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.

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yesterday i exprienced a pretty bad migraine... the headache first started out on wednesday, slight, but painful enough to know it was there, and then yesterday it seemed to get worse as the day went on.
i noticed something that i've never really picked up on before, well, maybe ihave, but yesterday i really took notice. i was getting hot flashes. i was SO hot, the heat overwhelmed me. i was wondering if others experienced hot flashes or bad experiences with heat when they had a migraine....
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I tend to get cold as a stress reaction to anything, but especially pain. The blood sticks around my core, and limbs feel like they are going to freeze off.

I have experienced not being able to get comfortable with temperature, no matter what. Just like when you are sick and feverish, that feeling of..."oh it is too hot, now it is too cold..." I tend to notice the heat more from nausea/vomiting, that rush of blood to the head, I guess.
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One of the signs that I'm getting a migraine is alternating hot flashes and chills. The hot flashes always come first though. If I don't stop and think, "OK, this probably IS going to turn into a migraine, go take meds," it rapidly gets worse.
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I get both hot flashes and chills as well. Sometimes I'm putting covers on, and the next minute I'm throwing them off.

I do have to say, though, that my hot flashes may be a result of menopause from my hysterectomy. If I remember correctly, before the surgery it was mostly a feeling of cold with occasional hot moments.

You're not alone!
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I suffer migraines myself but since my hysterectomy i have had only one this month. It comes on the first day of what would normally be my period. I do however get hot flashes every morning and have been for a very long time. I am up to 3 big sweats in the morning. Im hoping this is a good sign for better things to come. I wish you all the best and lots of hugs.
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