Migraine Headaches Support Group
Migraine is a neurological disease, of which the most common symptom is an intense and disabling episodic headache. Migraine headaches are usually characterized by severe pain on one or both sides of the head and are often accompanied by photophobia (hypersensitivity to light), phonophobia (hypersensitivity to sound) and nausea.
Lately I've been experiencing a lot of aura's but no real pain to follow like my typical migraine's. My migraine typically goes like this:
I typically get a migraine once every other month but then sometimes I get clusters of 1 ever week. After that I can go several months without any.
15-20 minutes of aura flashing chain link light that starts out small & then grows like a big snake or worm.
the aura completely goes away & I'm in the eye of the storm for about 10 minutes where there's calm.
Then typically the pain will start at the base of the skull (rear) right side & work its way up the right side
The worst are when they end up in my eye. This will last about an hour to hour 1/2. These typically only feel better if I throw up!
Then pain slowly goes away over another 1/2 hour & I'm left with nausea for about hour.
All told, I guess I'm lucky that my migraines last about max 3-5hrs including the ending nausea.
However, the past 2 years I've noticed the pain portion not coming as often but experiencing more aura's. The past 2 weeks I've gotten them almost every day. Sometimes they last the typical 10-15 minutes, other times they only last maybe a minute or 2. But only once in the past 2 weeks have I had a full blown migraine. Thankfully!
Has anyone else experienced this?
If it worries you, contact your doctor, but it doesn't sound unusual to me.
I hope all stays well with you!
Oh I didin't know that migraines could truly change/transform over time. I did read when I was much younger that as we got older they tended to subside. However I'm not sure I agree with that notion since a lot of older adults have migraines including myself now being older. Well, heck if they transform into just a few aura's a month & no pain I'll be happy UNLESSSS of course that means something even ominous! LOL!