what causes migraines and how come we haven’t developed a cure for them yet?
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A know a lot of people with migraines and not one of them shares triggers. For me it’s eating high carb for two or three days in a row, them I’ll have a crippling migraine for at least three days and headaches for the rest of the month. Entirely diet based and I’m in no need of meds.
My husband developed migraines in his mid-thirties. For him the only consistent trigger is irregular sleep. Not even too little sleep, just irregular. And it’s bad for him. He’ll get a headache first, than mindfog and grogginess, them extreme nausea and being overstimulated by absolutely the smallest things like being asked if he wants a tea, he wouldn’t be able to think of an answer. When he gets to this stage all he can do is crawl into bed and sleep it off, which then in turn ruins his sleep schedule even further. After our daughter was born he finally found a reason to ask doctors for help. He’s now on a anti epilepsy drug that got him from up to three migraines a week (he was miserable!) to maybe one a month. When he feels one starting he takes triptan (preferably dolortriptan) and it’ll be gone within half an hour.
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