re everywhere! Not just perfume and cologne but air “fresheners” in bathrooms, dryer sheets in the laundry room, even my counselor had incense in the waiting room! Candles are the bane of my existence with the exception of soy candles which I can handle in small doses. People who smoke outside the door or near an open window are particularly annoying. Sheesh.
This makes me so grateful for how mild my migraines are. If I'm unlucky, they might come more than once in the span of a few months. Usually, the only warning I get is an hour or so in advance when the aura starts. My vision gets all zig-zaggy and I can't really see for about 15 minutes, but for the most part I can still communicate, albeit painfully. I cannot _imagine_ getting them multiple times per month, let alone per week or daily. You guys are really tough cookies, and I hope you're able to get the care and support you need ❤
You know what's weird? I get the aura too like you describe, but with no headache. Mine starts as a dot and expands into a "C" shape of zig-zag TV static looking stuff. It takes 30 minutes for it to be gone. I only experience these maybe once a year. Now migraine headaches on the other hand, those come in a string with weather fronts, but no aura. Once the weather settles out, I can go weeks and not have another. Thankfully mine are moderately painful and Ubrelvy is a miracle drug in my opinion.
@@julienunnally8040 I've read that is called an ocular migraine* and occasionally I'll get lucky and only the zig-zags show up. But if I get the headache, it's virtually always preceded by the aura. From your description, it sounds the same as mine, but sometimes it's a whole ring, sometimes a C. I don't actually know my triggers since they come so infrequently, at different times of day, and during/after different activities. But on the bright side, mine are relatively mild (for a migraine at least). I once got one coming home from a race: I needed to take myself, a heavy bag, and a road bike on a bus and then a train (both loud) and survived by putting on really dark glasses and noise-canceling headphones...
*Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, just someone who likes to read about this stuff!
I know that one of my triggers is intense emotional pressure- there was a time when I was in high school and college when I would get daily migraines for at least a week. These always included the visual aura and then the severe headache/nausea afterwards. Throughout my 20s and into my 30s, I didn't have any, but after I turned 35 they started coming back again. I am thankful not to have had one in a few months, but know that it could happen at any time. 😔
Hi! I think this is known as "retinal migraine" or "ocular migraines". I suffer them too. But usually because I have bad sleeping posture that strains the muscles around the back of my head (Sometimes I cant feel the pain in my neck until I get the migraine and then I find the affected area by feeling it out) - one other time I got it was when i slipped and my hand caught hold of something and it pulled my entire shoulder up to my neck. It was like some physical injury(ies) /issues that triggers mine. In very layman's terms, I understand ocular migraines are caused by the restricting(?) of blood vessels that lead up to your eyes (sorry, very layman version). I take asprin/painkillers. Works quickly for me, within 40mins. Hope it helps anyone who has thar zigzaggedy (maybe aura) vision. I sometimes lose half my vision field too when I get it.. Like I can read words on the right on a sentence.. but not the left.. frightful stuff. Sending good vibes people!❤
Please try taking a magnesium supplement. SO MANY people have migraines because they’re magnesium deficient
I started getting migraine when I was 12. They persisted, not too frequently but devastatingly awful, with pain, near blindness, nausea and loss of feeling in my hands and feet, until my mid 20's. Then they stopped until I was around 45. They came back, but in the form of clusters, where I would experience acute eye pain and loss of vision for spells of 20-30 minutes at a time during attacks that lated weeks. Then that stopped, mercifully. And now, nearly 70, I just get painless auras, which last 15 minutes or so, but make me unable to see anything during that time. It most certainly isn't just a headache.
I'm also patient of migrain. previously only too much headache but this sunday i lost only right eye vision and faint. my elder sister take me hospital and the doctor said i had migrain. please reply me more about migrain.
Thank you for the video. I have at least one migraine a week, and the gaps in between I'm in postdrone with a severe pressure headache. Migraine takes away the things I love to do, it's definitely not just a headache.
Same here. I have had migraines for over 40 years. Sometimes I wish I could jump out of my body the pain is horrendous. Feels like a screwdriver jabbed in my head. Takes about 5 days to pass and then comes the postdrome pressure headache. I get a migraine every month.
I label the days after my migraines as “bruised head syndrome”. I couldn’t move my head very fast as it would feel like my brain was hitting my skull and give me some weird pain like when you knock a bruise.
Because migraines are parasite infections that can't be detected
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@khadijah8269 sorry? That is just not correct. 😂
@@annechappee8825 you don't have our headaches, we can feel it.
@@khadijah8269 Interesting - described above is what I felt during the fever stage of malaria.
I’ve had horrible migraines for almost 30yrs, I saw several neurologists that did nothing. One just told me “I just had to live with them”. I did find a great one 25yrs ago. My migraines would last days & I was completely disabled, I never knew when one stopped & the next one started. I’ve gone on Botox that has helped but now completely. In addition I’ve tried all the new drugs coming out but don’t work. I’m in the 6% that doesn’t respond to prevented meds. It can b terrible. Ppl who don’t have them or doesn’t know anyone that has them, doesn’t seem to think they are anything but “just a headache & don’t understand. That was always adding to my anxiety & stress. Now after 30yrs, I could give a shit what ppl think, it’s more important to concentrate on yourself & stay away from negative ppl. Good luck & god speed for all follower sufferers. 🙏
Get the daith piercings. Saved my life from migraines.
