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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oceans11 07/08/2016

I've had migraines since I was 14 years old. When I was younger the migraines were much more predictable. I'd get aura 1/2 hour, followed by numbing fingers, lips for about 1/2 hour & then pain for a solid 2 hours & it would all be gone in about 3 1/2 hours to 4hrs tops! This would happen once every 4-6 months so when I was younger I didn't get them as often.

The older I got I noticed that the frequency jumped up considerably but whether I got pain or aura or numbness kind of went all over the place. For instance just recently I noticed several aura episodes coming & going but no pain? The feeling of "mailaise or foggy feeling", slight nausea.

Pain comes about 40% of the time now compared to 100% when I was younger. I guess i should feel grateful about that.

Has anyone else noticed changes in frequency etc as they got older?

PS- I don't take anything for my migraines, I just go with it. I noticed OTC drugs like Exedrin Migraine helped but I felt so out of it & prescriptions tended to make things much worse.

YvetteK 07/08/2016

Mine are so much worse now then when I was younger. My mom has migraines, and she always said that they were the worse in her 30s. How right she was. Once I hit my 30s.....they were never more painful.
But it can be different for different people. Maybe yours are subsiding as you get older, or just plain old changing.
what I would suggest though is to see a doctor about your migraines, because there are so many medications that could even prevent the migraines you are having.
What ever you do, good luck.

oceans11 07/11/2016

Thanks Yvettek! I've seen my PCP about it & he gave me my first prescription strength med for migraine & I hated it! LOL! It made it worse. So I just decided to deal with it, with good old fashion ice, dark room, AC on full blast & a fan on my on full blast.

muskrattiger 07/17/2016

Mine were always bad .....I always have a certin leavel of pain ..every day .......and I can usualy tell when it is going to blow ...up .........tylonal ...or excedrian for migrains do nothing for me l..never did .......I use to put lots of ice ..or snow on my head ...in bages .......you couldent do that normally ......but it was the only thing that helped ........now I have ..ice packed made for migrain suffered ....

Kit_Kat85 07/17/2016

Hi, I'm new to the group. Wondering if anyone else here has "aroma" triggers. The smell of newly cut grass is a major one for me.

oceans11 07/17/2016

@kit_kat85,
Oh for sure!! Both good & bad! Bad for me is very sweat overpowering perfumes & colognes & candies! Even though I LOVE wearing colognes I tend to lean more towards aquatic, tobacco & citrus scents & stay away from the sweat, vanilla's & booshie scents. Good = Lavender, mint, spearmint. I purchased a few small vials of Lavender & mint oils & keep them around, they tend to help curb the migraine experience a bit, at least for me. I do not believe for 1 second that they cure or reduce any pain but breathing them in while going through a migraine helps for me.

YvetteK 07/18/2016

Certain smells will trigger me also. Vanilla based perfumes are almost #1 on that list. Don't ever ask me to go into a Michael's or A.C Moore. Any of those hobby shops that have that aroma, I automatically get a migraine. Cigarette smoke does it too me also.

Kit_Kat85 07/18/2016

Vanilla perfumes are something I avoid too. That and any other really sweet, or heavy fragrances. I can't even walk by the entrance of Yankee Candle shops!!!

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