I had a good laugh with my phone screen on low dim.

Pic related, it's mine. White rice, umeboshi, and genmaicha.

The umeboshi is really sour and salty, so it helps me feel less queasy.

White rice goes down easy.

Genmaicha... Because it's good lol

I have migraines since my early twenties, (I am now 39). I get the ones with an aura (blind spot). I have been tracking them for good few years, and noticed most of my migraines happen when I am either due on my period, on my period, or just after my period. So three weeks out of 4 I am prone to them, thanks body. But anyway… because I track them, I have also been tracking my neck pain. I have been having chronic neck pain on my right hand side only for about two years now. And that neck pain radiates up to the back of my right hand side of my skull and either gives me a tension headache from hell or a migraine from hell. Thanks, again body.

I have tried EVERYTHING for this neck pain. And most days I am a 4 on the pain scale, but on those days when it’s leading to a migraine, it’s an 8-10. 10 is so bad I cannot sleep.

I have had some relief with massage, acupuncture, and some neck exercises; but it’s only fleeting. (And the massages and acupuncture is time consuming and expensive after a while.) I caved in and got a massage gun. And wow. Just wow. After the first use my neck pain went down to a 2. And after a few days of using it twice a day, I am now pain free in my neck. I now use it every other day, and after days I have had a busy day of mouse work in the office. Just thought I’d throw the idea out there for people who have this horrific neck pain and just want some relief.

ETA: I do not use the massage gun directly on my neck. I am not an idiot, and I use the massage gun safely following the exercises recommended. I mostly focus on my upper traps. And when I mean everything, that includes doctors, MRIs, X-rays, etc.

I know that I was so ill this weekend due to sleeping for half of it. Still got a niggle and just about feel human.

None of my tricks worked and had ran out of rescue meds. I hate it.

Yesterday I completed my first ever half marathon. Previously, running anything over about 8 miles would end with me having a horrific migraine, but with some experimentation and preparation I’ve managed to avoid it. Here are the measures I took, hopefully it helps someone else:
- Pace: I used Runna to train and keep my pace. In an event it’s easy to get carried away with other runners and go too fast. The app helped me to keep it steady. I also found that starting slowly and building my pace gradually, then slowing right down for the last half mile helps.
- Eating: I had a decent breakfast, carbs and protein and then about an hour before the race began I had another banana and a jam sandwich. Once I finished I made sure to have some more to eat, particularly salty food; so a ham sandwich, pork pie, salty crisps
- Hydration: I made sure I was well hydrated before I started. I drank some electrolytes before the race, there were water stations at 3, 6, and 9 miles with an electrolyte station at the halfway; I drank at all of them. My wife was waiting at the finish line with a Lucazade Isotonic drink (this is one of the biggest effectors I think) and a big bottle of water. I also had more electrolytes.
- Fuelling: I took three SIS Isotonic energy gels on the race which I had every half hour.
- Running: I took on a slower cadence with greater stride length which felt more relaxed but maintained my pace, I was conscious to drop my shoulders to not compress my neck, I was pushing my elbows back to open my chest and breath easier. It was a bright day so I wore a baseball cap (but a really thin one so I didn’t overheat my head) and sunglasses.

There’s quite a few things there, I don’t think there was one thing that cracked it for me but a combination of everything. The lucazade immediately at the end probably helped the most though. Hopefully there’s something in there to help others with the same exercise trigger as me.

I am a 30 year old autistic guy and I have struggled with migraines on and off since i was 19. My migraines go dormant between episodes. I never sought treatment for them and never thought to record them on paper. I had a gnarly migraine last night that totally took me out. This afternoon, i decided to start a migraine tracker so that i can talk to my doctor about treatment options next time i go in for a routine checkup.

Thanks in advance!

Hey, just wanted to see if there's anybody with similar experience. I am heading to specialist whatsoever. I am M 30. Had first migraine episode when I was 12 years old. Up until now, I had episode every 2-3 years. I do have strong aura, so I got plenty of time until the pain hits. However I had episode on saturday (after almost 3 years). And another one today. Have you faced migrane episodes more often during your lifetime? Was there any clusters?

Hello everyone,

This is going to be a bit of a long post, and I’m hoping to hear about your own experiences because I’m feeling a bit lost.

For several years now, I’ve been suffering from severe headaches and migraines. I’ve been using the Aimovig injection for four months. Overall, the intensity of the pain has decreased, but I still experience pain in my temples and the top of my head almost every day. It wasn’t until the fourth injection that the pain in my temples improved significantly—which perhaps suggests that this symptom is also related to the migraine, right?

At times, I’ve wondered if it might be TMJ, but the symptoms don’t always align.

