Best. Reply. Ever. Thank you for this, I shall be using it when my friends and family tell me "it's just a little headache, snap out of it" Little headaches do NOT require costly visits to neurologists when nothing is helping except that weird medicine combo (that robs you of your memory and ability to function day to day) that your GP put you on because all he heard was migraine and decided all migraines are the same and I clearly don't need a functioning brain. Thanks Doc. Credit where it is due though, when I demanded to be taken off those meds and the actual cause of the migraines found, he did sort of help me and he sent me to a Neurologist who is also helping me. Turns out I have an inflammation disorder (which my GP knew about because of the condition which causes it which he treats me for) and it has gotten worse in the last three years resulting in brutal migraines that start at a seven on the pain scale and trend up. They render me incapable of talking, opening my eyes, walking, breathing or really doing much of anything except rolling on the ground clutching my head, weeping, panting for air during the lulls in the waves of pain and begging my partner to make it stop. Fun times.
@@andromedaspark2241 if migraines are indicative of the pain levels in child birth then I vote to be unconscious for that since I'm told I can't have epidurals with my condition 😢
What's the difference between a migraine and a headache: Headache: well this is uncomfortable Migraine: *I am dying because someone has hit me with a cricket bat, drove over my head, poked my eyeball out with a kitchen knife and I'm about to throw up*
Oh, my brain and left eye tries to change places, with a hot knife poking the eye through the optic nerve while the left side of my face is totally numb... Very interesting feeling
I have the same problem. I used to miss classes because when I have a migraine I can't get out of bed or do anything. People used to be like «well I don't stop doing things everytime I have a headache» but they don't get it's way more than a headache.
Getting my anemia close to normal mitigated some of it... Sex helped more, so that's "growing out of it". When I was a teen no one recommended abdominal massages and kegeltraining but those go 90% to mitigating the cramping parts of period pain.
I had a “student success” class in college and the teacher said migraines are a poor excuse for missing class. Me and another student asked her “Have you actually ever had one??? Because it’s a very valid reason to skip class.”
@@PurpleKhajiit97 yeah, I could definitely pay attention when I have a migraine. I totally don't fall over or faint if I don't lie down. Actually did that in a lesson at school once, that was a fun trip to A and E. Never had a problem after that. The nurse kept my meds and I had my own sick room because I'm so sensitive to light and sound. Wasn't actually technically mine , but essentially it was.
I once got a migraine due to an allergic reaction to some medication, I legitimately thought I was dying. I couldn't see, stand and threw-up until nothing was left in my stomach. And I have a high pain tolerance, I stepped on a five inch nail and kept walking, didn't scream when I needed to get stitches on my head, didn't cry when I had a ruptured eardrum. So my kudos, appreciation, love and support to everyone who has ever gotten a migraine or suffers from chronic migraines.
my friend just told me about her recent pots and vestibular migraine diagnoses and I just sent a bunch of your videos to her!! I've been a subscriber for a long time and am so thankful for you and your work!! I have suffered from hormonal/pms migraines for a long time so this is definitely one of the most relatable videos of yours for me that isn't about being gay haha
I have experienced one migraine in my 20 years of existence, it was dreadful. I literally tried to smash my head on the wall just to feel something else other than the pain. 😩 I can't imagine having it 20 days every month. You trully are a super woman.
I have found acupuncture extremely helpful, I went from having a normal headache daily and a migraine 1-2 times a week to limited headaches and one migraine since I started 3 weeks ago. I do acknowledge that I do have the privilege to afford it as here in the US it's usually not covered by insurance. If you have a LICENSED acupuncturist nearby, I'd definitely try it for a few sessions.
Just seen this so apologies for being late but i used to have acupuncture for my migraine. It helped deal with them when I was pregnant as couldnt take my usual tablets. I aalso found the acupuncture helpdd my mood and energy levels. The biggest cause of my migraine I wasn't able to get rid of for another few years but divorce was a big solution i found.
I would recommend the pillow for anyone who heat effects their illness/disability
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Wait a cold pillow?? That sounds amazing, I have chronic tension headaches and they tend to respond well to cold packs but the cold packs always warm up. I need one of these.
Oh, my God. This is amazing. I use ice packs but for a 72-hour migraine, it's either too many trips to the freezer for a new one or cajoling family to bring me a cold one every few hours.
I sometimes use a face towel that's been soaked in ice water and then rung out. If you have a mop bucket and two towels you can keep them beside you in bed and rotate them. (Incase anyone can't find/afford a pillow. Or has a migraine whilst waiting for Amazon to deliver the pillow.) That pillow sounds amazing
Be brave, girl, i hope you’ll get better. I had two episodes in my life when i had daily migraines for more than one month. The worst thing was that i felt the pain 24/7 (even in sleep) and i didn’t know if it’s going to end some day or it is forever. Fierce time 😂 on the 6th week i started to think that i’m going to live the rest of my life in that neverending pain... and soon it ended.
some comforts that personally help me when im hit with a migraine are my coziest blanket wrapped around me, ice cold water, gentle stretches (it helps relieve the tension in my neck), this playlist of music on spotify called "headache relief", and sometimes strawberries help with my nausea and sometimes dark chocolate helps however in very small amounts, be careful with that last one as i know its a major trigger for other people
Listening to Jessica talk about her migraine symptoms that occur without her head hurting made me think…that sounds a LOT like what I've been regularly experiencing for the past few months, usually calling a "crash." I'll feel suddenly exhausted and weak, very shaky, and so dizzy and nauseous that it's like I'm seasick on dry land. I'll get irritable, have sound sensitivity, and have to lie down for a few hours before I feel any better. So I went Googling and…yeah, apparently "silent migraines" are a thing. I know migraines run in my family, so that could be it. Thank you Jessica, you honestly made me feel so much better and less scared.
Thank you so much. First migraine was at nine years old. It was a bad one but adults told me to go back upstairs (don't bother them) not even an aspirin. Later in life I had an emergency room doctor refuse to help me until I "stopped over reacting". I was hyperventilating as a result of three hours of dry heaves, very dehydrated which was making my blood pressure plummet. The pain was so bad I was pressing and banging my temple against the metal rail of the gurney. Sometimes I'll hang my head over the edge of the bed to get all my blood into my head. Then I'll quickly lift my head to drain the blood out and repeat. This sort of helps. Triptans make it worse. Biological meds give severe symptoms. My trigger is barometric pressure changes.
A few years ago I went to a neurologist with a special headache program. He told me, I can help you, we will find medication for you. This made me feel so taken seriously. He indeed found medication that made my 2 to 3 times a week migraines and always baslineheadache into once a month. Also the migraine I still get is so much less severe then it used to be. This man save my life.
I super appreciate this video! I suffer from migraines, but it's really hard to be taken seriously because I only get the headache stage of a migraine about 6-10 times per year, and they are usually clustered around spring & autumn when the air pressure is going nuts. So people often wonder if I'm exaggerating because I'm "fine all through the summer!" But I am not, in fact, fine, because I am constantly stuck in the Prodrome and Aura stage. I went to the ER when it first started happening and the doctor told me it was probably "silent migraines" which was all the symptoms without pain, and I didn't even know that was a real thing until he mentioned it. But of course I still can't get doctors to take it seriously and give me any medication for it, because they don't see it as having an impact on my day to day life, despite the fact that I feel like my vision is disconnecting from my consciousness, I have constant vertigo, and my brain loves to fully blank out then jump back to attention several minutes later and hit me with a wave of all the information it has processed while it was on a break which makes me literally feel like I am drunk. I live in a constant state of brain fog, but yes. It isn't impacting my day to day life. All I need is more sleep, less caffeine, and regular exercise! 😒 Just because I have learned how to function around my symptoms does not mean they do not impact my life, and I really appreciate that you made a video explaining that migraines aren't JUST painful headaches. Hopefully with more education around the subject, people will start taking it more seriously and maybe we can start finding a cause/solution.
I never knew that I am occasionally experiencing migraines since I was 9, until recently. I am 33 now! I get sensitive to noise, smell, air pollution, light, screens, ....I have pain in my eyes, I feel pressure behind my eyes, I get dizzy... I try to remove myself from those situations by getting home as soon as possible. I eat something salty, it helps sometimes. When I get home, I change into clean and loose clothes, usually it helps. Sometimes I need to take shower or lay down or take a nap. Sometimes, however, I won't get better until I vomit 2-3 times so nothing else is left in my stomach. I have gone through all these things, and nobody told me tou are experiencing migraines. For my whole life I thought I am weak and I can't handle a single headache.
Twice I’ve had migraines when I’ve been out (with a group) and been unable to leave for at least 4 hours. With an agonising pain in my head and 50% of my vision gone. Yeah it’s great really. Casually dying whilst wishing I was just in bed asleep not on the verge of tears 😭
I'm watching this while having a migraine lol I remember the first time I had one and was like "oh, I see now why people can't function with them" Having a headache now is like a walk in the park for me...