I've been getting Botox for migraines for the past 7 years. It's just difficult getting insurance to cover it. They're often late in approving it and while we're supposed to get them every 12 weeks, I'm currently 12 weeks OVERDUE, meaning I missed an entire treatment! I am 24 weeks out since my last set of injections, all due to my doctor's office being unable to reach insurance and the pharmacy that mails the Botox to them and then scheduling with the provider who does the injections. It's been a nightmare and I've been on a rollercoaster with severe migraines these past few months. They're brutal. Botox has been a saviour for me. I also take medication, but I'm only allowed ten pills per month. Needless to say, it's been hell.
@@El_Ophelia yes know the feeling. If you’re ins is private, i would change companies. If it’s thru your employer, do 2 things
1. Call the ins (i know it’s exhausting) & tell them you are writing a letter to your employer & tell them from this point on you’ll have to go to the emergency room for treatment & your employer won’t be happy with that . Tell them it (of course) will cost the company more money. 2. Write the emp…In the letter to your employer, tell them the same thing, that @ this point you have no choice but go to the hospital every time you get one. I was an adjuster for 20 yrs so I knew to do this. Hope it helps.
@@patriciagonzales2148 Thank you for that. I am not sure what they'd do for me in the emergency department. I've had allergic reactions to most of the meds that are automatically given for migraines. I've had some horrible reactions to Rx meds as well. So far, the best treatment that has consistently worked for me is getting Botox injections every 12 weeks. When they muck it up like they do, I guess that's why my doc gives me that allotment of ten pills a month as a buffer, (but they're Rx'd to take one every 4 hours prn so 10 pills technically won't go far if I get more than 2 migraines). The other very real factor is driving to a hospital with a migraine is tricky. That being said, I think that at least threatening to do that would be interesting to see if it gives them an impetus to get a move on. They're so slow.
Botox didn't work for me. However, was only time in my adult life to decrease my furrow brow
Migraines are not a mythical thing that we pretend to have. It's worse than any headache, probably the worst of all headaches. I've had it. I couldn't even process a simple thought when I had that, it's crippling and torturing. My physician who is an amazing lady doctor who listens, figured it could be stressed induced given my age and nature of my career, put me on medication while advicing to get therapy for stress management. She was ready to go for neurological consultation if that failed but I did exactly what she asked. And after six months of medication and better stress management and healthy coping mechanisms, I've been migraine free for three months now.
the weird thing is, I found during my migraines when I’d be laying in the dark in my bed, when i’d breathe really hard through my mouth, like huffing and puffing, the pain would lessen and not be as bad. It would be less severe and i’d be able to sleep, and this is before i even started taking medicine for them (aleeve). Taking medicine as soon as you realize a migraine is coming is key.
That’s interesting…….I have similar experience…..but I’d take a deep breathe in through my nose and when I’d breathe it out through my mouth I’d do this deep kind of moan……that lessened the pain a little until the drugs kick in and knock me out.
Yes, I found that breathing like that helps alleviate a little. I feel like it's similar to how you breathe while giving birth, atleast it is for me.
The only thing that seems to help relieve my migraines is Excedrine Migraine,but even with that I have to lay down in a quiet, dark room with an eye mask on.
This is going to sound very bizarre but if you have a flashlight you wear on your head with a stretchy band, some of those lights are detachable and the band is excellent.
I found removing the light, tightening the band around my forehead literally relieved a lot of the pressure/pain.
(I know it sounds crazy,but my husband is an engineer and he thought of me trying that bc I used to tell him if I press my hands really hard around my head it helps a little.)
I literally would fall asleep with that band wrapped around my head. Sure, I woke up with creases on my forehead, but I literally didn't care bc it helped a lot.
Thankfully, since quitting my stressful job, I have only had a few. I think stress plays a massive role in migraines.
I suffered from headaches and migraines since I was 6 or 7. I used to get a headache almost every day as a child and a full on migraine a few times a month. It actually got better after puberty. Now it's a lot more cyclical. I get less headaches but I get one or two migraines, right before my period. The migraines are also often less painful, but a lot more nausea than they used to be.
I had my first migraine at 28. Turned into a mini stroke that paralyzed my left side, couldn’t talk. No more migraines but mini strokes ever since for 35 years.
This is so real. Since I was a teenager I’ve had big trouble with migraines and it would affect me a lot! And people would always be like “don’t be dramatic” “it’s just a headache” “get yourself some pills and it should be fine” it’s so frustrating…
Exactly people with migraines needs support emotionally and physically.. I'm hvng 3 kids and migraine its hard to not hvng support.. Can't able to get up from bed
Unless someone experiences this, it’s pretty difficult for them to understand. Many factors. Appreciate the post.
I can power through even a bad headache if I really have to. With a migraine, however, I lose my vision (everything I look at becomes a blind spot, I'm left only with peripheral vision), I'm in excrutiating pain for 3-4 hours (with prescribed medication, longer and worse without). I have to completely cut light out, lie down in pitch black, and wait it out. Simply incomparable to a headache.
I completely lost my vision for hours during the migraine that led to my diagnosis. Now, I might just lose sections of my vision, similar to you.
I want to thank you for validating the fact that migraines are an illness. I have been suffering for 11 years tried all the triptans the injections now trying qulipta. Just thank you thus video m are me realize it's time to change neurologist.
