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.
So I've been wondering about these so called "migraine sunglasses" now for a few months. I almost pulled the trigger a few times before finally settling on a company called TheraSpecs out of Phoenix AZ. I purchased the model: "Haven Indoors". Got them very quickly & decided to use them at work for which I intended them since I get the majority of my migraines at work most likely due to the harsh lighting we have.
A fair review wouldn't be that fair after just one day so I will update this post after let's say a month or more. But so far the good & bad.
The Good: Very light weight, pretty stylish however I wouldn't go outside in them because the lenses are light & for indoor. So far I had an aura start & was SOOOOOO disappointed but guess what? It stopped within 2-3 minutes & no pain accompanied it!?!! I must say I HAVE had this happen before without any special migraine glasses but hey maybe it had something to do with it THIS time. My first day with them I did do a controlled test meaning no cologne, I didn't eat, drink or sleep any differently the night of or morning of. I tried to keep everything exactly as the same as any other work day.
The Bad: $130!!! And after a few months of true testing if they don't work then YES that's very, very expensive. But so far so good. The ear pieces are sharp & not well honed so they dig into your ears. This part of the design definitely needs some refinement. I'll definitely be taking this pair of glasses to a Costco or Target optometry & seeining if I can purchase some aftermarket ear pieces.
Let us know how they work out for you!
So I got this migraine about 2pm which is rare for me, I've noticed if I don't get a migraine by 10am I typically won't get them at all. Anyway, I'm disappointed to report that neither the pain level nor the timeframe were any different.
So disappointed! I know they aren't supposed to be a miracle treatment or we all would just buy these & be done with medications etc but I was really hoping that they would maybe decrease the time duration of the migraine or at least reduce the pain level even maybe 1 click, but no.
The only goal of the glasses is to filter out light that can cause a migraine. I'm sorry it didn't work for you. But maybe don't give up on them since you already have them.
I wanted to follow up with a separate report because although I posted "during" my migraine the one thing that I noticed that was definitely clear is that although it didn't stop the pain or the pain level the duration of the migraine itself WAS cut by a decent amount. I typically will have a migraine for no less & no more than 3hrs. I can almost set a clock by it! This started @ 2pm & was completely done by 3:55-4pm. I'm actually REALLY excited about that! However, because the migraine started @ 2pm which is very rare, maybe the time it started had something to do with how long it lingered? Not sure but I have to look at all plausible theories. I also remember I had a Greek salad that had Feta which I LOVE but try to stay away from due to it being on the list of aged cheeses that migraine suffers shouldn't eat.