Over the past year I’ve had more headaches than I’ve had in a long time. I used to suffer from terrible migraines.
They seemed to start when I was about 12 years old and they were really bad until I was about 25 – then they just stopped. Well for a few they slowly started up again, but they were never as bad as during my teen and early 20’s.
Now it seems they’re coming back with a vengence. I get a migraine at least once a week and sometimes as many as three times a week. Each one lasts for half a day to a full 24 hour day. It’s awful … especially when they’re really bad.
I have a migraine now and If I know my body, I’d say it’s going to be a real pounder in about an hour or so. I’d so rather be reading about the best best fat burner for men or feed for cattle than be about to suffer from a massive migraine again.
I also get auras. When my headaches are really bad my vision is a little different. My peripheral vision seems to decrease and I get wavy lines at the sides … kind of like the Northern Lights. LOL Yes, strange.
However, Last July, October and in early January I got a different kind of aura – when I didn’t even have a headache! I started getting wavy almost pixelated lines in the middle of my vision. The first time it happened I was watching TV and working on the computer and I mistakenly thought something was wrong with the picture on the TV … until I realized I could barely read the words on my computer screen as well.
Within 15 minutes or so I could barely see at all. This was really scary the first time it happened! It was after Midnight and my husband was in bed and I didn’t think I could even get up to go and wake him up to tell him something was wrong with my eyes. Luckily after about 30 minutes the auras disappeared and then about two hours later I got a headache. The other two times this happened I never did get a headache.
From what I know of migraines (I worked in a Migraine and whiplash clinic as a nurse for 10 years (as well as my own experiences)) the auras were actual migraines … they just didn’t produce a bad headache or in two cases no headaches at all.
Compared to the pain of a bad migraine I think I’d almost prefer the “almost no vision’ aura migraines – well if they weren’t so darn scary, I would!
Do you suffer from frequent headaches or migraines? Have you ever suffered from auras or vision problems before, during or after a headache/ migraine?
Not a lot of people know about auras associated with migraines. It’s really scary. For me, I actually go slightly blind before I get one, then that goes away and it’s just straight pain in my head. They are awful, but at least the aura gives you a warning.
I was told the aura migraines are optical migraines. I get them a couple times a year but they are at the outer edge of my vision. It reminds me of a kaleidoscope because it has pretty zigzaggy lines and sparkles. They last about 20 minutes to a half hour and I get a slight headache afterward.
I’ve suffered from migraines since I was 19 (I’m 46 now).
I don’t think I’ve ever been without them, but they have varied in intensity and I don’t get as many now with sickeness like I used to. At one point I was throwing up all day – now (thank goodness) that’s a rare occurrence.
At the moment I too am going through a bad patch with two or three a week, lasting from half to a full day. I get these patches every 3 or 4 months when I have a lot at once. (Usually I only get about 1 a week).
I’ve only had aura / disturbed vision migraines twice and they were very scary. y mu always used to have this type.
I just get very light sensitive.
I take zomig rapimelt 5mg for mine, with co-codamol painkillers and metacolpromide for the nausea.
my wife also have migraine that is serious problem because she affected there works.
A migraine can affect your entire social life and work too. In my case they are caused by the lack of sleep or food. I’m not used to taking pills, so i wait to go away.
So sorry you are suffering with migranes. Hope you can find some relief!
Migranes really suck sorry to hear about that.
I usually have migraines at that “time of the month”, but I can also get them when I have poor sleep for 2 or 3 days in a row.
My son had migraines last year (age 10) and that scared us a lot but it seems they are tension migraines caused by exam pressure or conflict with colleagues. He has been free of them for several months now.
I too have suffered from migraines and chronic tension headaches. I remember days that I couldn’t even leave the house.