As someone who suffers from chronic migraines, thank you for making this. I hope people talking about this can help others like me get the help they need
My migraine is now almost 4 years old now .....and it's really severe and some moments it's more than severe .....i can't even open my eyes during those attacks ..... IT'S A SERIOUS THING ....AND THE PERSON WHO SUFFERS ONLY HE / SHE KNOWS THE PAIN
you truth
I've got it 24/7 shoulders armpits with no headache 3 years getting my jaw joint appliance soon ime hypomobile are you
you're right....My migrane lasts more than 2 weeks
Lots of people think you’re faking a migraine. Try making plans for anything when have frequent migraines. No one can depend on you and you can’t even depend on yourself. I got maybe 2 bad headaches a year before my first pregnancy at 35. Pregnancy turned on some switch in me so now I get them many times a month.
I’ve tried almost every medication out there for 17 years now. Thank God my neurologist believes me. I could rant to days on my hatred of migraines.
For anyone out there that’s in a bad place with them, this is the absolute best medicine combo: I’m prescribed Lyrica as a preventative and rizatriptan as an abortive medication. I found that taking the Lyrica as abortive only works best instead of taking it everyday. So when they happen I take both those meds together. I still get the migraines, but now they hurt much less.
Today I finally booked an appointment with a doctor for my headaches that I suspect are migraines. I’ve been struggling for years. Just hoping he will take me seriously. Both of my parents had to be hospitalised before someone took their migraines seriously
Edit: I saw him today and got diagnosed with migraine with aura
What's your treatment?
Yes, what's your treatment plan?
I have never been diagnosed, Whenever I see a new doctor I just state, I have migraines, genetic. Give meds.
@@SilverHawk214 Does that work? Most docs never want to Rx meds.
I have had migraines for over 25 years since I was 14 and the last 10yrs they turned daily effecting my whole body, senses, thinking etc. Ive been on almost every medication and recently added a device. I made it through grad school and about 7 yrs into a career until unfortunately the daily debilitating pain and symptoms took over. I now cannot work and I actually dream about one day being able to again. Making it through each and every day is now a challenge. In my experience, this is something totally different than a headache. I rarely ever get what I call a regular headache. It hurts my heart that this disease is not really recognized. How is something that effects your entire body, nervous system, balance, eye sight, hearing, digestion and thinking still called a headache? I am hopeful and pray we continue to learn more about this disease and that more support systems are created. Disability does not recognize this disease and those of us who are trying to find a way back to living a daily life find there is almost no support out there. Thank you for posting videos like this, it helps me feel hopeful. ❤
I can’t blame anyone, but it’s so frustrating when people say “it’s JUST a migraine.” I’ve been in the ER puking my guts up from a migraine and the look of sheer panic on the nurse’s face told me it wasn’t normal. Thankfully I finally found a fantastic neurologist who has helped me with a great regimen and as time progresses I’m able to learn more about my triggers.
It started for me when I was nine and I'm 22 now. I still remember one time my teacher didn't let me go home when I got migraine, I was forced to lie in the class itself 😢. I even got it during a term exam and I couldn't write anything. Everyone just treat it like a headache, when I can't even see anything well
The first sign of an oncoming migraine is usually getting the aura when I stand up, cough of otherwise slightly exert myself. I never thought “aura” was a good description for what I actually see: two rotating discs with stars of multicolored lights shining trough a dark background, one “disc arrangement” in each eye, rotating inward toward each other - it’s not easy to describe. At first I usually see only a few prism-like light sparkles on the side of origin. Sometimes the traditional cure of one each: aspirin, acetaminophen, and a cup of caffeinated coffee, help stop or stall them if done at first sign of the onset of a migraine. In addition to the careful anti-migraine diet, regular sleep, regular light exercise (outdoor walking) and regular small meals, and avoiding stress in any way possible, seem to help minimize their onset. The more stable, calm and regular my lifestyle, the better. No alcohol!
I haven’t gotten an appointment with a neurologist yet but my family doctor suggested i might suffer from silent migraines. I had no idea that they even existed, i thought migraine was the same as a headache, not that the second one was a symptom of the first. When I got home after she told me that i FaceTimed a friend while I looked up and read the symptoms out loud and we started laughing bc the description fitted like a glove. I thought it was me, i thought that was just my personality💀it took me 6 years after my first temporary visual distortion for someone to point me to something that made sense
Are you taking any vitamins or treatment to reduce the migraine? What does your Doc suggest. Do you also get visual auras
Thank you for this video 🙏🏻 It should be shared with as many people as possible.
Interesting to note, I’ve always suffered this. During the 10 years of menopause they increased massively along with the hot flashes. Sometimes during a migraine I’d hot flash the entire duration .. not sweat or have a fever, hot flash. It’s been a year since migraine or hot flashes have been a problem. There’s definitely a connection
Definitely a link with hormones, my principle migraine trigger was Progesterone (for me migraines were one of the many symptoms of PMDD). Since surgical menopause I have barely had any migraines and I can trace the exact trigger for each (thanks autistic sensory sensitivity).
For this video being about migraines, it's very odd to me how much of the video uses bright lights moving rapidly around and other rapid motion, which can worsen some migraine symptoms, especially vertigo and nausea.
It just goes to show how in some ways people still don't accommodate for migraine sufferers as they should.
I’ve had migraine since I was 12 ( now I’m 67).
Migraine is one of the most debilitating headaches.