So, I wanted to ask: does anyone else have this type of migraine? I find it really difficult to distinguish between tension headaches and migraines. When I have a migraine attack, my temples often hurt, and I feel a throbbing sensation at the crown of my head.

Before starting the injections—and throughout the first three months—I regularly experienced typical symptoms like sensitivity to light, sound, and smells, as well as nausea and pounding pain.

Those symptoms have definitely subsided.

However, I still frequently experience intense bouts of fatigue that force me to lie down—I tend to associate this symptom with my migraines, and resting does seem to help.

So, my questions for you are:

1. Do you also experience pain in your temples that turns out to be migraine-related rather than TMJ? Thought about trying botox for tmj and see what happens

2. For those of you using the aimovig injection: did it also take this long for you to notice an effect?

3. Do you also experience sudden feelings of weakness or intense fatigue during the day?

4. When my blood sugar levels fluctuate, I get temple pain and light sensitivity. Sometimes eating helps—does this happen to you, too?

5. My neurologist recommends taking a beta-blocker as well, but I feel like my heart rhythm is acting up, so I don’t feel comfortable doing that. The doctor didn’t want to hear any of it.

I’d prefer to wait a bit—maybe get an ECG—and see how the fourth injection affects me.

I would really appreciate hearing about your experiences and getting your input.

It seems stupid to complain about because the migraines are awful but there's something so damn annoying when I've been stuck in bed all day just for it to disappear at midnight and I get a burst of all that energy and am awake until 6am. Does anyone else get these?

I get frustrated when I read a comment making blanket statements about how opioids are bad for migraines or that they don’t help migraine pain. I just don’t understand why some people think that because something is true for them, it must be true for everyone. The reality is that everyone is different. For some people, opioids don’t help their migraine pain, and they may contribute to MOH or rebound headaches. But for others, they do help and those same issues may not be a problem for them.

What works for one person won’t necessarily work for another, and what doesn’t work for one person might be exactly what helps someone else.
So why do people continue to make such blanket statements about opioids being terrible for migraines? Is it really that hard to understand that everyone responds to medications differently? Just because something has been someone’s personal experience doesn’t mean it applies to everyone.

I’ve been prescribed norco for years to manage my severe migraines. I’ve also gone periods of time without taking opioids and continued to have migraines, so in my experience, my migraines aren’t simply being caused by medication overuse or rebound headaches. I’ve also been to the ER and tried the usual migraine cocktails like torodol, Reglan, Compazine,magnesium, and steroids. For me, none of those have worked as well and as fast as a shot of Dilaudid. It’s the fastest way to break a severe migraine for me.

I’m not saying opioids are the right treatment for everyone, and I’m not saying they should be the first-line treatment for migraines. I’m simply saying that just because they aren’t appropriate or effective for some people doesn’t mean they can’t be helpful to others. Does anyone relate to this?

I’m 43f suffering from migraines since I was 18. I’m currently on Botox injections by my neurologist every 12 weeks, for the past five years now.

The past few months have been absolute hell and the frequency of my migraines has increased drastically. I thought maybe it was just due a stressful situation at work but that has been long resolved. I’ve been cycling and blowing through my abortives to the point where I’m actually scared now because I’ve gone 24 days without a migraine break and the pills are offering minor relief.

What is the next step? A daily preventative? An injection? I really don’t want to go down that road but I can’t take this anymore especially because I have young kids. The Botox isn’t working and anything has to be better than constantly pumping myself with pills.

Where did you go from here? 😩 FTR I don’t have any other health conditions and i don’t drink or smoke

Anyone with vestibular migraines experience eye tracking and focusing issues for weeks at a time?

I've seen a few people post about guilt/stigma around missing days at work due to migraine. Mine started around 27 and have gotten worse and more frequent as I've ascended into my 30s. Some are cumbersome and I can basically function through them, others are just unbearable on the pain scale and can last from 1-3 days. I'm dealing with one of the latter right now.

The thing is, I had a pretty bad one start Thursday and last through Friday. I took the afternoon off and all of Friday. I woke up on Saturday feeling fantastic. Then I woke up on Sunday with a slight headache again...then I found out a friend of mine died in a car wreck so of course, I cried. And cried again. And of course the headache got worse. Now I'm up at 4am with bad pain and nausea, struggling to get back to sleep.

Everything in my being wants to call in for tomorrow. I work in customer service within the insurance/healthcare industry. The calls are non-stop and some are very emotionally heavy and very complex issues that involve staring at a screen all day.

It feels a little extra ridiculous to miss work because I work from home, but a lot of people don't understand how demanding and draining it is. Yes, I can sit there in pj's pressing cold rags to my eyes during brief moments, but I am always "on". And it requires so much energy.