I have had good luck with a (massage?) technique helping two friends that got migraines. One was a nurse and the other a doctor. This involves the "patient" laying down face down or sitting in a chair resting their head on their hands or a pillow on a table in front of them. The head needs to be still. A massage table with a head cradle is ideal but not everyone has one. The "massuse" feeds their fingers through the hair, (kiss your hair do goodbye), from thr front or the back. Switch it up later. Slowly close fingers into a fist grasping lots of hair trying not to grab and pull little strands. This is painful and distracting. Now pivot fists forward onto knuckles and hold. Have "patient" give feedback. Repeat this higher up the scalp or from the front or wherever the pain is. My theory is that this enables the vessels, (capillaries?) To get blood flow. Hopefully this will help you as well. Cheers.
I always had migraines but they got worse after chemotherapy. I had cancer of the ear and had surgery which made me partially deaf, unable to walk alone and increased my migraines which have now been diagnosed as "cluster headaches". I have just been diagnosed with sumitran but can't report back yet. So I'm still getting orange zig zags, nausea, and pain. I have many triggers but stress is a big one. So as another disabled migraine/cluster sufferer you have all my love and sympathy. ❤
I've gotten migraines for as long as I can remember & the "having a bright torch shined into your eyes" analogy is the most accurate depiction I have ever heard (possibly because everbody thought it was "just a headache" & ignored it)
I get migraines a lot, and I've had them since I was 4 (and doctors don't know why). I get a lot of the language processing issues, so one hint I'm getting a migraine or have a migraine is when I can't understand basic sentences, or can't get my words out in order. My managers and co-workers know it isn't on purpose or messing around because I'm normally very articulate. You're one of the few people to mention that.
every woman in my family has migraines. i had them when i was very young. in 2012 i had an accident and acquired head injury, oh goodie! and my ENT specialist told me that i had 'migraine disease' and that was the reason that i lost sight in my left eye, not the accident
i don't know how Jessica can live for 14 years with a migraine everyday while I practically wanted the sweet release of death when I got a migraine for half a day after 20 years. We stan a queen!
This makes so much sense. For the past couple of months I've been woken up to a horrible headache usually on the right side of my head that went down to my neck and I would take advil which would be fine for about 4 hours and then the headache was back. It honestly feels like I'm dying, I cry which makes it worse and then end up falling asleep from how tired I am. I've also noticed recently that my right eye sometimes goes blurry, not like the lights you described but my vision just gets blurry and I have to blink it away. I also suffer from horrible mood swings. I'm going to the doctor soon to make sure I don't have anything majorly wrong but hopefully I get medication.
I have chronic migraines and was once detained by a police officer and forced to do a breathalyzer test because he SWORE TO GOD i was intoxicated. Similar instance when I went to my doctor with one and she did the same AND made me do a drug test and get a result before I left. I act. EXTREMELY DRUNK/HIGH with migraines
Wake up with a migraine, fall asleep with a migraine, for over a year. Approximately 15 or so different medications that have either not worked or I have been allergic to. There's one medication, an injection, that I give myself once every 4 weeks, that gives me some semblance of normalcy for about a week and a half. Please, just give me a pain medication so I feel high from the drug and not because I'm in so much pain. Yes, the pain gets so bad that I literally feel like I'm high and can't do anything at all.
I’ve had exactly one migraine (I most certainly overdosed on caffeine). I couldn’t keep my eyes open, couldn’t move, didn’t want to talk, could barely understand what was being said to me through the pain, I threw up, etc. Thankfully it went away and never came back, but I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
I’ve only ever had one migraine in my life and it was the worst day of my life. Started off as a regular headache and then got to the point where I couldn’t move my head even an inch without feeling like my brain was bouncing around in my skull, I felt nauseous and sweaty and had to lie still for 6 hours. A real hoot
I’ve only had a migraine once in my whole life and the pain felt like my brain was bouncing from side to side in my head. If I laid still it was just very intense headache and slight dizziness but as soon as I moved my head I screamed and almost threw up (except one time when I did actually throw up lol). I had to stay still and just watched Friends on a very low volume with the blinds shut for 8 hours before my mum came home from work and could get me pain killers! So fun
I have chronic migraines and a thing that helps me is using peppermint essential oil. I put a drop of two in my finger and then massage my temples for about 30 seconds. Now I use the oil in a roll-on glass, but it’s the same. Helps A LOT with migraines and nausea episodes. Just be careful while trying because it obviously has a strong scent and it can be a trigger to sensitive nostrils. But it does wonders for me. Also when is really bad I take an antihistamine that has sleepiness as a side effect so I can sleep. Not the best strategy but sometimes is what keeps me from banging my head on the wall.
Before it gets too bad, because mine are linked to my tension, I get into a very hot shower, sit on the floor and let the hot water run over the back of my head and neck. This is a good solution usually when my migraine gets bad fast and usually backs it down enough that I can get medication down and actually have it work.
I'm a 4th generation migraine sufferer on my mom's side and I got my first migraine when I was 12 during the Parade of Lights in Disney Land. I currently get them once every week and a half-ish when the weather is fine. But thunderstorms or sudden cold snaps during the winter will trigger them outside of my cycle. If I'm quick enough with my as needed meds (of which I have 2) they don't last that long. But if I'm not or if it's a particularly bad migraine that the meds won't touch, I'm out for 3 - 5 days. I also have a rarer type of aura (according to the neurologists I've seen) called Alice in Wonderland syndrome where things will look bigger, smaller, or otherwise differently proportioned than they actually are and that makes me terrified of driving. I do NOT want to be hurtling down the highway at 60 mph and suddenly the SUV next to me looks like the size of a labrador. My migraines are weird and what helps relieve one doesn't always relieve the others, but I have found that soft ice packs on the back of the neck are my most consistent non-medication relief method. Peppermint oil can also help take the edge off of them if I rub some just behind my earlobes. Ginger tea helps with the nausea and foods that are dense in carbs can help if my migraine was brought on by skipping a meal. The best is when your pet lays with you though. It doesn't help take away the pain or the symptoms, but the fact that my cat won't leave my side when I have a migraine just makes my soul feel better.
I inherited the migraines from my mom, as well as a way to cope with the headache part: I grab my hairdryer and blow warm or hot air at my head. It helps the blood vessels relax and the pain stops for a littlr bit.
I come from a family with a long history of migraines. I have figured out (after a decade of suffering) that raw apples are a horrific migraine trigger for me. This means no juices and pretty much no "health foods". The only female relative I have that does not have migraines has epilepsy (tonic clinic and absent). The link between epilepsy and migraine is unclear but is in desperate need of further investigation. I still get an occasional migraine with no clear trigger but I am so much healthier than I was. I just wish the process of figuring out triggers was easier. I wish the best of luck for those still figuring out what their triggers are.
The causes of migraines aren't well understood, but some medications can trigger them. I was on medication that gave me migraines for the first time in my life (with an aura involving spots of light in my vision/tingling in my arms and face). The first time was the worst, as I had to go to the ER to make sure I wasn't having a stroke and it took them hours to give me any pain medication (I didn't bring any because I wasn't in pain yet when I left home) and I spent a pretty agonizing night in the hospital. The second time I took paracetamol as soon as I got the aura and just went to sleep, which was much more manageable, but probably doesn't work if you're already on a lot of pain medications, you don't go through one of the first steps to have warning before the pain arrives or you have particularly long or severe migraines. After that I switched medications and I haven't had one since. I consider myself very lucky!
I always lose the vision in my left eye with a migraine. Sometimes there's no pain and the only way I know I'm having one is if I can't see. The longest one I've ever had lasted 18 months. I'm allergic to triptans, but benadryl (diphenhydramine) 100mg taken early on helps (either oral or injectable). If I have to go to the ER I'm given what I call a migraine martini of zofran, toradol and benadryl via IV.
For my classic migraine with visual aura, a long hot bath at the outset with an ice pack on my head, takes it down a notch. For bilateral one that comes on fast and includes nausea then ends with an eye poker, I haven't found anything yet that helps.
The only things, that I found, that help with my migraines, when they are already there, is lying down in a dark cold room and trying to relax. That's it. Also, as long as you scream very loudly the migraines are not as bad, but if you stop screaming they will be worse than before and it also prolonges the migrain. Fortunately, my migrains went from occuring 4 times a month to about 2 times a year since I became vegan. This probably won't be any help for other people with this condition, but thats just the reality of the situation. Also, sorry if I made any mistakes, english is not my native language. I wish you all the best!