I haven’t had one now for a month.
I remember my first migraine. I was 15. I was in chemistry class. I was talking to a fellow student when slowly my vision started going. I was slowly going blind but I did not understand what was going on. It looked like parts were missing in my vision. Also, my speech started to become effected.
I didn't say anything to anyone for years until I heard the word migraine.
Have you checked with a neurologist or pain management specialist? Migraines are brutal.
I just went 3 months without a migraine which is the longest period of time since they started at 6. However, when it came back it lasted 3x longer than usual...was a GREAT 3 months though/
@@SilverHawk214 I'm happy you at least got 3 months of being migraine-free!
I have a sad and tragic story with migraines. My dear grandmother died as a result of them, as during that period she was suffering from migraines, and a group of people prescribed the wrong treatment for her, which was to put a hot pot made of clay and Qom. She died and left her children at a young age, and this is what urged my aunts to say: They become doctors, and I also want to be a doctor in order to help people get rid of pain without resorting to wrong habits, knowing that I suffer from migraines only in my family now.
I had my first severe migraine, vomiting for 2 hours, numb arms and hands, couldn't walk afterwards or talk properly. My jaw was quite loose as well as my tounge. I couldn't close my mouth. I really hope they don't become regular. The few days leading up the migraine I had severe fatique, couldn't eat any food, tingling in arms and hand and face. Lights when eyes closed. I feel bad for you migraine sufferers out there.
Today is my 4th migraine attack
Its not brutal than 3 months ago.. It happen after I wake up, always at 11 am
So scary
It knows time to kick in
And my neck always cracking during migraine day 😂
This is what works for me:
1. Relpax
2. Nurofen + Citramon P
3. Double espresso
4. Cold shower on back of my head
5. Jogging
Depending on the type of headache that I have I choose one of these 5 ways to fight the pain. In the majority of the cases Relpax works for me.
Magnesium and cannabis
I don't know what those products are in #1 and #2 but I agree with caffeine and cold compresses. No way in hell am I jogging as all that bouncing will make things a hundred times worse. Each bit of pounding with each step with each foot wound be another stab in my skull. NFW!
Jogging with a migraine? Really?!!! You're super human.
@donovanbenyahudah4734 it depends on the type of migraine I have and at what stage. If I am lucky and I catch it early and it is of the right type then I could suppress it though extreme stress like cold shower and then run immediately. It helps in 5% of the cases. But extreme fear works even better, probably moves up to 10% success rate.
@@donovanbenyahudah4734 No kidding, right? All that pounding? No way!
I have migraine since 2018, my doctor told me that it was just a normal headache and that i shouldn't be using "internet knowledge". But I think the most important thing about migraine is that more than the doctors, it is those who suffer from it who can understand it better. I'm not disregarding medical practitioners. My current doctor used this strategy, and though I still get migraine attacks the intense "I'm being stabbed in my brain" feeling is reducing. To whoever finds it useful: maintain a migraine journal - recognise and note down your triggers, patterns and overall a brief analysis of your migraine attack. My vivid analysis helped my doctor with the right treatment strategy. Also, Yoga and Meditation helps a lot, do try. Hoping that this comment helps.
I suffer from migraine last 5 years... During early days i feel throbbing head, back neck pain, Light sensitivity, insomnia, fatigue, depressed ...i take Amitriptyline & fluranizine for 2 years.. now my symptoms getting lower frequency, improve in my sleep cycle, less fatigue, no neck pain... Best advice for you take Magnesium,b2 (riboflavin) & coenzyme q10 supplement continue atleast 3 months & relax your mind & not think about dark past or bad day just sleep without thinking it will really help you ...
Hello my doctor prescribed me nortryptiline( should intake on night) and escitalopram (on morning)
I get headache when I'm in stress and when i get less sleep.
Bt after taking the medication I'm feeling nausea,fatigue, confusion wether to continue the medicine or not.
So please help me what should i do😊
How much of magnesium and B2 per day?
@sumayasharginkhan3177 go on with you medication. These side effects will go away in a few weeks.
@@sumayasharginkhan3177don't stop taking them.
@realIndian8582 how much of magnesium and B2 per day? Are you taking Fluranizine daily since 2 years??
The worst thing about migraines is that they’re unpredictable. I used to get real bad ones and had to stay home from work because the so-called migraine medicine didn’t work. After a little while, they went away, and now they’re back with a vengeance. Can’t tell you how many times it feels like I’m getting stabbed with an ice pick.
I have been getting more and more headaches lately, and they are becoming more severe. Today, I had a severe headache that caused me to be nauseous, dizzy, and weak. I had to completely shut down everything (lights, sounds, touches) just to cope. When the doctor said that sometimes you feel out of sorts in the days before a migraine attack, I knew that my fears are probably correct, and I was having migraine attacks. Thanks to this video, I am convinced that I need to see someone about this. Thank you for putting out this information. You may have saved me before this gets even worse!👍
A person who goes through this only he can understand how pain full it is 😢
As a teenage boy living in the middle east, I had my first Migraine today.
I had come back from school, taken a nap and suddenly felt really uncomfortable with a throbbing pain in the left side of my head, I dismissed it at first but as it got worse I woke up and couldnt endure it anymore.
For the days before my migraine, I was really irritable, and my patience was much less than usual, I would get really frustrated at my friends for not following my instructions properly as I coached them through a game, even tho I was usually a very patient teacher.
