Do you get Migraines?

[Suffice]

Well I'd be interested to know if anyone on the forums suffers from migraines, like me, and would like to share what symptoms they get with them, why they get them, and how they prevent/deal with them.

I know hardly anything about why mine occur and I never know when they're going to and I've seen the doctor abuot them and he doesn't know either =/.

I started getting them about 3 years ago and ever since my first one, the symptoms have gone in the order as follows:

-Firstly I suddenly relise my vision has gone from normal to not what it's meant to be and that bits of what I'm looking at are invisible like if I look at some writing, I cannot see some of the words. A sort of partial blindness (auras they're called)
- This lasts for about 30 minutes until I get the worst headache imagineable (still with the partial blindness) and the headache lasts for about 5 hours
- Within about 2 hours the partial blindness has stopped but I still have a really bad headache and sometimes get confused
- Then I start throwing up (which varies very much, sometimes it can be only once, sometimes as many as about 15 times)

And that's it until I feel better, which Is usually about 8 hours after I got the initial blindness. Whenever I get them now, I go straight to bed so I can try and be asleep for what I can of it because I cannot stand being awake, it just hurts so much.

Anyway I don't get these very often, but I've started getting them every few weeks because of all the stress of exams (had one last night). But before that they only occured probably once every 6 months (except for when they started when they occured every few weeks for about half a year).

Migraines are a bit of a shithead to have and are also still very unknown as to what causes them, expecially as its different in every person. I don't think I'll have these all my life either (hopefully). I suffer alot of stress at home and I think it's why I started getting them.

I'm also wondering if it's usual for people to get floaters nearly all the time (when you look at a bright light and look away and you see the bright light imprint flashing when you blink). I get it quite alot.

Anyway :P If anyone bothers to read this it's much appreciated since Id like to share problames about this with other people who suffer from this (if anyone).
I honestly have no proper idea as to why mine occur except that it's to do with stress.

Cheers xx

[.in.the.shadows.]

Yes, I get migranes. I'm 13 and I started getting them when I was 10.

Mine usually present with vision imparements. (It kind of feels like someone took your picture a million times in a row.) Then I get pain around the temples which spreads to the back of the eyes. I usually don't feel better unless I (a.) fall asleep (b.) pass out or (c.) vomit.

[Friskey™]

I don't get migraines, although there can be a period of time where I can get headaches on 4 consective occassions.

[Suffice]

Originally posted by .in.the.shadows.@Jun 7 2005, 06:00 PM
Yes, I get migranes. I'm 13 and I started getting them when I was 10.

Mine usually present with vision imparements. (It kind of feels like someone took your picture a million times in a row.) Then I get pain around the temples which spreads to the back of the eyes. I usually don't feel better unless I (a.) fall asleep (b.) pass out or (c.) vomit.
Yeah everytime I throw up I feel better for about 20 mins then feel worse again. Sleeping helps though if you can get to sleep. I hate migraines :(

[Paul]

I get them often. They always seem to happen at the worst times too. Like when I'm with my girlfriend or at a party. I just take a 2 hour nap and its gone.

[Hundiraev]

i had a migrane once. i had a cold and it just suddenly came on, no symptoms or anything, just an extreme pain. i have a friend who gets them really badly, so much that he cant see and he says he gets in a lot of pain.

[I Don't Need No Accuser]

I don't think I get migraines much, but I use to get head aches all the time. And I couldn't figure out the problem until my mom told me what it was. It was because I was sleeping under the covers and having constricted air flow. This caused me to get head aches during the day, and the ones that usually don't go away with a pill. After I stopped sleeping under the covers, I never get head aches now. I'm so happy too, those head aches would get bad sometimes and start to really annoy me. And have you guys thought that you might have brain tumors? Your head aches sound very severe with throwing up.

[.in.the.shadows.]

