How do you know if it is migraines that you are having or headaches from something else?

18 Oct 2009

I have the same problems. I get light sensitivity, muscle weakness, stiffness, the pain is often behind one eye, pressure on the eyes help relieve it slightly, it is the worse pain I ever feel, and I often lose conciousness. Im sure you can look you the official symptoms on the internet, but these are my main ones.

I do have a headache most of the time too though :(

25 Oct 2009

Migraine is a specific condition, with a set of symptoms that are unlike other conditions. A neurologist can diagnose it for you, but here is a set of basic symptoms that he or she will look for:
--Severe pain that localizes behind one or both eyes
--Extreme light sensitivity
--Sense of pressure around eyes
--Nausea and vomiting
--Haze or visual aura around images at onset of headache, can last throughout headache
--Other sensory disruptions, such as detecting unusual odor prior to headache
--Sufferer can track headache to known trigger, such as cheese, wine, light, stress, MSG, or other sensitivities
--Pain does not respond to typical pain relievers, such as Tylenol or aspirin

Everyone who suffers from migraine headaches do not have all these symptoms, and everyone is different. But those are the most typical. After the dr. rules out other conditions, he can make a diagnosis and prescribe certain migraine meds that will help relieve your pain, and help to uncover what your particular triggers are so you can avoid them.

30 Dec 2009

I have the same problem. I am incapacitated 5 or 6 days a week with a migraine, and when i dont havea migraine i always have a droning headache. I would like to hear the answers as well, I ve been on every med in the book minus most narcotics.

16 Jan 2010

There is a great book out on headaches. It is by a neurologist and it is all about caused treatments. etc. We got the book and my husband eliminated all the triggers. Started juicing and lost some weight. He feels much better and rairly has headaches.

As for the person taking more than 5 times a month, the reason it is not good is that you can cause rebound headaches. Which means the pills can cause you to have headaches if you take them too many times per month. Please get that book and you will learn alot about them and how to deal with them. Some of you all can get rid of the headaches just by removing your triggers.

Remember there are things you can do. I know it is hard to deal with but you will feel better with more information and then you can make changes to start getting rid of your headaches. also, do some research on natural things to relieve the headaches

16 Jan 2010

22 Aug 2011

I have the same problem, and gave up trying to define my headaches a while ago. My neuro calls them cluster migraines as they have symptoms of both... clusters because the pain is localized by my eye and I'll be stuffy/teary on that side... migraines because of the pain level and length of time, and light/sound sensitivity . They last longer than either one "should" (never less than 3 days, occasionally for a week or longer).

I've been told that there's no such thing as a non-tension headache that doesn't fall into these categories. I emphatically disagree, just from my own experience. In the end, it's about getting the pain to go away. Try treatments based on all symptoms even if you don't hit 10 out of 10 categories.

I've been seeing a craniosacral therapist for about a year now, it's the only thing that has had lasting results. She doesn't care what type of headaches I'm having, just treats the pain.

23 Aug 2011

27 Mar 2012

Cluster Migranes