I had also gotten a headache similar to a migraine a few months before, but it wasnt nearly as painful and went away after a few hours.
I woke up today, and could barely walk and collect my thoughts. I lied down for half an hour, holding the left side of my head (where I got the migraine, the pain would sometimes go to the back of my head, and go up near my left eye making it painful to keep my left eye open.)
After that, I wanted to eat an egg sandwhich, along with a cup of coffee, but could only eat halfway through the sandwhich because my appetite was not there, I thought taking some Panadol would help, so I did that, and it didn’t help at all. I had no idea what was going on.
My mom, concerned that I had taken panadol from her room, came over to see how I was doing. I described my symptoms to her, which included things like increased pain whenever I moved my head and body, sensitivity to light. I kept the lights in my room closed the whole time, and closed my eyes, If I kept the lights open, my head would hurt more, and even more so when I kept my eyes open.
The meowing of my cat suddenly felt like a irritating screech, and as time went on the pain was increasing more and more, my mom helped me drink my coffee, and she went away after that.
I was nearing the one hour mark, and the nausea was really starting to kick in, my mouth felt vehemently dry, and I was still uncomfortably holding my head with the lights closed on my bed, afraid that if I even moved an inch the pain would increase.
The pain, nausea, and disorientation kept increasing, I was extremely anxious and my mental fortitude was at it’s limits, as I started to realize this is not just a simple headache that’ll go away after a few hours, and I started having negative thoughts.
The pain had gotten so bad, I felt unsettled and the blood leaving my head. I thought I was gonna pass out.
By the time two hours and thirty minutes had passed since I woke up, I was extremely scared, and was thinking about asking my mom to take me to the hospital, since it didn’t seem like there’s any other way to stop the headache.
At the three hour mark, I did so, and after dressing up, I went to the hospital, My blood pressure was quit low, but other than that, my health markers were fine.
After explaining my symptoms to the doctor, he immediately thought I had Migraine Headaches. I had heard about Migraine headaches before and how much they suck on the internet, but never thought I’d experience such a thing in my lifetime, no one in my family had gotten a Migraine before. This made me even more anxious, the doctor pushed at some spots near my cheeks, temples, and nose, asking if I felt any pain under those areas. I didn’t, so after some time, he gave me some medication to take, which was a pill, I would take it every time I felt the Migraine which I shouldn’t be getting every day.
I took it, and immediately my condition started recovering. I felt as if I could breath from my nose again, and the nausea along with the pain started to decline, I could also walk around now, as I was on a wheelchair before.
I didn’t expect much from the tablet, but it single-handedly recovered my enthusiasm.
This is still a lot to process for me, I never even got headaches before a few months ago, I don’t know what caused it, and honestly I’m really anxious. After I took the tablet and started recovering, I headed out to the mall with my mom, just from being able to walk and coordinate my thoughts again, I felt so, so much more grateful for my life than ever before. And made me realize just how fragile a human life really was, how fleeting it is. So I should always, ALWAYS be grateful while I was able-bodied.
I really hope this is a one time thing, because I do not wish what I went through today upon even my worst enemies. But if Migraines become a frequent occurrence in my life, I don’t know how I’ll be able to live with them.
I’m really opening myself up in this comment, for the first time on a public social media in my life. I’m still a little afraid to send this comment, since I had never detailed my life and experiences to this detail, and know these things can be received very negatively in the internet, as someone attention seeking or such.
I just want some advice of someone who has gotten a Migraine before, or someone who is Knowledgeable on this topic. Thank you for reading this long comment 🙏
My partner had severe migraines. They would occur every week. 2 days of pain, nausea and little sleep. Because he is on blood thinners he could take no over the counter pain medication as they usually thin the blood. I suggested we change his diet to one that might alleviate the number of headaches he was getting. First he stopped eating out. No more exessive salt, sugar, GMO's,, lactose and rancid seed oils that often are the main ingredients of fast food and restaurant food. Next no more sugar drinks or caffeine as he had a coca cola habit of one each morning. Next was going gluten free and milk free. I have been gluten free for over 10 years and I wondered if it might help stop these headaches. Apparently there are many dietary triggers. I also started giving him supplements like vitamin D, Zinc, Vitamin C and N-Acetyl Cysteine. Within a week or 2 the headaches began decreasing. It's been 5 years and he has an average of 2-4 migraines per year now. Usually in conjunction with some food with secret wheat gluten in it. He is so much happier now without these terrible headaches. I don't know if this protocol could work for anyone else but it was so dramatic that I believe it is a better solution than most over the counter medications and probably better than taking any strong medication period. Good luck everybody. I hope that whatever people try that it helps them. Looking at dietary triggers really worked for my partner.
It's good to see this discussed from the perspective in the impact it has.
I am 12 years into having debilitating migraine, and it is so disheartening in that the longer you endure it- the more impatient people get with you for having them.
They sometimes forget that what is for them merely an inconvenience- is actual suffering on your part.
So true.
this is so true - I already feel guilty for not being able to attend or do something during a migraine attack but for people to get annoyed by how debilitating these migraines can be, it just sucks because it's not like you can control severe pain
No disrespect, but everybody else may have problems of their own. Problems were they can't have the luxury of spending empathy on you. It sucks for your migraines, but what about their IBD? What about their lupus? What about their asthma? What about their insomnia? People are not required to extend patience and understanding. It is hard enough to survive just for yourself. For people to show grace to you, you need to extend it back, or be understanding when they have nothing left to offer you, they aren't taking anything from you. They are just no longer extending you extra effort when they need it for themselves.