Originally posted by I Don't Need No Accuser@Jun 8 2005, 02:18 PM
I don't think I get migraines much, but I use to get head aches all the time. And I couldn't figure out the problem until my mom told me what it was. It was because I was sleeping under the covers and having constricted air flow. This caused me to get head aches during the day, and the ones that usually don't go away with a pill. And have you guys thought that you might have brain tumors? Your head aches sound very severe with throwing up.
:lol: It's not a brain tumor.

All migranes result in vomitting. It's just your body's response to pain. Kind of like when my friend got hit in the nuts really hard...he puked.

[Suffice]

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I don't think I get migraines much, but I use to get head aches all the time. And I couldn't figure out the problem until my mom told me what it was. It was because I was sleeping under the covers and having constricted air flow. This caused me to get head aches during the day, and the ones that usually don't go away with a pill. And have you guys thought that you might have brain tumors? Your head aches sound very severe with throwing up.
:lol: It's not a brain tumor.

All migranes result in vomitting. It's just your body's response to pain. Kind of like when my friend got hit in the nuts really hard...he puked. [/b][/quote]
I had a head scan in one of those machines so I KNOW i don't have a brain tumor ;)

[[Fool]]

i get quite bad headaches somethimes, but there not migranes they are caused by me not drinking enough, but i know that if i get cramp when im asleep ill get numerous headaches later that day, which is always handy as i can carry pain killers.

[Tomi]

I don't get headaches, well nothing major really, but every once in a while, when I'm really stressed out, I get a mediocre headache.

But what happens to me is that my vision blanks out, as in goes all black for about 15-30 secounds, and during that period of time, I have a strong headache, but as soon as my vision comes back, i'm back to normal. Dizziness also occurs.

The only time the above has happened for over a minute, was when my toe was under anesthetics [I had just got back from a surgery on my toe removing an overgrown toenail that was going deep into my skin causing me to limp actually.] and I got up from the couch [I was lying down] and then the dizziness just took me, my vision just went completely black, it was complete hell. But that's the only single time it's happened.

[Ryan]

Th eonly time i fing to get a headache is when i chew gum for a really long time. Bit other than that i dont really, and i mean a bottle of rum seems to clear up that headache pretty fast.

[Suffice]

Lmao, rum usually gives me a headache.

[Neil]

I know a guy who gets migraines from chocolate. That must suck.

Like, you give him chocolate, the next day, he's not @ school :lol:

[.in.the.shadows.]

I had a really nasty one last night from my dad yelling so much. I puked at 4 AM. >_<

[Suffice]

Originally posted by .in.the.shadows.@Jun 9 2005, 06:04 PM
I had a really nasty one last night from my dad yelling so much. I puked at 4 AM. >_<
Hmph harsh =(. Mine started to occur because of my parents aswell.

[fallenangel]

i get a migraine every four weeks without fail. i get dizzy, sick feeling and i have to go to bed with the light blacked out cause the light makes things worse. it sucks big time... :wth:

[Suffice]

That reallty sucks. Do you know waht causes them? Mine are just random.

[Melonman64]

I have floaters often. Then again, I stared at the sun for 15 seconds so... yeah.
Also, sometimes, when I get out of bed or off a couch, I get dizzy, the world turns a fuzzy red, and I almost fall over and pass out. I fell over once, but I haven't passed out yet. Not sure why this happens though...

[lpsk8er]

I use to get migraines alot ,I don't get them that often now I guess my body has calmed down alot.

[fallenangel]

That reallty sucks. Do you know waht causes them? Mine are just random

time of the month...it's sucks being a girl... :wth:

[Muri]

I get them every now and then. Headaches occur a lot frequently though. I get dizzy,feel like I wanna puke and my head always aches when I get a migraine.


Once I blacked out. It seriously didn't feel good. :unsure:

[DiSiLLUSiON]

I have a terrible headache.. I don't know if it can be called a migraine, but I usually have it when my bloodpressure is assumed to be low, and I suddenly make a move like stand up from a siting position, or lying down or something like that. They usually are preceded by a pressing headache on a few points in my skull that continuously but slowly gets more noticable.. And on the moment itself, my vision explodes into white stars and black blobs, and it takes between 2 seconds and 5 minutes to reassert itself, after wich I have a headache for anything between 2 hours and 2 whole days.

