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How do your migraines affect your work?

I'm really interested to find out how other people cope with work being a migraine sufferer.Do people work full time and struggle on? Do you have the support...

I'm really interested to find out how other people cope with work being a migrai...

skullsandponies

•12 years ago

Has anyone tried Daylight bulbs?

In my previous job in a charity helping visually impaired people, i used to sell the day light bulbs as these were the best for visually impaired people to see...

In my previous job in a charity helping visually impaired people, i used to sell...

•12 years ago

should i be worried about a lump in my head?

hi all I have been going backwards and forwards to my doctors for years now with varoius symptoms, severe fatigue, headaches and was eventually diagnosed with...

hi all I have been going backwards and forwards to my doctors for years now wit...

•12 years ago

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when you get bad migraine does your arms and legs feel weak? and ache?

•12 years ago

I have tried many of painkiller on the market. What do you take to help with the pain?

•12 years ago

hemipligic migraine

I have been told I suffer from Hemipligic Migraine . Three years ago I caught swine flu then a few months later I had my first attack . At first...

I have been told I suffer from Hemipligic Migraine . Three years ago...

•12 years ago

Does anyone else crave potato based foods when they have a migraine?Or crave savoury and really dislike even the smell of something sweet?

I suffered with migraine all my life I am nearly 24 now but the only thing I every want to eat is potato based food and when I eat it I get relief even if only...

I suffered with migraine all my life I am nearly 24 now but the only thing I eve...

•12 years ago

Does anyone suffer with migraines brought on by Scotopic sensitivity syndrome?

I am dyslexic but this wasnt dianosed until a few years ago. When I read, I get visual distortions but I was told a lot of dyslexic people have scotopic...

I am dyslexic but this wasnt dianosed until a few years ago. When I read, I get ...

•12 years ago

As my migraine is fading, my appetite increases and I crave comfort food....is this normal?

•12 years ago

What do you do when medication works?

Ok so you take a preventative, and you've taken your "attack" medication but your migraine still persists. Often sleep helps but what about when you can't...

Ok so you take a preventative, and you've taken your "attack" medication but you...

skullsandponies

•12 years ago

What side do you get your migraines on?

My migraines are usually on the left hand side but since having MOH (where most of the headaches are right sided) I've noticed I've started getting both right...

My migraines are usually on the left hand side but since having MOH (where most ...

skullsandponies

•12 years ago

Does any else suffer with the inability to use numbers or talk with migraine..

when i have my migraines.. (every 7/8 days . they last 3 days then off again) for the first day i can not process numbers and my speech is affected.. i can...

when i have my migraines.. (every 7/8 days . they last 3 days then off again) ...

•12 years ago

A very modern and useful petition

I have had some truly great medical care over a few decades for complicated issues both for myself and my children. I have also experienced the opposite....

I have had some truly great medical care over a few decades for complicated issu...

•12 years ago

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Does anybody else suffer with chronic daily headache with migraine aswell?

My neurologist tells me its quite common for people to develop chronic daily headche from migraine but i've never met anyone who suffers with both so i was...

My neurologist tells me its quite common for people to develop chronic daily hea...

•12 years ago

Does anyone find things taste and smell different when a migraine is coming on?

•12 years ago

I get CH almost every night any suggestions

Bet this ones been askes a million time

Bet this ones been askes a million time

•12 years ago

Left Headed Migraines?

I have always had right headed migraines since i was about 18 (now 32), then about 4 years ago i started getting left headed one - which were really severe and...

I have always had right headed migraines since i was about 18 (now 32), then abo...

•12 years ago

Migraine had reverted to those of 2 yrs ago, anyone had the same problem? - more details below.

Just over 2 years ago i used to get left headed migraines that would be so bad that if i stood up for any short or long period of time they i would be sick,...

Just over 2 years ago i used to get left headed migraines that would be so bad t...

•12 years ago

Is there an edit facility?

An edit facility when posting a question would be very useful. When I saw the typos in the question I just posted, I was horrified! Why not allow a post to be...

An edit facility when posting a question would be very useful. When I saw the ty...

•12 years ago

Does anyone get visual m,igraines so b asd that they lose their sight?

Also with bright patterns and other disturbances? I have always had occasional very bad migraines accompanied bysickness etc, since early childhood. In my...

Also with bright patterns and other disturbances? I have always had occasional v...

•12 years ago

New guidelines for headache diagnosis from NICE

Found this when trawling through the papers today....

Found this when trawling through the papers today....

•12 years ago

does anyone suffer from hemipligic migraines

Would like to know any treatment that helped as I have been taken off mine as they did not stop episodes three week apart now every 7-10 days

Would like to know any treatment that helped as I have been taken off mine as th...

•12 years ago

Has anyone had a change in their migraines after another illness?

I had a severe episode of flu which lasted about 5 weeks and since then I've been having more than one migraine a week, whereas I used to have about one a...

I had a severe episode of flu which lasted about 5 weeks and since then I've bee...

•12 years ago

Does anyone get tinitus as well as aura and headache?

I've had migraines for many years, but about 10 years ago also started getting periodic cluster headaches and tinitus with either of the types of headache.

I've had migraines for many years, but about 10 years ago also started getting p...

•12 years ago

How does getting prescriptions work ? i.e Do I go back to my GP if medications are recommended?

•12 years ago

Migraine Diaries

I have just created a poll to gauge how many people have kept a diary of their headaches in the past or are doing so currently. We at National Migraine...

I have just created a poll to gauge how many people have kept a diary of their h...

Partner•12 years ago

Has anyone suffering from migraine also been treated for sleep apnea?

•12 years ago

General comments

Hello all. Its just a general comment, and probably says more about me than anything, but I find this all quite fascinating. I have migraine since i was six...

Hello all. Its just a general comment, and probably says more about me than any...

•12 years ago

Does anyone get visual disturbance as a result of loud music? I am a musician and worried that frequency, pitch and volume are now a prob.

•12 years ago

MRI SCAN

Does anyone else think it is strange that I have never been sent for a mri scan.I have been suffering from migraines for 20 years now and have seen various...

Does anyone else think it is strange that I have never been sent for a mri scan....

•12 years ago

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