WHAT IS IT LIKE TO LIVE WITH MIGRAINE?
An example of the experience of one Migraine sufferer: My Migraines are typically preceded by nausea, and are followed by a severe, throbbing pain on one side of my head. If I don’t catch the Migraine in time, I must lie down in a silent, dark room. It becomes difficult to keep any medication down, and I then have to let the Migraine take course. My Migraines are not accompanied by aura, and typically last around 6 to 10 hours. My primary trigger is changes in air pressure, which happens both when weather fronts come through and when I travel. In fact, I first noticed my Migraines when I went to college, which required me to move to California. I had had headaches before this, but none as severe and none with nausea. At first I thought, as most people do, that the head pain was due to a stress-related tension headache, but later started to question that assumption as the head pain came at many different times, not just when I had finals or when I was particularly busy. In fact, many ca