Always my left side, very rare on the right. Like an icepick going through my eye and out the base of my skull, or someone trying to dig my eye out with a rusty spoon. Nausea, confusion, vomiting, on top of the pain. I almost started crying the other day because I was trying to make ramen and kept forgetting what step I was at or what to do next. One of my coworkers says my entire face changes and she knows before I’ve told her. People ask ‘well don’t you have medication?’ Yes, but I have to go home because it makes me pass out for 3 hours (thankfully, though).
I have headaches that can get pretty severe, and I used to think that they're migraines. Turns out instead that I have a neurological condition where I have too much spinal fluid and it causes extra pressure in my skull, mimicking the symptoms of a brain tumor.
I was diagnosed with chronic migraines at age 9 so I've had lots of time to try out different coping mechanisms... besides popping as many pain pills as I can during an attack 😂 My tried and true is peppermint oil. It doesnt rid the attack, but it does help block the pain, usually enough for me to sleep. You're *supposed* to dilute the oil, but I'm a tough cookie so I slap that shit right on straight from the bottle 😂 . My next relief method is a hot shower. My mom swears by hot baths, but I like the water and steam to run over my head. My holy grail for migraines is my migraine tracker. I really like Migraine Buddy and I've been using them for many many years, and it's been unbelievably helpful in doctors appointments, so my doctor can see just how many migraines I've had in the past week/month/DAY. Because apparently saying 5 out of 7 days in a week just doesn't cut it, but seeing the calendar I guess does make my point more valid? I'm not sure of the logistics on that, but hey! Also you can add relief methods and medications and see what works best for you over time, so highly recommend! 👍
You said sooooo many things that I've felt since my 10 yo... I'm 31 now and I feel like it's getting worse over time! 5 years ago or so, I thought I was having a stroke for a week! Because the pain on the right side of my face was so strong, that sometimes I felt my right side of the body completely numb! And feeling desperate that I was having a stroke, only made the pain worse! Gosh! The drama... Lol and I also usually , but just for a few seconds, lose my sight on the eye on the side of the head that hurts... Currently I'm dreading the fact that the medication I've been using, which was incredibly good, has been discontinued in my country! I guess the drug factory people woke up and said: let's make them more miserable and take this very good indeed medication out of the market... OK, I'll try to sleep now, because on top of everything my tooth is aching...
"I might lose more of my brain but let's not panic because that's not productive" ...is the most British response to a serious problem ever, I love you
@Whizper2me I call it the floating headache stage. You don't have any pain yet, but you feel it floating there just waiting for you to trip, or a loud sound, or someone touching you unexpectedly.
Also, interaction with people are impossible because you feel this sort of bubble wrap around your brain which can pop any moment, making your tongue unable to move. Or at least that's just me.
That moment your just minding your own buisness,and your brains like oh- yo ima just HEY YOU WANNA SEE? NAH IMA GIVE YOU BLACK SPLOTCHY VISION FOR ABOUT 1-2 MINUTES and so you just slowly swt and hope it doesn't turn into a migraine that has you fuckin dieing on the floor
I'm so glad you covered childhood migraines in here because 1. that was me and 2. almost no one believed me so standby for story time. I'm lucky enough that once I hit puberty the frequency of my migraines plummeted. I still have them maybe once or twice a year, but even then it's often sans pain *touch wood*. So, story time: I was diagnosed with migraines when I was about four years old and it was largely because I had CVS and was describing the classic migraine aura and pain. So my doctor prescribed me medicine and gave me strict instructions on how to take it. When I started going to school though they would not let me carry it with me. It was stored in the principal's office and I was expected to ask to be excused from class to go get it. Well ... despite being an absurdly good student most of my teachers thought I was just being troublesome when I asked to be excused to get my medicine so I would have to wait until recess or lunch or what have you. So one time my teacher did actually let me go to the office but the administrator decided that "children don't have migraines," and so she didn't think I should have access to my prescription medicine. As I mentioned previously, I presented with CVS. Sooooooo I threw up in her wastepaper basket right in front of her. And then in her absolute brilliance she decided I had the flu, and not a migraine so she called my mother to bring me home. When my mother got there and found out she'd withheld my medicine she congratulated me for throwing up, told me next time to aim for the woman's shoes and then verbally ripped that administrator a new one and insisted that I be able to keep my medication on me at all times. It would have been rather funny if I hadn't been in so much pain.
It's remarkable how many people don't believe prescription meds are currently appropriate for people. Like I don't know anybody with medical issues who doesn't have a bad medication story, and most meds aren't easy to get initial access to in the first place.
I don't know if it helps any, but I'm in the same boat age-wise, and I've found that explaining your migraines in terms of frequency, symptoms, and impairment works much better than simply saying 'migraine'. I've also found that a lot of people know someone with a migraine disorder & so often they have seen first hand how bad they can be... but at the same time if they know someone with very mild and infrequent migraines, it becomes important to explain the breadth of the migraine spectrum.
My favourite migraine was when I was driving home on a motorway, with 25% of my vision gone , trying desperately not to throw up on my steering wheel xoxo
Man....this is some crazy shit. I wish you the best in life and I hope you'll never have a migrane in trafic again! Only in these situations I realize how ungrateful I can be about my life. I wish you the best!
I worry about similar with ice pick headaches, they're very short, usually only a few seconds but all I can do is grab my head, grit my teeth, squeeze my eyes tight and curse a few times. If that happens while driving it could be a disaster. Thankfully not happened so far. This is where the whole self driving cars could help.
MAGNESIUM Is the answer! I used to have migraines almost every 2 weeks. Big Trigger is dairy and my solution is magnesium! 200mg per day, you can even go with 400mg or more, because you can't have an overdose of that magical lifesaver!!! the last 2 years I only got 3 migraines. Probably also because I went vegan, didn't drink alcohol or coffee and my day and night rhythm is stable.
@@SelinaENTE Glad you found your answer. But magnesium would be the answer only in those people with a deficiency. There are many different causes of migraine, and they are not yet fully understood.
The opposite for me (thank god!). Started getting them at the age of 8. Bloody awful. Got them once a month or so around my period. After I went through menopause, they scaled back significantly...grateful for that. Tried Zomig, which never helped. Just agonizing through whilst trying not to throw up (although it can sometimes make it slightly better..smh) until it passes....no aura, so I never knew when it would come. One thing......aspartame makes it happen more, so I have to severely limit diet drinks. Wish we had a decent migraine clinic where I iive...most doctors don't take it seriously enough, 😣
My mom has migraines more frequently since she went through menopause. She recently saw something on the internet about using a specific dose of dissolving aspirin at the first sign of a migraine starting, I don’t know if it worked better than other things would have but if you can find whatever information my mom found it might help some. I think the dissolving aspirin is marketed for eating to much leading to a stomachache, it has another ingredient in it that protects your stomach lining since aspirin is hard on your stomach.
@@Skip6235 You worked for my mom? Small world :P (just kidding). Seriously though your former boss sounds like my mom when I was a teenager suffering a migraine so brutal I could physically not remain upright, couldn't see, could barely breathe and when I lay on the sofa to try and get some relief she told me to stop milking a headache and get back to doing what she needed done. So I got up and tried, doubled over in agony and collapsed fighting not to puke.
@@celticphoenix2579 sounds like my mom too. She'd always tell me "I had a migraine once, just take a ibuprofen and it'll go away." And I'd be lying on the floor, unable to move because my whole body hurts and I'm close to vomiting. My migraines also trigger seizures for me and she'd still just tell me to get up and go to work or school. My bosses were even worse. I'm 27 and they're just getting worse and tend to last 2 weeks at a time. And because doctors can't find a reason I get dismissed as being dramatic
@@SaluAlin18 that sounds awful. My longest migraine lasted 9 days and it sucked. May I suggest that your doctor tests you for autoimmune disorders that have inflammation as a symptom? My neurologist has just put me on anti inflammatory medication and it helps a lot. My gp had me on topalex and trepiline which also helped but had unbearable side effects. Start with a visit to a good neurologist and tell him/her everything about your health so they can do a full workup.
@@celticphoenix2579 my neurologist told me they were chronic abnormal migraines and told me to take 500mg Magnesium and 500mg riboflavin (which I have been for 6 years) and had me taking 100mg of something that started with a T but I cant remember the name and that made me violently I'll and I dropped weight very fast and the migraines would stop for a month then come back worse then before. I've brought up everything and they still seemed stumped. As soon as I can get insurance again I'll be asking them to check for auto immune diseases. Because since I started getting migraines my hearings been going too and I've had alot of joint, nerve and food issue as well. But doctors in California never seem to listen to me when I ask them to run more tests. Thank you for the advice by the way. And yeah migraines that last longer then a day are the worst. Currently nursing one rn but had to work instead of resting. TGIF
Thank you for watching! What are your top tips for surviving a migraine...??? (Also I buried a rather scary bit of news in this video. Warm words welcome!)