@@e.t.2914 did I say other people don’t have problems? No. I just said it can be difficult to even function with these and people who don’t get them don’t understand - just like I wouldn’t exactly understand other people’s chronic illnesses (but would certainly attempt to hear more about their experience to understand THEM better). No disrespect but does that make sense? :)
@@TJprobablysnoozing I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to reply to you directly, I was trying to reply to the OP. Apologies.
I'm downloading this video. I will show it to doctors who dismiss it as just a headache.
I hope you find a neurologist who specializes in headaches and migraines to help you. Follow your gut and don't give up. Best of luck
My neurologist in NYC said that migraines are NOT headaches. They are a progressive neurological disease.
On scans they can see the depression of activity as the migraine overtakes the brain.
Especially if you get migraines with aura, you are at a much greater risk for stroke. I believe this.
Who are those assholes???
I've been dealing with migraines since I was around 10 and I'm 52 now. It was only a few years ago I finally mentioned them to my doctor. I have tried several preventatives now and I'm still looking for the right thing. Going through menopause isn't helping. I had a brief period in my 30s why they were very infrequent, but pregnancy and childbirth changed that. Unfortunately, my 12 year old son has them too, and I inherited them from my mother, who inherited them for her mother. I'm happy there are so many more treatments to choose from now. It doesn't feel as hopeless as it once did.
I suffered from them when I was young. Went to a Dr. , he said "You are only having them once a month, can't you deal with it ?"
My jaw dropped.
I spend a lot of time dreading the next one..then after the pain..sickness..it takes about five days to get over it..they are NOT a headache…research found the nearest thing to a migraine is an epileptic fit..you wouldn’t make light of that..the way people do about migraine…
Had migraine since five . Last year I was diagnosed with coeliac and gluten ataxia,almost twelve months without one for the first time in years . Lost my job due to migraine too , people who don’t get them have no idea . Try giving up gluten folks it’s worth a go
Gluten is definitely a big factor for many people suffering with migraines. But other things in plants can be as well. Fewer things in animal foods cause problems. Even just the carbohydrate content in plants can be the culprit. Angela Stanton wrote a book with a protocol including diet change.
yes! stopping gluten has been a major part of my migraine control.
I have migraine. But i love gluten. Fuck me. Should i stop eating gluten?
@@ellyiseni1758 it has worked for me .gone from a few a month or more , to two in a year and they were less severe .literally had two last week they were no where near as bad ,but I have got coeliac disease .a work colleague who did a gluten allergy test has gone gluten free and her migraines have improved significantly . It was hard at first but feel the benefits so much I wouldn’t want it now . Worth trying but got to stick with it x
@@ellyiseni1758 I highly doubt you love gluten itself. You love things that contain gluten, but not the gluten.
I wish I had found a doctor like this when I first had migraines. How much pain and suffering he could have saved me!
I have had migraines since 2019 which was misdiagnosed as occipital tension headaches. I was so ill that I would just lie on a lounge all day taking different medications. In 2022, I found an incredible acupuncturist. I saw him twice a week for three months and rarely get them now and go back only if I can’t get rid of it probably on average once every 3 months. Try acupuncture. Truly best decision. I am now on no medication was able to return to work.
I have family-members who suffer from migraine, and I had my first attack in my 30th. It was so severe, I could not speak and saw all these flashing lights in front of me. I was sure I was having a stroke. I took a taxi and went straight to the nearest ER. I was so surprised migraine can provoke such symptoms.
Are you taking any vitamins or treatment to reduce the migraine? What does your Doc suggest. Do you also get visual auras
It would be great to have more neurologists broaden their recommendations to include surgical nerve decompression for those patients who are refractory to more conservative therapies.
Thank you so much for this video
Interesting that he didn’t mention removing caffeine use from your diet. I suffered with migraines most of my life. The kind that kept me down for days on end, unable to function or even eat. Then I detoxed from caffeine, removing it from my diet completely, and 13 years later I no longer get reoccurring migraines the way I had my entire life beforehand. Now when I get a migraine it’s any one or a combination of not eating enough, not drinking enough water, or the primary reason that usually triggers a migraine-stress. Caffeine intake should definitely be monitored for migraine sufferers. I went from living on excedrine, and developing an ulcer, to no medication for the random few migraines that I occasionally get still.
Informative, but why would the video use flashing lights and fast moving images? A potential viewer might be triggered by these. They producers should know this about migraine sufferers.
Ever since ive started taking this b12 complex it has gradually been getting better
How much per day
It is difficult for most to grasp. Having migraines for 45 years has made me very sympathetic to others’ health/pain issues. It has been a blessing and a curse.
I had migraines from 13 to my 40’s i had statins and acupuncture and tests; I had 1-3 days off work each time. Finally I had a blood vessel bust near my right ocular nerve. Treatment eventually was a spinal shunt. I had high spinal fluid that squeezed my brain. Since the shunt, no migraines; the deciding factor - I had a lumbar puncture (actually i had 5) but the high spinal fluid pressure shows up in the test.
I’ve been taking Magnesium Glycinate and it has helped me to have them less often and less painful. I still get nauseous, but not as bad.