Little headaches are easy to cure with some meditation techniques, but I haven't found anything to cure the main headaches yet. I do use ibuprofen (I don't like it; I hate any chemical medicine), wich does lessen the pain a lot, but the blurry vision and disorientness every time I make a sudden move stays.

I've had this for quite a few years now, but it's steadily getting worse. I do suspect it's a combination of low blood pressure, a very high standard body temperature + a very fast.. how do you call it? intestinal track? (I've burned off anything I eat within an hour or so, that's how I never can reach optimum weight, I'm always too thin no matter how much I eat) Anyway, a combination of those things and the fact that I smoke for 11 years now, wich lessen the amount of oxygen your lungs can pick up and, consequently, the amount of oxygen being carried by your bloodstream.

[Suffice]

You sound a bit similiar to me. The thing you said about your vision going weird when you move quickly, that happens to me too but I don't get a headache afterwards. I also stuff my face every minute of the day and never put on weight and I smoke too but not for as long as you. I never really get a light headache, I always get a migraine with visual disturbance one but they dont occur very often so it's not too bad. What I did do the other day which was stupid was smoke before I had an exam and as SOON as I walked out the exam room I started getting auras.

[Testament]

I sometimes get migraines, not that often. And yes, they are a shithead. I usually get blindness, I vomit and my head hurts like fuck, and it usually clears up in a few hours.

[Suffice]

Mm, migraines are a bloody shithead *shakes fist*

[tunnelvision]

god, i haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate them. im the same as some other people, supposedly with migraines theres meant to be a "pattern", but i dont have a pattern, theyre completely random, and nobody can find a cause. SO......ive been to see about 3 different doctors, a neurologist, an osteopath, and now im on special diet from a nutritionist, who was the only person who seemed to know their head from their feet and realise what the hell they were tallking about. all the doctors ever did was give me more pills!! more pills!! more pills!! more fucking pills!! and none of them ever worked!! which included ibuprofen. and they just kept getting stronger and stronger, both the pills and the migraines. yeah....so mine, i have noticed, could be related to stress(and also noticeable i have a lot of parent stuff too, hhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm), but its just the tiniest things that can set off a little twinge which only grows bigger. like, oh no,i didnt apologise to that person for stepping on their foot, what if it hurt them?? what if they got really offended??theyre gunna think im a mean and uncaring bitch who has no respect for anyone!! then everythin stats to spiral out of control and totally unrealated things are brought into my chain of thought which can bring on one hell of headache.i tend to get really overly stressed about things and i think that might have something to with these goddamn sledgehammer-with-a-chainsaw-in-your-brain headaches. so yeah....to everyone out there....i feel your pain....literally. and all your side effects. does anyone else get like a fuzzy head, like one side all tingling?? and your arms and stuff?? i get that a lot. oh yeah, and i do get "floaters" all the time. i thought i was just weird. just from looking at my phone i get them.

[Geki]

I never do. However, I suffer from stomach aches a lot.

[Suffice]

Yeah mine are random aswell tunnel and i get floaters from looking at phone too

[Holiday]

I think i have one right now. I have had the worst headache ever for the past 7 hours! Im so NOT kidding. 7 hrs of horrible pain. I can barely move. ive taken pain meds....im tempted to take some of my left over Vicodin......i can't take this much longer. it hurts jsut to sit. I FEEL HORRIBLE!!! 7 hrs is fucking rediculous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[Shinoda_baby]

yeah i do. but i only get it when i eat too much of white chocolate.

[beyond the veil]

I used to get them alot, but we discovered it was a side effect from some tablets I have to take. So my doctor put me on some other ones, and now I hardly get them.

Hope everyones feeling ok today!

[Suffice]

My exam are over so hopefuly i won't get any soon. Although I have had alot of other stress lately.

[Tom]

i get migrains when i look at a screen for to long.