Black out blinds, sunglasses and a hot water bottle to the back of the neck. Helps me pass out/fall asleep, so I don't have to deal with it. Also some one playing with my hair, head massage? Also, also avoiding blue light, so eye comfort modes on phones ect.
I had my first migraine when I was 9 years old. I remember crying in bed and begging my mother to make it stop. She has migraines herself, so she knew immediately what was going on. Our doctor says its probably genetic. Fast forward to now, I used to have a teacher that would come to school at least once a week being like „Guys, lets be quiet today, because I have a migraine!“ She NEVER had a migraine, it was just a regular headache. And whenever I had „the aura“ and knew I had about 30 minutes to get home and take my medication or lay down in a corner and wheep like a child, every other student and that particular teacher would be annoyed and make fun of me. Because „Look, the teacher has migraines too! SHE is not whining though!“ Speaking of „normal“ headaches, I actually have headaches at least once or twice a day. I just try to go on with my day, I am actually used to that kind of pain. So when people call me a p*ssy for needing a break when I have a real migraine, I feel very hurt. They dont know about the pain that I endure every day.
Oh my gosh! I used to get several headaches a day too! Now I'm off gluten and dairy and got my thyroid fixed (and drink a lot of water) it's much better but I still get migraines every so often 😭. My older sister and I started getting migraines around 10-11 but I think that was a dehydration/ heat exhaustion thing since we would always get them together (great bond we have!). I hope you figure out your triggers and help with your regular headaches and migraines
me too! when i was a student i described the aura and how when it appears i need to just get home and lie down and put on some music and try to sleep so that i can be unconscious while the migraine tried to poke me behind my eyeball, whichever side it has decided that day. and i've had friends say that they get headaches too, and i shouldn't make a fuss about it every time....
Yeah that sucks. Especially when you are a child and adults act dismissive about your pain. It feels so damn unfair and adds a whole new level of hurt I must admit I used to think that migraine was 'just a headache' too. Until I had my first one
Jessica on the floor wearing a beautiful gown, pearls and makeup while fanning herself and wanting to die because of migraines is my mood right now xox bless you for this video x your videos are like asmr to me it really calms me down [Literally I’be been having migraines all week it’s great. Sarcasm]
Yeah, I love when my relatives Say : 'your head still hurt? It should be better by now' By all means, show me your doctorates people, and I'll gladly follow your Magic recipes. Until then, yes I still have a migraine. 👌
Yep. A migraine isn't a headache. I used to have the pain part last 4hrs, now it's more like 24h. And that's not counting the before & after. I just hope it doesn't get any longer.
@@cetkat I hope you have access to a good doctor. I found a tracking app, Migraine Buddy, that helped me show my doctor exactly how serious things were. They're the only one I saw in the play store that was fully functional on the free version.
Same here. I would have family functions once a month, the same time of month, which happened to be when I went on the placebo pills on my birth control, which would trigger migraines. It got to a point where they thought that I was avoiding them.
When I informed my ex-roommate that her scent-spraying machine's new scent was triggering my migraines and asked her to please change it, or turn it off. She said she would not change it or turn it off. -_- There were two weeks left in the semester - one of which was finals week, and I didn't want to stir up drama around finals, so I toughed it out, turned my air purifier on, and tied rags around my face to try and reduce the amount of exposure while I was in the room. It was horrible, and for some reason my nose kept trying to run on top of everything else. She took it home with her and used it up during winter break, and I thought that would be the end of it. The next semester, when I came back from spring break, the same thing happened. This time my mom and I offered to pay for the costs of the scent cartridge thingy if she didn't use it, so that she wouldn't have wasted money on something she wouldn't be able to use, and she actually seemed insulted that we tried to 'buy her out'. I had to actually get the RA involved, because I could not go through that experience again for over a MONTH this time. The RA was able to get her to change the cartridge, but afterwards my roommate tried to 'talk about it' with me, which pretty much consisted of her saying, "I get migraines too, so I know what you're going through, but I don't get why you can't just...deal with it?" I highly doubt that she had any BAD migraines, if she had actual migraines at all, which I am also skeptical of. And she was so patronizing about it...I responded with something along the lines of, "Your situation, and my situation are not the same thing. I could barely function last time this happened, and the only medication I have that can stop a severe migraine can only be taken once a week. I told you at the start of the school year that I had chronic migraine, and that I might need to turn off your scent thing if it started bothering me. You agreed at the time, but refused to actually DO it when it happened." She's not my roommate anymore for obvious reasons.
I would of taken that scent thing and smashed it into tiny little pieces in front of her with a rather large hammer by the second semester. I am not even joking. That you would have to suffer excruciating pain just because of her selfish actions ..... no . Not on. And yes I also suffer migraine. It is Hell.
i had a similar situation with a roommate and baby powder scented deoderant which caused athsma in me, of course she didn't believe me and tried to apply her personal sacrid sauce while I was sleeping of course I woke up gasping and went home to Mother, who had me call the RA who switched roommates, so I got to be roommates with the gal who needed to turn over once in a while at night (Which drove her roommate insane) and stinky girl went to live with light sleeper girl and I don't think I ever laid eyes on her again. (Luckily I didn't have to move, she did. :) I don't remember her name. I was so glad to have her gone.
That's why I hate getting a migraine in the morning. Migraines generally make me very fatigued and I fall asleep after a while but not if it's still the morning..
I'm glad for you that this video could be a starting point in helping you with possible migraine. On the other hand I wish none of us, Jessica included, knew what migraine is like.
Yeah when I get migraines I get confused, forget words, have trouble spelling, vomit, can't eat, can't handle sound, can't handle having lights on, sometimes can't stand, often can't walk because the pain shoots from my feet up (I often crawl to reduce the impact), my neck muscles lock up, I cry without reasons or even noticing, have trouble speaking (which makes calling in sick for work kind of tricky) and other side effects... it's good that people can watch videos like this and find out more about what it means when someone says they get migraines! I agree, this video is so awesome.
sweetyetunrefined y’know sometimes this works for me. It’s uncommon that it does, but when I feel the tears coming on I give it a shot, and sometimes I do feel better. Not completely better but at least a little less miserable because I do feel some relief in pressure. It really depends, occasionally it may only make it worse.
@@sinabaur9150 same. It feels like crying adds still more pressure inside my brain/face. This is doubly awful, because migraines trigger horrible mood shifts for me.
Yeah, I know it’s meant to be helpful in a “is there something I can remove from the situation to improve your experience” way, but it just happens anyway a lot of the time.
Yeah, I mean, sometimes you can identity triggers.. but doing so doesn't mean you can stop them from happening. One of mine is weather and pressure changes - yeah, that's totally under my control.
@@cetkat same. Also mine apparently is stress? Well missing out because of your migraines makes you have to do even more to catch up after the migraine passes, which increases stress which increases your likelyhood of migraines 🤔😂
@@CristalianaIvor Truth. You're not wrong. Some people think that if only you can identify the triggers, they'll disappear... but that's not how it works. It is good to know, but it doesn't help me to stop them, only, at best, prepare.
I don't get migraines that often anymore (maybe one or two a month) but when it happens I start the following routine asap: 1. brush teeth and hair 2. take 800 mg ibuprofen and 1000 mg paracetamol 3. take melatonin and magnesium 4. drink a glass of water 5. soft pyjamas 6. in bed in total darkness 7. ice pack on head 8. hope it's gone when I wake up
@@Victory.In.Jesus95 well, the pills I take are 400 and 500 respectively and technically I am supposed to take one of each but I need two if they are supposed to do anything tbh. I have consulted a doctor about it and she says it's fine since I don't need it that often
I cant have ibuprofen, react bad on them. Magnesium gives me other problems, but i have it sometimes it too. I have an autoimmune disease , Crohn’s and Spondylitis Ankylosis or Bamboopine it’s a rheumatoid. Sometimes i get a pain, at the base on my skull and it was determined that the attachment of pretty tiny 3 mm starts to hurt, for all my illness i have Neurotine 300mg Neurtoine 100mg Paracetamol 500 mg Contramal retard 50 mg Celebrex 100 mg Salazopirine 500 mg And add Tradonal 50 mg if pain is too much And cortisone, if it starts, take meds, and in bed. Hate noise, light, smell everything, can’t be touched. And please don’t give me food or even tea, just a bit of water or my dear husband gives me cola to give me a little of energy.
I love the idea of brushing your teeth as it's starting. Once mine has kicked in brushing my teeth is a near impossibility. I've been kind of worried about how many times I've been missing brushing them. I'm on tender ground currently so off I go now to brush my teeth. Thanks!
That moment when no one fully explained migraines properly before, and now you're connecting symptoms you thought were caused by something else. Bless you.
