Hi Steve

I'm not sure what to tell you as I don't believe I have auras. I just get the migraines. It sounds like the change in climate could be triggers and there's not much you can do about this! Also take a look at your diet...eating differently?
The depressed mood comes, I believe, because we know our body is off, unless of course, you have depression. If this is the case or if your moods are still down, you may want to see your doctor.
Nancy

For me and my auras, I just have to deal with them. There is not much I can do. Just try not to go out and if you are doing something, stop and try to lay down.

Good luck, I know how much they suck.

Thanks for you replies it does suck to have these but I guess you have to just ride them out. My mood is affected in the Post aura or migraine aspect.

Hmm, I would just say to avoid human contact if your moody. lol Kidding. Hope things get better!

Yeah they can be annoying for sure. Expecially when you are trying to concentrate or relax. I am so used to them. I find my lightly tinted glasses help a lot. My vison is not totally bad so I go without my glasses a lot but there are some places the lighting will bother me. So they are nice. My friend likes to wear baseball caps and sunglasses all day with a migraine. I hope that helps a little.

i am in florida right now and sun is bright and i am light sensitive so that could add to the auras but i seem to feel down after the auras or migraine is over. Before this bout of auras occurred i seemed to be up and ready to go. Well thats my story sad but true

I live in Fla. I get migraine with auras. Since the state is a pennisula, we get weather fronts blowing through very fast. Are you sensitive to barometric changes, I sure am. The cold fronts come through and the barometer drops rapidly. I find that if I have compounded this factor especially with another trigger at the same time, like tannin from tea, I get an attack. My attacks can actually come 24-48 hours prior to the front moving through. Keep a diary of weather changes and your auras.

I often get auras, then never do get the headache. So try not to worry too much.

I saw an article about very recent research that has found that migraines and depression are definitely linked. All they know now is that the two conditions are associated, how they are linked is not known yet.

Sometimes my migraines seem to happen when things are disturbed or unsettled in my life. Give things some time, and maybe they will even out.

Auras are so creepy, they make you wonder what's going on in your brain. But it does no good to get upset over them, I'm sure.

From what I've read migraines and depression and OCD are all related because it is the neurotransmitter chemicals, like serotonin, in the brain that are dysfunctional. (There are complicated issues about the brain that are basic causes, and that science has not totally sorted out). I have lifelong migraines and some of the other two. When I was on Prozac for depression for 15 years, my migraines became less. I stopped the Prozac because I have concerns about the effects of daily meds on the body, particularly the liver. I am trying to control these problems with a good, clean diet (no processed foods), and by understanding my personal triggers.

I have numerous auras: visual-partial or complete blindness; confusion or amnesia; an odd smell; and even a vague sense of anxiety and depression. The latest is one-sided numbness that is really disturbing. In Sept I thought I had had a stroke. Sometimes I have a powerful migraine, but rarely I don't.
Now that I recognize the auras, I try to calm myself and "ride out" the auras with as little anxiety as possible. That actually seems to make the aura move on faster.
Because the numbness has become a daily event, however, I am seeing a migraine specialist on Monday (I'm already under the care of a neurologist). I just want to rule out anything more than annoying aura.

My aura is more of a heightened sense of well being right before a silent migraine. I dont get the headache but I can't do anything til my body is done going haywire.

With my classic migraines I just get nausiated and bam headache.