Migraines Again!!!

[KnitSewPurl]

Hi all , not sure if any of you had recently been suffering from severe migraines as I have been for the pass week. or so. I am not sure if it the change of weather that is causing it. It has been killing my head so much and making me so hot at the same time . LFT is neg . rest of the family is fine. I know I suffer from severe migraines and on meds for it but have been stable but all of a sudden I have been having multiple attacks in a day in the week as well. ridiculous. hopefully I can find some sort of solution to this soon. 😞

[Roarah]

Do you have an aura pre headache?

[KnitSewPurl in reply to Roarah]

not this time it is quite different. this headache it is on the left side this time not right. Started from behind my ear near my jaw area with a very shape pain each time I move my mouth. My usual aura is I get Star burst type vision and very heady and the nape of my right sided neck gets a dull ache and I get pressure in my right eye at the same time before I get the full blown migraine. this one was totally out of character . I really not sure how or what to put my finger on that I had to get my hubby to give my a good deep massage yesterday and this morning . Prior to that I even tried it with the tennis ball to use it to massage on my body against the wall it helped briefly then it came back again the pain. I could feel lumps on my loads of head from all the migraines .So annoying. I makes my muscles really tense when I have it and makes it really painful as well . especially when I try to relax so much it tries to revert to the opposite direction. 😠🙄 but on the good side of it at least I am feeling much better than yesterday . as for pain so so much better.I am not in bed sleeping a real bonus !!

[Roarah]

Ask your gp about a bubble study via a cardiologist. My migraine with aura was the result of a grade 5 (large )hole in my heart(pfo) with an arterial septal aneurysm.(ASA). It was found after I suffered a massive stroke in my forties and it was closed after I had a second stroke. I have not suffered a MA since it was closed. Recent studies are proving a PFO with ASA link to MA and closure is far more successful than medical treatment alone. acc.org/latest-in-cardiolog.... Good luck.

[Tanitani]

I suffered for years and it magically got resolved w Ajovy

[Maddymay65]

I agree it sounds like you need further investigation . I find mine come in cycles . I recently had the covid booster and had 10 days back to back migraine , never had this before , horrendous I was basically bedridden either with migraine , from hangover from migraine or fatigue , that was in October better now . I take Topirimate 25mcg twice a day but can take it three times , so I increased it I think this helped. I would also agree about the weather if there is a change or it is thundery or a lovely windy but sunny day I have to limit my time outside. Even then migraine sometimes gets me. Keeping a diary helps , I learn by default sometimes but hey!

Hope you get some rest from it and some of the advice and support on here helps . Oh and don’t overdo it when you are well , 3 days activities crammed into 1 , trying to be Superwoman won’t help , I learnt that one the hard way , time and time again. Sending hugs 🤗 🤗 M x

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I get cluster migraine then hangover migraine which can take weeks to clear. As this is a different attack for you I think it worth a call to GP just to be safe. 🤗

[StriatedCaracara]

I've been getting migraine affecting my left side recently.

Seasonal Variation in the Activity of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

says lupus CNS activity can be higher in the fall months.

It would be great if they suggested why...

[KnitSewPurl in reply to StriatedCaracara]

yeh , after that bout of migraines I had several lupus lesion spots on my legs which is what happens whenever I get a flare up or any form of episodes of migraines so looks like this left sided migraines classified it as well. 🙄😞 , Thanks for the article would be interesting to be a participant on it 🤣🤣