See I’m very sensitive to light and sound during a migraine so I sit in a dark room with an ice pack in my head and listening to a podcast on low volume
I don't understand words when I have a migraine. Not even stuff I think in sentences makes sense. (edit:) MAGNESIUM Is the answer! I used to have migraines almost every 2 weeks. Big Trigger is dairy and my solution is magnesium! 200mg per day, you can even go with 400mg or more, because you can't have an overdose of that magical lifesaver!!! the last 2 years I only got 3 migraines. Probably also because I went vegan, didn't drink alcohol or coffee and my day and night rhythm is stable. EDIT: I just got the information that in one case magnesium made the migraine worse than before, so it is actually dependent on the individual if it works or not or if magnesium will even make it worse. For me personally it worked.
I have a hard time processing anything that does not need immediate action, due to the pain the light causes. Want to know what's for dinner at noon when I have a migraine? "What? Din....Fffff...Just...Delivery. Aaaaaaugh!." I have to block the "extra light" with a heavy pillow even when it's dark. Somehow the small sliver of light under the door hurts my closed eyes.
1) FL-41 tinted glasses for preventing the migrane 2) cold on the neck, eyes and/or forehead 3) dark and cold/window open room and trying to sleep 4) soulder rubs from a loved one 5) head massage with slightly pulling your hair with your hands close to the roots 6) but most of all just figuring out my triggers and situation where migraines come and just avoiding them at all cost!
#6 Figuring out my triggers was the key for me to get rid of my migraines. Whistling and scents are migraine triggers for me, and the only triggers I have that I cannot control (though I am very bold these days about asking / demanding people to not whistle around me because I never want to get another migraine). Scents are the hardest. I just have to leave the area. Great advice!
I have to keep the brightness on my phone down so low because i get migraines if I don't. I hate having to have my light on because it makes me nauseous
I've been in the 15% all of my life. I've developed the following fantastic explanation for those who call migraines 'headaches.' Its the equivalent of going up to someone who's been cut in half and saying 'yea, I got a paper cut once.'
And then there are cluster headaches, which are said to hurt even more. Hard to imagine that. (My [family member] used to get those, though thankfully he hasn't recently. He'd be crying in the corner till his prescriptions came through, and then he'd be sucking oxygen to make the headaches bearable and taking seizure meds to try to end the cluster.)
@@dfeuer Whew. I had a cluster headache once and I was bawling like a baby on my way to the hospital because I was sure I was dying and my right eye was going to pop. I feel your family member's pain.
Me 2 weeks ago: dang I'm glad I've never had a migraine Me last night, seeing a glitching rainbow line in my field of vision and experiencing a piercing pain behind my eye: oh....oh no
As a chronic migraineur who has also had children: yes, my migraines mostly went away in the 2nd & 3rd trimesters. That said, you have to get through the first trimester. Mine were so awful - combined with hyperemesis gravidarum - that there was actually a rumour that I was dying. The oven couldn’t be turned on without me puking. No food yet - just the oven. And no meds. So yeah. Fun times. Oh, and then the small fact that if you keep said child, you now have a small human totally reliant on you once all those chronic migraines return. No, no, I don’t have any trauma from that time of life. Not at all...
Crying always makes mine worse but it's so hard to avoid sometimes cause it feels like my brain is being crushed. I need to try that vapour rub trick though.
I really love that this channel is Gay! Vintage! Unexplainable Chronic Illnesses and Diseases that Medical Professionals Refused to Listen to Me About!
and incredible relateable for us few gay historically inclined folk with weird disabilitys and an aversion to doctors who sound like broken records "i don't know come back in six months"
The time I actually got diagnosed I thought I was having a stroke, after the diagnosis I realized I had, had many more previously, it was just that one that was the worst (and I was also 7-8months pregnant at the time so much more worrying)
I feel like a vampire who can't tolerate any noise. I once took a nap (my usual migraine cure) and my dad put some Sprite in the room for me to have when I woke up. Unfortunately, the carbonation bubbles were too loud so I woke up in pain and anger.
Fifteen minutes ago me: I don't know if I've ever had a migraine!! (Thinks it's just a really shitty headache bc that's what everyone says) Me throughout this video: Oh so the weird mental shifts/emotions and sensitivity are part of a migraine? And the tingling and light thing? And maybe that thing where my left eye quits or when I stop being able to see much of anything? And ohhhhhhhh no. Have I had migraines nearly constantly my whole life? Me now: Yes, yes you have. UPDATE: I saw a doctor about it who Actually Listened to me and. Yep. Chronic ocular migraines babey, haven't seen a neurologist cause 'Merica but you know.
If your eye stops working... check with a Dr just in case it isn't a migraine. I have a family history if migraine but luckily no weird vision stuff. The whole migraines are just intense headache thing is frustrating
@@sabrinalundquist5566 I have checked with a doctor they say there's nothing wrong with my eye. They say it's "eye strain" :) I have had bifocals for a while because of it but they don't help *shrugs* Every doctor I've asked about all my symptoms so far think I'm lying or that everything is caused by my weight, so it's unlikely I'll receive treatment for anything anytime soon
@@letyourselfrest8932 Any optometrist or ophthalmologist who says you lost vision in your eye from "eye strain" is lying through their teeth and knows it! They know perfectly well that that isn't possible. Go to another eye doctor. Oh and the iossue with doctors refusing to treat anything in "overweight" individuals is very common--call them on it. Write a letter to state medical board and cc the doctor. Change doctors as soon as your health plan will let you. Complain about the doctor to your health insurance company. Be an aggressive medical consumer!
@@vmtracy I haven't lost vision so much as it randomly doubles from time to time, leaving me unable to read or anything. And I can't switch doctors or do much since I'm a minor. Pretty sure I could slightly fracture a rib and my mom would yell at me about having to go to the doctor, and I haven't had a normal dentist checkup in nearly 5 years, so I gotta tread carefully. :)
I have had migraines for a couple years now, and recently got medication for it... Only to discover that it does not work with my antidepressants. N i c e.
Love that. I was given big boy beta blocker drugs on the highest dose of my weight which was supposed to help prevent the pain... and it completely cancelled out the effects of my EpiPen! Hooray!
“Why don’t you drink?” “Because I would like to be functional the next 48 hours.” “Just a taste?” “NO.” Magnesium and folic acid have helped my migraines MAYBE 20? I’ve battled them since childhood. There is medical literature supporting magnesium and migraines. I hate them so much. What I fear most is not recognizing that I’m having a stroke because my migraine symptoms mimic a lot of early stroke signs.
I get this which is terrifying as my epilepsy also made my face feel like it's drooping and the biologically female members of the family are prone to strokes. *screams internally*
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A migraine is "just a headache" as much as a category 5 hurricane is "a little wind and some rain". And a tsunami is "just a big wave".
A tornado is just a little wind.
Best. Reply. Ever. Thank you for this, I shall be using it when my friends and family tell me "it's just a little headache, snap out of it"
Little headaches do NOT require costly visits to neurologists when nothing is helping except that weird medicine combo (that robs you of your memory and ability to function day to day) that your GP put you on because all he heard was migraine and decided all migraines are the same and I clearly don't need a functioning brain. Thanks Doc.
Credit where it is due though, when I demanded to be taken off those meds and the actual cause of the migraines found, he did sort of help me and he sent me to a Neurologist who is also helping me. Turns out I have an inflammation disorder (which my GP knew about because of the condition which causes it which he treats me for) and it has gotten worse in the last three years resulting in brutal migraines that start at a seven on the pain scale and trend up. They render me incapable of talking, opening my eyes, walking, breathing or really doing much of anything except rolling on the ground clutching my head, weeping, panting for air during the lulls in the waves of pain and begging my partner to make it stop. Fun times.
Yes! I've had migraines worse than natural childbirth (except the last hour of labor.. that was worse). You just pray to be unconscious.
@@andromedaspark2241 if migraines are indicative of the pain levels in child birth then I vote to be unconscious for that since I'm told I can't have epidurals with my condition 😢
Celtic Phoenix No epidurals?? What?!
What's the difference between a migraine and a headache:
Headache: well this is uncomfortable
Migraine: *I am dying because someone has hit me with a cricket bat, drove over my head, poked my eyeball out with a kitchen knife and I'm about to throw up*
Although, I get tension headaches which are sometimes worse than the migraine that gets triggered by the muscle tension!
Lizl Marchand oh that happens to me, too! Tension headache + migraine is just The Worst.
I have a white hot drill drilling inside my skull.
