what are the early signs that your going to have a migraine?

Answer 1

I know a few people that have these and it's awful..Here's what one source says, and i hpe you dont have them

Migraine headaches are usually characterized by severe pain on one or both sides of the head. Absent serious head injuries, stroke, and tumors, the recurring severity of the pain indicates a vascular headache rather than a tension headache. Migraines are often accompanied by photophobia (hypersensitivity to light), phonophobia (hypersensitivity to sound) and nausea.

The word migraine is French in origin and comes from the Greek hemicrania, as does the Old English term megrim. Literally, hemicrania means "only half the head."

Migraine is a frustrating chronic illness that is widespread in the population (10% diagnosed, 5% undiagnosed),[1] with seriousness varying from a rare annoyance to a life-threatening daily experience. Treatments are typically expensive. Periodic or unpredictable disability can cause impoverishment due to patients' inability to work enough or to hold a job at all.

Migraine's secondary characteristics are annoyingly inconsistent. Triggers precipitating a particular episode of migraine vary widely. The simplest treatment, applying warm/hot water or cold water soaked cloths to the affected area of head, is contradictory — hot or cold can either increase or decrease pain, though it is consistent in the same patient.[2] A particular migraine rescue drug may sometimes work and sometimes not work in the same patient. Some migraine types don't have pain or don't occur in the head.

Available evidence suggests that migraine pain is one symptom of several to many disorders of the serotonergic control system, a dual hormone-neurotransmitter with numerous types of receptors. Two disorders, classic migraine with aura (MA,STG) or common migraine without aura (MO,STG), are currently proved to be genetic.[3] Additional migraine types are suspected and could be proved to be genetic. Migraine understood as several or many disorders could explain the inconsistencies, especially if a single patient has more than one genetic type.

However, still other migraine types might be functionally acquired due to hormone organ disease or injury. Three-fourths of adult migraine patients are female, although pre-pubertal migraine affects approximately equal numbers of boys and girls. This reveals the strong correlation to hormonal cycling and hormonal-related causes or triggers. Hormonal migraine is a likely consequence of periodically falling hormone levels causing reduction in protein biosynthesis of metabolic components including intestinal tract serotonin.

All migraine knowledge reduces to the experiences of the individual migraineur. Every migraineur has a formula: when to sleep, what to eat, what herbs and supplements to use, what drugs to take, what triggers to avoid, and where to get advice. Prescription medicines are usually necessary, but doctors do not have all the answers. Because a migraineur's daily actions usually have so much effect on the frequency and intensity of illness, there is significant advantage to learning both the scientific medicine and folklore of migraine.

Answer 2

Everyone is different. Some get tense in the shoulders and have a thumpimg feeling in their temples. Some feel sick and cant bear the light or noise. You would have to make a diary each time you get a migraine and 'discover' what your own symptoms are. Go on to the website and key in 'The migraine clinic' its in london....they helped me.

Answer 3

It is different for every one! The first time I had a migraine it was weird! You know when you look at the sun or a light bulb then look away! The light kind of gets in printed in your retina! then it goes away after awhile! The fist time I got a migraine it lasted twenty mins! I had to phone my optician to find out what was wrong with me! mine last about 36 hours! But like I said different for every one! Why not have a look at one of these web sites

Answer 4

It's different for everyone. I start with feeling groggy, and with a pressure on my left eyebrow. The migraine starts within a few hours of this, and lasts for a couple of days.

Have you tried Imigrain (sumatrapan). It's absolutely fantastic. The only drug which works for me. It takes the intense pain away completely (although I still don't feel 100% "well" for the next day or so). It enables me to get on with my life.

Answer 5

The most commonly experienced symptom involves the vision. Can be something like an electric current around the periphery of the visual field.. sometimes the balance seems to be affected. It really depends on which nerve is most affected by the inflammatory process.. Can be any of the cranial nerves involved. There are 12 of them so symptoms can vary considerably.

Answer 6

Things smell and sound weird is the first sign for me...then I get sick to my stomach. What is really weird is that I have migraine's that never become headaches....sometimes it will settle in my stomach and make me toss for a day or so....or if it settles in my vision...everything will be too bright....or in my hearing....everyday things are too loud and too sharp. Migraines are hell!

Answer 7

If your name is Kevin B, you are the migraine. Dizziness is an early sign.

Answer 8

i think it varies, i get migraines if i dont drink enough coffee and i know its coming when i feel a dull pain at the base of my skull.
if it helps what i usually do is take an ordinary hand towel heat it up, wrap it round my head and sit in total darkness and silence.

Answer 9

It varies from person to person - but the typical signs are
a "Halo" - either flashing lights or wavering vision. Nausea, vomiting. Dizziness. Light and sound sensitivity. I used to get a funny smell that would make my nose burn and water - right before one started.

Answer 10

For me it starts as a mild headache then the sickness and then the hammer on the back of my head well that's what it feels like