Migraines, no one seems be able to truly understand what causes them. It would seem that it is a little different for everyone. Some people can take medication to reduce the numbers. Some people cannot tolerate medications and have to deal with them another way. Many of the symptoms are like those of a stroke, so if someone is unfamiliar with your type of migraine you may end up in an emergency room with doctors looking for a stroke. I find it all quite interesting.
Here are just a few of some of the symptoms that some people diagnosed with migraines have.
Sensitivity to sound
Pain on one side of the head
Overall weakness, passing out
Hives
Puffy eyelids (sometimes one sided)
Numbness and tingling
Fatigue
Mood Swings
Vision changes
Sensitivity to light
Nausea with or without vomiting
Neck pain
Change of temperature in hands
Difficulty concentrating
Food cravings
Vertigo
Diarrhea – constipation
Throbbing Pain
Feeling lightheaded or dizzy
Sensitivity to smell
As someone who experiences chronic migraines and looks at this list, now wonder they just want me “fixed”. It must be horrible just to live with me that way.
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Question of
Is it time for me to look at things from their perspective?
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Do you have severe headaches?
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I sometimes have a migraine. Thank you for this information.
I used to have a migraine but when I gave birth luckily I don’t get too much headache.
I did not realise I got migraines until one day my head was so sore I was sick in the stomach as well. I don’t think Im really that bad, but I get severe sinusitis which causes it.
Migraine headaches are scary since my late mom’s side of the family there have been a high rate of stroke related deaths.
I only get migraines is when I do not sleep for days. Then, I wear sunglasses to help with the sensitivity.
Wow. I know someone who suffers from migraines. He has a few of those symptoms. I will tell him about your article.
Good post. I have only ever had one migraine, when I was about 15 and revising for my exams at school. I strained my eyes studying, it started a terrible headache, and I was ill for days, with not just pain in the head, blurred vision, etc, but also being physically sick and hardly able to walk. I had to be very careful after that with reading things. I believe migraines can have different causes, but the extreme symptoms are a result of the inner ear body-balancing mechanism being disrupted somehow.