@@flootzavut30daychallenge ooh I completely agree! 😭 You have my sympathy
Oh, my brain and left eye tries to change places, with a hot knife poking the eye through the optic nerve while the left side of my face is totally numb... Very interesting feeling
sending this to everyone who calls me lazy for needing to sit down when really, i have chronic migraines
I have the same problem. I used to miss classes because when I have a migraine I can't get out of bed or do anything. People used to be like «well I don't stop doing things everytime I have a headache» but they don't get it's way more than a headache.
migraines, period cramps, and dizzy spells are the bane of my existence.
I have all of those right now I feel like I'm dying...
Kathrine Munk you poor soul...
Getting my anemia close to normal mitigated some of it... Sex helped more, so that's "growing out of it".
When I was a teen no one recommended abdominal massages and kegeltraining but those go 90% to mitigating the cramping parts of period pain.
"My brain is falling out of my nose" is a direct quote from me when I'm having a migraine.
Mine is, "i want to scoop my brain outof my nose." Yes, direct quote of mine
Mine was “...uuuuuuugh *Incoherent mumbling*”.
I get runny noses during migraines and I thought it was just me until now.
Mine is” I think a nuclear bomb exploded in my head”.
15%?? That’s so high for the percentage of people willing to dismiss my migraines 😬
also I love Plumbella too 💕
I had a “student success” class in college and the teacher said migraines are a poor excuse for missing class. Me and another student asked her “Have you actually ever had one??? Because it’s a very valid reason to skip class.”
Good job
@@PurpleKhajiit97 yeah, I could definitely pay attention when I have a migraine. I totally don't fall over or faint if I don't lie down.
Actually did that in a lesson at school once, that was a fun trip to A and E. Never had a problem after that. The nurse kept my meds and I had my own sick room because I'm so sensitive to light and sound. Wasn't actually technically mine , but essentially it was.
And don't even get me started on mental health
I once got a migraine due to an allergic reaction to some medication, I legitimately thought I was dying. I couldn't see, stand and threw-up until nothing was left in my stomach. And I have a high pain tolerance, I stepped on a five inch nail and kept walking, didn't scream when I needed to get stitches on my head, didn't cry when I had a ruptured eardrum. So my kudos, appreciation, love and support to everyone who has ever gotten a migraine or suffers from chronic migraines.
How is this video so calming yet so stressful at the same time!? 😮
I feel like you just described most of her videos
I feel like this mood is peak British culture
Tilly snuggling distressed Jessica in a ballgown
I put a damp towel over my eyes. This was really helpful I thought I was dying whenever I got the prickly feeling all on my arms and face
That's a great idea! I'll have to try that! I have this ice cold eye mask but it often feels too cold.
my friend just told me about her recent pots and vestibular migraine diagnoses and I just sent a bunch of your videos to her!! I've been a subscriber for a long time and am so thankful for you and your work!! I have suffered from hormonal/pms migraines for a long time so this is definitely one of the most relatable videos of yours for me that isn't about being gay haha
I have experienced one migraine in my 20 years of existence, it was dreadful. I literally tried to smash my head on the wall just to feel something else other than the pain. 😩
I can't imagine having it 20 days every month. You trully are a super woman.
I have found acupuncture extremely helpful, I went from having a normal headache daily and a migraine 1-2 times a week to limited headaches and one migraine since I started 3 weeks ago. I do acknowledge that I do have the privilege to afford it as here in the US it's usually not covered by insurance. If you have a LICENSED acupuncturist nearby, I'd definitely try it for a few sessions.
Just seen this so apologies for being late but i used to have acupuncture for my migraine. It helped deal with them when I was pregnant as couldnt take my usual tablets. I aalso found the acupuncture helpdd my mood and energy levels. The biggest cause of my migraine I wasn't able to get rid of for another few years but divorce was a big solution i found.
I get migraines and this was actually really helpful for me. Thanks for making the videos you do, they are so educational but also entertaining!!!
I use a chill max pillow and just put it on my face. It cuts out light and cools me down, it sounds stupid but helps for me.
I would recommend the pillow for anyone who heat effects their illness/disability
Wait a cold pillow?? That sounds amazing, I have chronic tension headaches and they tend to respond well to cold packs but the cold packs always warm up. I need one of these.
@ yeah, you can get them on Amazon, they're around the size of an average pillow but quite thin.
Oh, my God. This is amazing. I use ice packs but for a 72-hour migraine, it's either too many trips to the freezer for a new one or cajoling family to bring me a cold one every few hours.
I sometimes use a face towel that's been soaked in ice water and then rung out. If you have a mop bucket and two towels you can keep them beside you in bed and rotate them. (Incase anyone can't find/afford a pillow. Or has a migraine whilst waiting for Amazon to deliver the pillow.) That pillow sounds amazing
Sleep, coffee, and a hot tub in a dark room with headache relief music. It feels so much better
What is headache relief music? I’m glad you have found some relief.
Tammy Bushnell it is a type of music designed to help relieve pain, you can find some here on RUclips
I want to send this to my high school nurses who refused to help me when I had migraines in school and I’d have to call my mother to take me home.
When I get tunnel vision/blurry vision I know shits about to go down. Sometimes I'll get them nonstop for months ☹️
Oh God, I'm sorry, I've had years with daily migraines where I never actualy acutely left the migraine
Be brave, girl, i hope you’ll get better.
I had two episodes in my life when i had daily migraines for more than one month. The worst thing was that i felt the pain 24/7 (even in sleep) and i didn’t know if it’s going to end some day or it is forever.
Fierce time 😂 on the 6th week i started to think that i’m going to live the rest of my life in that neverending pain... and soon it ended.
If it doesn't stop for months, it is not normal and should see a neurologist
@@pegaseg70 at least in my case that was with seeing a Neurologist.
I sleep if I can when I have a migraine, but that doesn't work much of the time.
I look forward to the follow up video
some comforts that personally help me when im hit with a migraine are my coziest blanket wrapped around me, ice cold water, gentle stretches (it helps relieve the tension in my neck), this playlist of music on spotify called "headache relief", and sometimes strawberries help with my nausea and sometimes dark chocolate helps however in very small amounts, be careful with that last one as i know its a major trigger for other people
Listening to Jessica talk about her migraine symptoms that occur without her head hurting made me think…that sounds a LOT like what I've been regularly experiencing for the past few months, usually calling a "crash." I'll feel suddenly exhausted and weak, very shaky, and so dizzy and nauseous that it's like I'm seasick on dry land. I'll get irritable, have sound sensitivity, and have to lie down for a few hours before I feel any better. So I went Googling and…yeah, apparently "silent migraines" are a thing. I know migraines run in my family, so that could be it. Thank you Jessica, you honestly made me feel so much better and less scared.
Thank you so much. First migraine was at nine years old. It was a bad one but adults told me to go back upstairs (don't bother them) not even an aspirin. Later in life I had an emergency room doctor refuse to help me until I "stopped over reacting". I was hyperventilating as a result of three hours of dry heaves, very dehydrated which was making my blood pressure plummet. The pain was so bad I was pressing and banging my temple against the metal rail of the gurney. Sometimes I'll hang my head over the edge of the bed to get all my blood into my head. Then I'll quickly lift my head to drain the blood out and repeat. This sort of helps. Triptans make it worse. Biological meds give severe symptoms. My trigger is barometric pressure changes.
A few years ago I went to a neurologist with a special headache program. He told me, I can help you, we will find medication for you. This made me feel so taken seriously. He indeed found medication that made my 2 to 3 times a week migraines and always baslineheadache into once a month. Also the migraine I still get is so much less severe then it used to be. This man save my life.
I super appreciate this video! I suffer from migraines, but it's really hard to be taken seriously because I only get the headache stage of a migraine about 6-10 times per year, and they are usually clustered around spring & autumn when the air pressure is going nuts. So people often wonder if I'm exaggerating because I'm "fine all through the summer!" But I am not, in fact, fine, because I am constantly stuck in the Prodrome and Aura stage. I went to the ER when it first started happening and the doctor told me it was probably "silent migraines" which was all the symptoms without pain, and I didn't even know that was a real thing until he mentioned it.
But of course I still can't get doctors to take it seriously and give me any medication for it, because they don't see it as having an impact on my day to day life, despite the fact that I feel like my vision is disconnecting from my consciousness, I have constant vertigo, and my brain loves to fully blank out then jump back to attention several minutes later and hit me with a wave of all the information it has processed while it was on a break which makes me literally feel like I am drunk. I live in a constant state of brain fog, but yes. It isn't impacting my day to day life. All I need is more sleep, less caffeine, and regular exercise! 😒
Just because I have learned how to function around my symptoms does not mean they do not impact my life, and I really appreciate that you made a video explaining that migraines aren't JUST painful headaches. Hopefully with more education around the subject, people will start taking it more seriously and maybe we can start finding a cause/solution.
I never knew that I am occasionally experiencing migraines since I was 9, until recently. I am 33 now!
