Migraines

[pericat]

I have had my worst migraine ever over the last few days. My question is - why do some people
suffer from migraines - whats happening inside ? I know some people have triggers like chocolate
or cheese - mine seems to be stress but several days after the event. Why ?

[Buenchico]

Click through the links ('Symptoms', 'Causes', etc) at the top of each page here:
http://www.nhs.uk/con...ges/Introduction.aspx

Chris

[yinyang]

My husband is still looking for a definite trigger for his migraines. Lack of sleep and dehydraton seem to play a big part for him so he's been suffering during this hot spell as he keeps forgettng he needs to drink a lot more than usual and doesn't sleep well when it's warm.

He finds a 'Chillow' very soothing to use when he has a mgraine -

http://www.chillow.co....php?content=whoneeds

[pericat]

thanks chris - very interesting xx

[pericat]

I lay with a bag of frozen chips wrapped in a tea towel on my head all this morning yinyang - somehow I think a chillow sounds a lot better

[yinyang]

You should have taken a photo of you and your chips to use as your avatar, peri.

Hope you're starting to feel better now.

[pericat]

lol yinyang - yes thanks I am feeling human again

[DEN53]

Glad your feeling a bit better Peri - I think there are many causes of migraine and it differs from person to person. Mr. Den gets them a lot lately -he can go about a month with nothing and then bam he will have 2 or 3 on and off for 1 to 2 weeks.

I also get them, sometimes with the flashing lights, but other times just a dizzy feeling comes on. Then the horrible headache. Mine are definately hormonal though - even though having a hysterectomy 13 years ago, I am still in menopause mode and get migraines certain times of the month. Very strange.

[4getmenot]

I used to get them every weekend and was told by docs it was because I was drinking alot of coffee through the week at wrk then nothing at weekend. I also always get a migraine the week before I'm due on usually the Thursday

[pericat]

We are a strange lot den ! I am feeling great now the heads gone !

[supersuezy24]

My mam gets them very bad, it's scary. Her blood pressure goes sky high and sometimes she has to go to hospital because of the blood pressure issue..Really not nice. Hope you feel better?x

[pericat]

That's bad suezy - they are horrible as they really disable you