How much magnesium per day
this is a pain i cannot sleep off. it is so painful it is extremely difficult.. borderline impossible to fall asleep.. i have always got them throughout my life. thankfully not in any consistent pattern. i am 25yo and seem to get them in times of extreme stress. such as this week for me. earlier i felt sick and vomited while i was cutting grass in grueling heat.. on top of my car being Un operational and it impacting my work... among other things.. i also was able to find the ibuprofen today. so i tried to sleep it off again to no effect.. couldnt tell if i was sleeping or laying there. it is a radiating pain that gets worse the more you move and with more complex movements comes more flashes of pain. ive heard something about it being associated with the overloading of neurons in the brain.. anywho i am pretty good at spotting when i will get one.. thank you so much for any and all information. it is greatly appreciated
Along with the recognition that migraines are not headaches, headaches are merely one symptom of them; it important to remember that not every migraine is the same and what works for one migraine doesn't necessarily work for all migraines. I have a whole arsenal of treatments that I mix and match depending on what that particular migraine responds to. So know that if common treatments haven't worked for you, there may be others that will. It took me years to learn how to manage mine.
I have had aura migraine all my life but one thing that helped me and helped my mum too. As soon as I see the flashing lights I take my regular headache tablets (Panadol Extra) then I have 2 tea spoons of sugar and drink a pint of water. When the flashing lights go I don’t get the severe pain and sickness like I would normally do. I still feel groggy and need to lay down but it is so much easier to cope with. I hope that helps someone on here. 😊
My migraine last 48 hours. It ended today at late afternoon after vomiting couple of times. People just don't get me they think that I am making up things.
Sometimes there is an emotional link. I started surpressing my feelings after marriage, and got strong headaches for 3 days. My dr did an MRI, all was ok, so she said it's "hormonal migraine", happens before and after the period. My brother in law gets more severe migraines and he's a man, no period. It's so confusing. But i found the "expressing your feelings" advice helpful. After 20 years of struggling l, i rarely have a Migraine now.
I haven’t had one for months, and years before that one. Long ago I had one where I sat up on the side of the bed and just fell over on my side. I sat back up, and fell over again. Then I got the aura. Mine were never really bad. My aunt had to stay in a dark room, and could only drink sips of ginger ale.
I have migraines everyday and have had them my whole life. I am 22yrs old. Often times I rather be dead or kill my self. the pain is never ending. Doctors are no help. These days doctors don’t seem to care for a patients pain. It never gets easier. I have a migraine as I’m typing this. I pray I’m able to find help one day.
I've been using Excedrin Migraine for *years.* Not sure if you've tried it. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions about it, as I'm not a doctor.
I randomly got a migraine about 5 years ago. They started happening more often. Went to a neurologist. Started Botox, worked for a year switched to aimovig, then ajovy, now emgality. I also take ubrelvy. Nothing is working. And if it does, it only works for a few months then quits. I have more than 10 migraines a month and can’t find any relief. It’s taking a toll on my life and can’t find any relief. Sucks
Try baba ramdev yoga treatment on migrane
Hey! I used to get 10-15 migraine attacks. The trigger was from a stressful phase in life but then even after the phase was over, the migraines never stopped. I finally decided to see a Neurologist here in Dubai. He put me on Topimarate max dose of 50mg. It's an antiepileptic drug. The course is for 6 months. I am on month 4. My migraines are GONE. My migraines started when I was 17 and I am 24 now. My triggers are: Chocolates (any form of cocoa), Coffee, Dates, change in sleep pattern, SUDDEN stress. Please identify your triggers and seek treatment from a neurologist. Highly recommend bringing up antiepileptic Topiramate. My only side effect is muscle twitching and sometimes tingling that lasts for 30-40mins but that's all. My starting dose waa 25mg for 1 month followed by 50mg for rest of the 5 months. Will be tappered off later. Good luck. May you find relief! 💖
Am so, so sorry for your suffering! I wish I could help you. Try everything. I have seen those hats which you can put ice into. Some you can use with both cold and heat. When you are taking a shower, keep turning on the cold gradually to the level you can put up with.
Very cold water on your head can sometimes tame a headache.
Good luck and God bless !
Something cold on your head and neck/shoulders. I use a kitchen cloth that I've put under the cold tap.
Plus warming your belly, legs and feet. A warm water bottle on your belly and one next to your feet while in bed. Basically getting the blood out of your head.
I know not everyone is on board with it, but if you're suffering that badly I highly recommend a good chiropractor. I started getting them and couldn't do anything for a week straight, I went to my chiropractor and same day I felt 100% better.
Mine got worse at the menopause so after going ro ER the doctors prescribed preventatives, been taking for 2 years. Incredible, mine were always around my periods and also when the air pressure changed.
I got my first migraine when I was six years old and had them incease in frequency and severity for years. By the time I was eleven I was on daily preventative medication that didn't really help very much.
In my 30s I found a wonderful doctor who helped me reduce the number of migraines I had. It turns out I had many food intolerances (specifically foods containing high levels of amines or natural MSG) that would build in my system over a period of time until a migraine happened. As it was an accumulative effect I hadn't been able to pin down individual food triggers before then. This certainly didn't eliminate my migraines completely but avoiding certain foods reduced the frequency by about 50%.
If you suffer from migraines don't give up looking for help, it can get better.
