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Hello everyone! Who here gets migraines and tension headaches?
I've had some pretty bad ones, and pretty consistently for the past five years (I am 34). I started to get them about 3-4 months after moving to Bogota. I can't stand migraines and I am looking for any solution possible. A little background....
I am not sure what is causing these migraines. Sometimes I think it is a lack of sleep, but then I sleep very well for several nights in a row and still get them. Sometimes I think it is stress but then suddenly I am chilling by the pool, just relaxing and feeling at peace during a two week vacation and I suddenly get them. Sometimes I think it is because I skipped breakfast (yes, a bad habit, I know) but then another day I have a huge breakfast and lunch and am not hungry at all and I get them. I used to think it was due to high altitude when I lived in Bogota, kind of a long term side effect of the altitude but now I am just (550m or 1750 feet above sea level) I still get them. So I really have no clue. For the first 4 years when I lived in colder places that were usually 10 to 25C (50-75F) and I thought it was the climate because when I would go on vacation to hotter places I never got them (30C and above or 85-100F and above) so after those 4 years I moved to a hotter place where I have been for the past year. This city gets to 40+C (easily triple digits in F) and I am getting them over the past half year. I am not sure if it is diet, I try to eat lots of fruit every day, including bananas, lots of veggies, drink water. Sometimes I think it is because I stare at a screen too long but then I go on a digital detox and still get them. Part of the reason I am leaving teaching is because I think it might help a lot with the stress and migraines.
The migraines I get: I see like a flashing thing that looks like a snake in one eye, kind of like a rainbow then it switches to the other eye. I feel a little dizzy and that my brain is in a bubble or something and just this surreal feeling, I easily forget things and it is a little hard to speak and when the flashing thing goes away it is replaced for the rest of the day by subtle tension headache that isn't too bad but still annoying. Sometimes I get a tension headache with no migraine over the past year. With the tension headaches it is this subtle feeling but it kind of feels like my brain is being squeezed a little, kind of like muscles aches but with the head. Hard to explain. I usually need to retreat to a dark, quiet place. Sometimes I get them during class and have to close the blinds and turn off the lights and I think my students are not sure why.
Any way, what has helped for you?
I've had some pretty bad ones, and pretty consistently for the past five years (I am 34). I started to get them about 3-4 months after moving to Bogota. I can't stand migraines and I am looking for any solution possible. A little background....
I am not sure what is causing these migraines. Sometimes I think it is a lack of sleep, but then I sleep very well for several nights in a row and still get them. Sometimes I think it is stress but then suddenly I am chilling by the pool, just relaxing and feeling at peace during a two week vacation and I suddenly get them. Sometimes I think it is because I skipped breakfast (yes, a bad habit, I know) but then another day I have a huge breakfast and lunch and am not hungry at all and I get them. I used to think it was due to high altitude when I lived in Bogota, kind of a long term side effect of the altitude but now I am just (550m or 1750 feet above sea level) I still get them. So I really have no clue. For the first 4 years when I lived in colder places that were usually 10 to 25C (50-75F) and I thought it was the climate because when I would go on vacation to hotter places I never got them (30C and above or 85-100F and above) so after those 4 years I moved to a hotter place where I have been for the past year. This city gets to 40+C (easily triple digits in F) and I am getting them over the past half year. I am not sure if it is diet, I try to eat lots of fruit every day, including bananas, lots of veggies, drink water. Sometimes I think it is because I stare at a screen too long but then I go on a digital detox and still get them. Part of the reason I am leaving teaching is because I think it might help a lot with the stress and migraines.
The migraines I get: I see like a flashing thing that looks like a snake in one eye, kind of like a rainbow then it switches to the other eye. I feel a little dizzy and that my brain is in a bubble or something and just this surreal feeling, I easily forget things and it is a little hard to speak and when the flashing thing goes away it is replaced for the rest of the day by subtle tension headache that isn't too bad but still annoying. Sometimes I get a tension headache with no migraine over the past year. With the tension headaches it is this subtle feeling but it kind of feels like my brain is being squeezed a little, kind of like muscles aches but with the head. Hard to explain. I usually need to retreat to a dark, quiet place. Sometimes I get them during class and have to close the blinds and turn off the lights and I think my students are not sure why.
Any way, what has helped for you?