I get sensitive to noise, smell, air pollution, light, screens, ....I have pain in my eyes, I feel pressure behind my eyes, I get dizzy... I try to remove myself from those situations by getting home as soon as possible. I eat something salty, it helps sometimes. When I get home, I change into clean and loose clothes, usually it helps. Sometimes I need to take shower or lay down or take a nap. Sometimes, however, I won't get better until I vomit 2-3 times so nothing else is left in my stomach.
I have gone through all these things, and nobody told me tou are experiencing migraines. For my whole life I thought I am weak and I can't handle a single headache.
Hi. I have no idea how I happen to stumble upon one of your videos, but I am so happy I did. You are quite amazing.
Twice I’ve had migraines when I’ve been out (with a group) and been unable to leave for at least 4 hours. With an agonising pain in my head and 50% of my vision gone. Yeah it’s great really. Casually dying whilst wishing I was just in bed asleep not on the verge of tears 😭
My mom get migraines when the barometric pressure drops, we live it Utah the weather changes every 5 minutes.
I'm watching this while having a migraine lol I remember the first time I had one and was like "oh, I see now why people can't function with them" Having a headache now is like a walk in the park for me...
I have had good luck with a (massage?) technique helping two friends that got migraines. One was a nurse and the other a doctor.
This involves the "patient" laying down face down or sitting in a chair resting their head on their hands or a pillow on a table in front of them. The head needs to be still. A massage table with a head cradle is ideal but not everyone has one. The "massuse" feeds their fingers through the hair, (kiss your hair do goodbye), from thr front or the back. Switch it up later. Slowly close fingers into a fist grasping lots of hair trying not to grab and pull little strands. This is painful and distracting. Now pivot fists forward onto knuckles and hold. Have "patient" give feedback. Repeat this higher up the scalp or from the front or wherever the pain is. My theory is that this enables the vessels, (capillaries?) To get blood flow.
Hopefully this will help you as well.
Cheers.
I always had migraines but they got worse after chemotherapy. I had cancer of the ear and had surgery which made me partially deaf, unable to walk alone and increased my migraines which have now been diagnosed as "cluster headaches". I have just been diagnosed with sumitran but can't report back yet. So I'm still getting orange zig zags, nausea, and pain. I have many triggers but stress is a big one. So as another disabled migraine/cluster sufferer you have all my love and sympathy. ❤
Correcting, not diagnosed but prescribed
I've gotten migraines for as long as I can remember & the "having a bright torch shined into your eyes" analogy is the most accurate depiction I have ever heard (possibly because everbody thought it was "just a headache" & ignored it)
I get migraines a lot, and I've had them since I was 4 (and doctors don't know why). I get a lot of the language processing issues, so one hint I'm getting a migraine or have a migraine is when I can't understand basic sentences, or can't get my words out in order. My managers and co-workers know it isn't on purpose or messing around because I'm normally very articulate. You're one of the few people to mention that.
every woman in my family has migraines. i had them when i was very young. in 2012 i had an accident and acquired head injury, oh goodie! and my ENT specialist told me that i had 'migraine disease' and that was the reason that i lost sight in my left eye, not the accident
i don't know how Jessica can live for 14 years with a migraine everyday while I practically wanted the sweet release of death when I got a migraine for half a day after 20 years. We stan a queen!
This makes so much sense. For the past couple of months I've been woken up to a horrible headache usually on the right side of my head that went down to my neck and I would take advil which would be fine for about 4 hours and then the headache was back. It honestly feels like I'm dying, I cry which makes it worse and then end up falling asleep from how tired I am. I've also noticed recently that my right eye sometimes goes blurry, not like the lights you described but my vision just gets blurry and I have to blink it away. I also suffer from horrible mood swings. I'm going to the doctor soon to make sure I don't have anything majorly wrong but hopefully I get medication.
Dark room and an audiobook on quiet is my cooing mechanism. It honestly feels like you have been run over by a truck
When you get a migraine: Where is a dark, quiet, solitary room when you need one? 😈🖤
I have chronic migraines and was once detained by a police officer and forced to do a breathalyzer test because he SWORE TO GOD i was intoxicated. Similar instance when I went to my doctor with one and she did the same AND made me do a drug test and get a result before I left. I act. EXTREMELY DRUNK/HIGH with migraines
Wake up with a migraine, fall asleep with a migraine, for over a year. Approximately 15 or so different medications that have either not worked or I have been allergic to.
There's one medication, an injection, that I give myself once every 4 weeks, that gives me some semblance of normalcy for about a week and a half.
Please, just give me a pain medication so I feel high from the drug and not because I'm in so much pain.
Yes, the pain gets so bad that I literally feel like I'm high and can't do anything at all.
I’ve had exactly one migraine (I most certainly overdosed on caffeine). I couldn’t keep my eyes open, couldn’t move, didn’t want to talk, could barely understand what was being said to me through the pain, I threw up, etc. Thankfully it went away and never came back, but I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
I’ve only ever had one migraine in my life and it was the worst day of my life. Started off as a regular headache and then got to the point where I couldn’t move my head even an inch without feeling like my brain was bouncing around in my skull, I felt nauseous and sweaty and had to lie still for 6 hours. A real hoot
I’ve only had a migraine once in my whole life and the pain felt like my brain was bouncing from side to side in my head. If I laid still it was just very intense headache and slight dizziness but as soon as I moved my head I screamed and almost threw up (except one time when I did actually throw up lol). I had to stay still and just watched Friends on a very low volume with the blinds shut for 8 hours before my mum came home from work and could get me pain killers! So fun
I have chronic migraines and a thing that helps me is using peppermint essential oil. I put a drop of two in my finger and then massage my temples for about 30 seconds. Now I use the oil in a roll-on glass, but it’s the same. Helps A LOT with migraines and nausea episodes. Just be careful while trying because it obviously has a strong scent and it can be a trigger to sensitive nostrils. But it does wonders for me. Also when is really bad I take an antihistamine that has sleepiness as a side effect so I can sleep. Not the best strategy but sometimes is what keeps me from banging my head on the wall.
You are an absolute superhero!! 🥰🥰
Before it gets too bad, because mine are linked to my tension, I get into a very hot shower, sit on the floor and let the hot water run over the back of my head and neck. This is a good solution usually when my migraine gets bad fast and usually backs it down enough that I can get medication down and actually have it work.
I'm a 4th generation migraine sufferer on my mom's side and I got my first migraine when I was 12 during the Parade of Lights in Disney Land. I currently get them once every week and a half-ish when the weather is fine. But thunderstorms or sudden cold snaps during the winter will trigger them outside of my cycle. If I'm quick enough with my as needed meds (of which I have 2) they don't last that long. But if I'm not or if it's a particularly bad migraine that the meds won't touch, I'm out for 3 - 5 days.
I also have a rarer type of aura (according to the neurologists I've seen) called Alice in Wonderland syndrome where things will look bigger, smaller, or otherwise differently proportioned than they actually are and that makes me terrified of driving. I do NOT want to be hurtling down the highway at 60 mph and suddenly the SUV next to me looks like the size of a labrador.
My migraines are weird and what helps relieve one doesn't always relieve the others, but I have found that soft ice packs on the back of the neck are my most consistent non-medication relief method. Peppermint oil can also help take the edge off of them if I rub some just behind my earlobes. Ginger tea helps with the nausea and foods that are dense in carbs can help if my migraine was brought on by skipping a meal. The best is when your pet lays with you though. It doesn't help take away the pain or the symptoms, but the fact that my cat won't leave my side when I have a migraine just makes my soul feel better.
Caffeine. Tons of caffeine. Plus paracetamol. This usually works for me.
Everytime someone tells me that me drinking caffeine will make my migraine worse, I want to scream
I inherited the migraines from my mom, as well as a way to cope with the headache part: I grab my hairdryer and blow warm or hot air at my head. It helps the blood vessels relax and the pain stops for a littlr bit.
I have painless migraines too!!! Solidarity!
Vine voice:
"Jessica! Why are you on the floor!?"
"Help, I have a migraine, I can't get up--"
"Hggnhaaaa
I come from a family with a long history of migraines. I have figured out (after a decade of suffering) that raw apples are a horrific migraine trigger for me. This means no juices and pretty much no "health foods". The only female relative I have that does not have migraines has epilepsy (tonic clinic and absent). The link between epilepsy and migraine is unclear but is in desperate need of further investigation. I still get an occasional migraine with no clear trigger but I am so much healthier than I was. I just wish the process of figuring out triggers was easier. I wish the best of luck for those still figuring out what their triggers are.
