what distinguishes a migraine from a ‘bad headache’, and how come sometimes a sufferer can throw up and all symptoms instantly go away? What’s happening there? Some sort of release of pressure?
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I’ve had really intense headaches since I was a young child. I didn’t know if they were migraines or not, because I didn’t know the difference. When I was in my late 20s I had my first auras, a smeary checkmark in my upper vision field. That would last for hours and followed by excruciating migraines. Over the years, I found if I took painkillers as soon as they started, I could avoid or diminish the headache part. The time between auras and the headache shortened as well. The type of aura changed too, I’ve had the fuzzy, the black spots, the ones where I didn’t see faces. Recently it’s happened that my whole perception is changed, like looking at a shattered mirror. My headaches decreased significantly when I went through menopause, and I rarely get them now, but they do tend to cluster. My triggers are perfumes, or other strong scents, bright or flashy lights, red wine. Maybe others I don’t know about. Sometimes they were so bad I could only lay in a dark room and cry, it felt like a drill was boring into my eyeball from the temple and it was just going to explode. I don’t have any answers, just sharing my experience. Thanks for reading.
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