I had my first migraine about five years ago. I was dizzy, nauseous, and I thought I was going blind. I went to the emergency room where they scanned my brain and told me that it was just a migraine.
What brought on the migraine, as far as I can tell, was a change in my diet. I had had my cholesterol checked for the first time ever, and was told that I had borderline high cholesterol. So I radically altered my diet, lost some weight, and lowered my cholesterol significantly. But then the migraines started coming.
Migraines, for me, begin with these fuzzy little caterpillars of brilliant light popping in and out of my field of vision. They start very small, but if I go into full migraine, they can get huge and cut down my vision to near pinpoints. By that point I take a lot of drugs and go to bed and hope that it will get better by morning.
If I catch a migraine early enough, I can usually avoid the full migraine. This means that I have to eat something. So I down a cup of OJ (quick sugar) and then eat something with high carbs (more sugar). My theory is that the migraine is related to starving, so I give myself these quick and easily digestible sugars. It seems to work, but some times it doesn't.
Are there other migraine sufferers here? How do you stave off migraines? Do you use food, as I do? If so, what works? Are there better ways to stop a migraine before it feels like a mini-nuke went off in your head?
What brought on the migraine, as far as I can tell, was a change in my diet. I had had my cholesterol checked for the first time ever, and was told that I had borderline high cholesterol. So I radically altered my diet, lost some weight, and lowered my cholesterol significantly. But then the migraines started coming.
Migraines, for me, begin with these fuzzy little caterpillars of brilliant light popping in and out of my field of vision. They start very small, but if I go into full migraine, they can get huge and cut down my vision to near pinpoints. By that point I take a lot of drugs and go to bed and hope that it will get better by morning.
If I catch a migraine early enough, I can usually avoid the full migraine. This means that I have to eat something. So I down a cup of OJ (quick sugar) and then eat something with high carbs (more sugar). My theory is that the migraine is related to starving, so I give myself these quick and easily digestible sugars. It seems to work, but some times it doesn't.
Are there other migraine sufferers here? How do you stave off migraines? Do you use food, as I do? If so, what works? Are there better ways to stop a migraine before it feels like a mini-nuke went off in your head?
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