s/o migraines... what was this?

[athomeontheprairie]

The other thread got me thinking.

Lately I've been having headaches . And within the past couple months I've had several headaches that have knocked me out. I imagine they are migraines, but I guess I don't really know what the difference ibetween . And I'm curious about one in particular...

 

it came on very suddenly down the sides and the back of my head . It made me overwhelmingly nauseous- as though the headache was also in my stomach. For a time I couldn't keep my eyes open. It was very hard to see and impossible to focus. I know I looked dazed and pale.

As fast as it came it left, only to return a couple hours later

[Dulce Domem]

The nauseousness & wanting to keep your eyes closed makes me think of a migraine.  Migraines create terrible nausea.  And strangely, if you can vomit, it often releases a lot of the pressure and helps the migraine to subside or lessen.  Many migraine sufferers I know will actually cause themselves to vomit for that release.  I've been known to occasionally, just to turn the tide of the migraine pain.

 

However, I've never had a migraine WITHOUT an aura, so the aura is always my giveaway.  So I'm not really sure how people differentiate migraine from regular headache - severity & other symptoms I suppose.  

 

I'm no help!  Whatever it is, it sounds miserable.  

[zoobie]

Migraine, I'd guess. Mine can "lurk" and come back. Usually my head is physically tender to the touch, and I can almost feel the headache sitting there, waiting... There's a pressure behind my eyes and inside the skull that's different when it's lurking vs finished. The second wave is usually worse for me.

 

Caffeine and Excedrin or 2 Aleve plus an ice pack in a dark room is my go-to. I've been taking a magnesium supplement to see if that helps prevent them. I didn't get a PMS-related one last month, so maybe.