Genetically some nationalities are more likely to suffer from allergies and migraines than others. Migraines are telling you that something is not correct. Masking migraines with pharmaceutical products alone is not the answer to cure and the elimination of the headache. Determine the root cause first. Many processed foods, health and beauty products, environmental things and pharmaceuticals can cause migraines.
When I processed a hidden anger to my father my migraine little by little disappeared and is now gone. The cause for my migraine was supressed anger.
How did you find ut it was hidden anger if I may ask?
@@princesscarlet1 Detective work and a deep process. I renovated a house and was very angry all the time at the former owner. He was not there so it made no sense. So I concluded that it was anger still living in me against my father. It was my anger so I had to process it - my father was dead and that made it probably easier. Writing and keeping a diary helped a lot.
I had at least three migraines a week for just about the entirety of highschool- as well as on and off for a few years after as I tried self medicating with various vitamins- and a tension headache on all the other days i didn't have a migraine, after years of being ignored and told i was just dehydrated or faking it for medication, I found a doctor who discovered a torn ligament and two hyper rotated vertebrae in my neck (c1 and c2) from a prior injury I was never taken to a doctor for when I was a child... I'm still hyper prone to migraines and require a daily preventative not to get them even during physical therapy, although I've seen incredible improvement, sometimes even going over a month with only one or two vague headaches
How refreshing! A Doctor who gets it! And who takes it seriously. I wonder what I have to do to find one of these kind of doctors in my city in Australia. because I'm 47 and I have suffered with little help all this time since I was 15 years of age because not one doctor I have told has actually offered to help me any way other than "take asprin".
Are you taking any vitamins or treatment to reduce the migraine? What does your Doc suggest. Do you also get visual auras
There's definitely a genetic component. My brother, my father and his grandfather all have had migraines! The latter used to put shed snake skins under his hat in an attempt to alleviate the pain! Unfortunately, i don't think it worked. My father's triggers were food timing related, my brother and mine are stress related. He gets visual static whereas i get a swollen eye! We're different, yet we're the same.
I know it sounds like foolery, but I got a daith piercing in both of my ears . I was having 4-6 migraines every week, completley debilitating. Since the day I got the piercings, over 9 months ago, I have not had a single migraine. I've had basic headaches, but not as many as the migraines. I looked into the few medications on the market and decided against it, same for botox. For $80 my problem seems to of been solved. I hope this helps someone else.
1991, my second year of university. student health doctor - not some fresh newbie, older, experienced doctor said to me, and I QUOTE "I don't want to alarm you, but you're going to be blind in six months" - his *exact* words. (now 2024 - _not_ blind) he referred me to hospital - but did not tell them what he thought I had, so distressed about "be blind in six months" that did not discuss the *pain* (doesn't even begin to describe it - 'pain' what a lackluster word...) - started to experience as a teen - finally self-diagnosed (a diagnosis *confirmed* by another doctor years later - _she_ also suffered from migraines, so completely understood)
I wanted become a surgeon that's my dream.. But now iam studying law because I thought I have migraine I super sensitive to ligh and all.. But now I started preparing for medical exams again.. Cuz why not.. Don't let yourself down because of migraine.... Ik it's hard but still.. You got this
I thought I had sinus headaches for years (and I still get the occasional sinus headache) because they are tied to the changes in weather fronts, barometric pressure, you get the idea. My headaches did not present like a typical migraine, so it never crossed my mind that's what it was. Saw an Ear Nose and Throat doctor to have him look at my sinus cavity. I'm convinced there is a blockage or something. Nope all clear. Saw a wonderful neurologist and they explained how migraine pain can be moderate, can move from one side to the next, and not everyone experiences sensitivity to light and sound. Mine are atypical so I never considered them migraines.
Hi..fellow migraine friend's im 27 and also suffering from mighraine from 9th std. At that time i had no idea what is it even my parents did not acknowledged my condtion when i would complain them about sensitivity to lights smell and noise, nausea blurr vision and vomiting after a decade i went to check my eyes, got accupuncture as well, took treatment from neurologists for a while but nothing helped.
My migraine come when my body is stressed out ofcourse u know the triggers, i have only found relied with ayurvedic panchkarma treatment nasya, shirodhara etc, and took help from ayurveda doctors, it helped me understand how much keeping check on lifestyle is...
No more late nights, skipping or delaying my lunch, not drinking water properly all contribute to migraine.
I hope it 🙏 helps
Does pranayam works?? Pls reply
Panchkarma treatments trigger my migraine. I am sick for days after a treatment
@@pvut09then just focus on having your life in check. Having food regularly skipping caffeine and sleeping enough with hydration also works
@@artisticbangtan4247it reduces stress, which is one of the common cause of migraine but it is not the only one cure. Lifestyle should be good.
First Time I got migraine aura is 3 years ago , today its my 4th migraine attack
Yes I agree with you statement about late night sleep, lack of hydration , also stress !
Honestly, I had terrible panic attacks during the migraine attack😵💫 my neck becoke stiff, and super painfull
Amazing that a video about migraines has so many migraine inducing flashes and quick movements.🤨
Often people remember every migraine they have ever had. That is because the pain and neurological symptoms are memorable.
Those of us that have monthly or chronic migraines do not do this except for extreme ones. Most people do not suffer as many migraines as these, but they now recognize chronic migraine which I was told when younger was not a condition.
My migraine is so bad right now I can’t feel the left side of my face
I got this too - numbness in lips, face or even my arm