Comments on: Migraine in my brain http://www.zen.org/2005/06/02/migraine-in-my-brain/ The thoughts, ideas, habits, and interests of a sub-culture. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:11:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Helen http://www.zen.org/2005/06/02/migraine-in-my-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-883 Helen Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:14:32 +0000 http://www.zen.org/?p=325#comment-883 I've had exactly one "classic" migraine, which was one too many. Mine came as a result of a bad reaction to a birth control injection (probably not your issue any more than pregnancy :-). I have also experienced one opthalmic/ocular migraine, which was all the symptoms of a migraine (flashing lights, light sensitivity) without the headache or nausea. My GP said that migraines and opthalmic migraines are related, and if you have one, you're predisposed to the other. Caffeine is supposed to help relieve migraine symptoms. Of course, caffeine withdrawl can trigger migraines in & of itself. If they become a recurring problem, you should keep a headache diary, which might help you identify your triggers. migraines tend to run in families. Neither of my parents had them, but my paternal grandmother had them monthly, and then aged out of them (from which I later inferred meant they were related to her menstrual cycle). They weren't called migraines, only "sick headaches". (FWIW she was English with a typical NHS GP who was unsympathetic to her plight) I’ve had exactly one “classic” migraine, which was one too many. Mine came as a result of a bad reaction to a birth control injection (probably not your issue any more than pregnancy :-) . I have also experienced one opthalmic/ocular migraine, which was all the symptoms of a migraine (flashing lights, light sensitivity) without the headache or nausea. My GP said that migraines and opthalmic migraines are related, and if you have one, you’re predisposed to the other.

Caffeine is supposed to help relieve migraine symptoms. Of course, caffeine withdrawl can trigger migraines in & of itself. If they become a recurring problem, you should keep a headache diary, which might help you identify your triggers.

migraines tend to run in families. Neither of my parents had them, but my paternal grandmother had them monthly, and then aged out of them (from which I later inferred meant they were related to her menstrual cycle). They weren’t called migraines, only “sick headaches”. (FWIW she was English with a typical NHS GP who was unsympathetic to her plight)

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