I do have intermittent FMLA and I do have 2 more episode days for the month, so my job security is covered, but I take a hit in my paycheck and I do feel a little bad about missing another day with high call volume.

But like, this is why I have the FMLA right? For times like this?

To make matters worse- the insurance I have which is literally provided by my employer- just changed in the middle of the plan year, and I can't get any of my monthly nerve blocks covered for the rest of the year because it started limiting them to only 6 per year. So of course I am salty as hell about that.

Anyway- any advice or moral support would be appreciated. And if nothing else, it helps me to write out my feelings when I'm struggling to make a choice. And I think I know which one I'm leaning toward.

I have oily, medium curly hair.

Hey ya all. I'm currently doing an apprenticeship program and autum break. we work Mo-Fri without having school in between. Today, I went to work in hopes that this would develop into a fully fledged migraine. Now, I'm sitting on my break with a migraine. I get off in like 6h. Does anyone have any tips? FYI, I work as a painter on a very big loud and construction site

I used to be able to ride back to back to back rollercoasters even in my early 20s.

Now I'm 26 and after half a day at the amusement park I developt motion sickness and my head hurts until the next day. I still have nausea even after a full day passed..

I really overestimated my tolerance cuz I rode 5 extreme rides in a day..

I have chronic migraine, and am on emgality which has reduced the intensity but not really the frequency or duration (which I am grateful for).

The thing is I very frequently have a low grade migraine. I also have scoliosis (and a large spinal fusion that didn't do the best job at managing it). I get a lot of ovulation and menstrual pain/symptoms. My hormone panels are all normal. I have ADHD.

So I'm often in pain, joint pain, head pain, abdominal pain, often fatigued, or dizzy, or overstimulated. I frequently get the thought, maybe I'm just dying (very slowly and discretely lol). Has my doctor missed something that links all these symptoms? And I'm just thinking, is this health anxiety? Do I actually feel awful most of the time? Am I imagining it? Am I somehow making myself feel this way?

Psychologically, it's worse that the 9/10 migraines I used to get, as those I would undeniably have a migraine and then would just have to go lie down in a dark room until it went away. I was way more disabled. Now I'm not sure what's best to do when I'm sort of functional but just feel... Well like I'm slowly dying?

Happy to hear thoughts from anyone else who feels like they're very sick, but not quite dying. Maybe

Hi!
I’ve been having headaches a lot recently. Due to aura symptoms I’ve had to stop my anticonception (I was using the Yasmin pill) and I will see my doctor a month after I stopped it. But, I’m contemplating if I’m really having migraines as we think now. Here are my symptoms:

HEADACHE “CLUSTER” ONE; when these happen I’ll get this screaming headache at least once a week. It feels as if I’m severely dehydrated and usually pain medication does not help. My face feels hot (to me, not physically) on the side where the pain is. The pain differs in place and is at the top/back of the right side of my head as I’m typing this. I get eyestrain on the same side, can get teary eyes and a runny nose on the same side, my ear feel weird on the same side and my head tingles. I get no aura for these ones. These last a few hours at a time and different times a day. I think these could be what is described as icepick pain since it feels in terms of feeling; the area where the pain is tingles the most. Sometimes these headaches “lash out” form their primary pain spot into other spots in my head. It also sometimes thrushes but not as intense as the other headaches.
HEADACHE “CLUSTER” TWO; these clusters usually last a week and when they happen I get several smaller headaches during every day around the same time. The worst part about these are the aura’s; I cannot understand people, see as if I’m seeing through a no-color kaleidoscope, my libs also sometimes feel weird and heavy and I have no sense of direction in a way where I keep walking into things and walk in a not straight line. With these I also get eyestrain and the tingling feeling in my head, less often the watery eyes and runny nose, but my ears feel way more pressure with these. The headache itself is mild, just mostly annoying. I do really feel the thrusting pain for these and the headache is usually around the same eye. I can still do everything no but just sort of feel as if I should be in bed to cure it. Pain meds usually are not necessary for these.

Does this fit anyone’s pattern; having 2 types of migraines, one headache dominant and one aura dominant? I am also contemplating occipital neuralgia since another community suggested this
Note: I used to get intense and undoubted migraines, but this cleared up about 10 years ago and was triggered due to another anticonceptiva which I then quitted. These headaches I have now, however, have not cleared when I quit the Yasmin pill

I started taking Pregabalin for my insomnia to back up Trazadone that didn't solve my problems and immediately my migraines got worse.

My starting point was about 5 migraines a month and it's been 20 days since on Pregabalin and I already had 8 migraines and I feel these are stronger than earlier.

What I've read and my psychiatrist told me, Pregabalin is supposed to work well for migraines. Did anyone also experience something like my case?