The causes of migraines aren't well understood, but some medications can trigger them. I was on medication that gave me migraines for the first time in my life (with an aura involving spots of light in my vision/tingling in my arms and face). The first time was the worst, as I had to go to the ER to make sure I wasn't having a stroke and it took them hours to give me any pain medication (I didn't bring any because I wasn't in pain yet when I left home) and I spent a pretty agonizing night in the hospital. The second time I took paracetamol as soon as I got the aura and just went to sleep, which was much more manageable, but probably doesn't work if you're already on a lot of pain medications, you don't go through one of the first steps to have warning before the pain arrives or you have particularly long or severe migraines. After that I switched medications and I haven't had one since. I consider myself very lucky!
I always lose the vision in my left eye with a migraine. Sometimes there's no pain and the only way I know I'm having one is if I can't see. The longest one I've ever had lasted 18 months. I'm allergic to triptans, but benadryl (diphenhydramine) 100mg taken early on helps (either oral or injectable). If I have to go to the ER I'm given what I call a migraine martini of zofran, toradol and benadryl via IV.
For my classic migraine with visual aura, a long hot bath at the outset with an ice pack on my head, takes it down a notch. For bilateral one that comes on fast and includes nausea then ends with an eye poker, I haven't found anything yet that helps.
The only things, that I found, that help with my migraines, when they are already there, is lying down in a dark cold room and trying to relax. That's it. Also, as long as you scream very loudly the migraines are not as bad, but if you stop screaming they will be worse than before and it also prolonges the migrain.
Fortunately, my migrains went from occuring 4 times a month to about 2 times a year since I became vegan.
This probably won't be any help for other people with this condition, but thats just the reality of the situation.
Also, sorry if I made any mistakes, english is not my native language.
I wish you all the best!
Always my left side, very rare on the right. Like an icepick going through my eye and out the base of my skull, or someone trying to dig my eye out with a rusty spoon. Nausea, confusion, vomiting, on top of the pain.
I almost started crying the other day because I was trying to make ramen and kept forgetting what step I was at or what to do next.
One of my coworkers says my entire face changes and she knows before I’ve told her. People ask ‘well don’t you have medication?’ Yes, but I have to go home because it makes me pass out for 3 hours (thankfully, though).
I have headaches that can get pretty severe, and I used to think that they're migraines. Turns out instead that I have a neurological condition where I have too much spinal fluid and it causes extra pressure in my skull, mimicking the symptoms of a brain tumor.
I was diagnosed with chronic migraines at age 9 so I've had lots of time to try out different coping mechanisms... besides popping as many pain pills as I can during an attack 😂
My tried and true is peppermint oil. It doesnt rid the attack, but it does help block the pain, usually enough for me to sleep. You're *supposed* to dilute the oil, but I'm a tough cookie so I slap that shit right on straight from the bottle 😂 . My next relief method is a hot shower. My mom swears by hot baths, but I like the water and steam to run over my head. My holy grail for migraines is my migraine tracker. I really like Migraine Buddy and I've been using them for many many years, and it's been unbelievably helpful in doctors appointments, so my doctor can see just how many migraines I've had in the past week/month/DAY. Because apparently saying 5 out of 7 days in a week just doesn't cut it, but seeing the calendar I guess does make my point more valid? I'm not sure of the logistics on that, but hey! Also you can add relief methods and medications and see what works best for you over time, so highly recommend! 👍
Haya. I am just getting over a 2 day migraine. I have suffered with them for sooooo many yrs (among other things). Thanku for sharing. x
You said sooooo many things that I've felt since my 10 yo... I'm 31 now and I feel like it's getting worse over time! 5 years ago or so, I thought I was having a stroke for a week! Because the pain on the right side of my face was so strong, that sometimes I felt my right side of the body completely numb! And feeling desperate that I was having a stroke, only made the pain worse! Gosh! The drama... Lol and I also usually , but just for a few seconds, lose my sight on the eye on the side of the head that hurts... Currently I'm dreading the fact that the medication I've been using, which was incredibly good, has been discontinued in my country! I guess the drug factory people woke up and said: let's make them more miserable and take this very good indeed medication out of the market... OK, I'll try to sleep now, because on top of everything my tooth is aching...
Coping strategy is using glasses that block blue light and making my house as orange-light as possible. I'm really affected/triggered by light haha
Thanks, that's good to know. I'd actually been suspecting it could be the blue light (in particular) that makes looking at my phone such a problem.
Annika!! Good to see you here 💛
Which glasses did you buy?? I think the blue light glasses that I bought don't work
@@aliyahk0069 They're from Axon Optics, she has a video about them on her Instagram with a discount code, but I don't know if it still works.
HIIIII Annika :D viewer here ~~
"I might lose more of my brain but let's not panic because that's not productive" ...is the most British response to a serious problem ever, I love you
This is so true.
Gives whole new meaning to “keep calm and carry on”
I loved that moment ❤️
And it basically sums up my own coping mechanisms 😂
"Things are getting a little sticky" *They say while being overrun by 10:1 odds*
When you start to get dark spots in your vision and you buckle down for the storm 💀 only ppl who get migraines will understand
@Whizper2me I call it the floating headache stage. You don't have any pain yet, but you feel it floating there just waiting for you to trip, or a loud sound, or someone touching you unexpectedly.
Also, interaction with people are impossible because you feel this sort of bubble wrap around your brain which can pop any moment, making your tongue unable to move. Or at least that's just me.
When you start seeing lights but you can't tell if it's from your tears or the storm that's about to come
That moment your just minding your own buisness,and your brains like oh- yo ima just HEY YOU WANNA SEE? NAH IMA GIVE YOU BLACK SPLOTCHY VISION FOR ABOUT 1-2 MINUTES
and so you just slowly swt and hope it doesn't turn into a migraine that has you fuckin dieing on the floor
Yunamishi lucky you! I get the splotchy black spots for hours and hours at a time
I'm so glad you covered childhood migraines in here because 1. that was me and 2. almost no one believed me so standby for story time. I'm lucky enough that once I hit puberty the frequency of my migraines plummeted. I still have them maybe once or twice a year, but even then it's often sans pain *touch wood*.
So, story time: I was diagnosed with migraines when I was about four years old and it was largely because I had CVS and was describing the classic migraine aura and pain. So my doctor prescribed me medicine and gave me strict instructions on how to take it. When I started going to school though they would not let me carry it with me. It was stored in the principal's office and I was expected to ask to be excused from class to go get it. Well ... despite being an absurdly good student most of my teachers thought I was just being troublesome when I asked to be excused to get my medicine so I would have to wait until recess or lunch or what have you.
So one time my teacher did actually let me go to the office but the administrator decided that "children don't have migraines," and so she didn't think I should have access to my prescription medicine. As I mentioned previously, I presented with CVS. Sooooooo I threw up in her wastepaper basket right in front of her. And then in her absolute brilliance she decided I had the flu, and not a migraine so she called my mother to bring me home. When my mother got there and found out she'd withheld my medicine she congratulated me for throwing up, told me next time to aim for the woman's shoes and then verbally ripped that administrator a new one and insisted that I be able to keep my medication on me at all times. It would have been rather funny if I hadn't been in so much pain.
It's remarkable how many people don't believe prescription meds are currently appropriate for people. Like I don't know anybody with medical issues who doesn't have a bad medication story, and most meds aren't easy to get initial access to in the first place.
I've been dealing with chronic migraines since I was 14 years old (I'm 23 now) and I hate hate hate when people think it's "just a headache".
I don't know if it helps any, but I'm in the same boat age-wise, and I've found that explaining your migraines in terms of frequency, symptoms, and impairment works much better than simply saying 'migraine'. I've also found that a lot of people know someone with a migraine disorder & so often they have seen first hand how bad they can be... but at the same time if they know someone with very mild and infrequent migraines, it becomes important to explain the breadth of the migraine spectrum.
sending hugs to you for this, I know exactly what you mean
Andrea Patrón Me too, but I`ve been dealing with it since I was 7 years old
@@nightcorelove2626 I started at 5. :(
Totally I once got a migraine in class and started crying and the teachers like go take a drink and come back LIKE LADY IM GONNA FAINT!!!
My favourite migraine was when I was driving home on a motorway, with 25% of my vision gone , trying desperately not to throw up on my steering wheel xoxo
Man....this is some crazy shit. I wish you the best in life and I hope you'll never have a migrane in trafic again! Only in these situations I realize how ungrateful I can be about my life. I wish you the best!
@@persephone060 thank you for the positivity!
It was the loss of vision that freaked me out. I also was driving. Scary!
That happened to me while I was driving on a highway in Atlanta! Scariest thing ever!
I worry about similar with ice pick headaches, they're very short, usually only a few seconds but all I can do is grab my head, grit my teeth, squeeze my eyes tight and curse a few times.
If that happens while driving it could be a disaster. Thankfully not happened so far.
This is where the whole self driving cars could help.
My solution is literally to just go to sleep
Is it a practical solution for every situation? No. Do I do it anyway? Yup.
Same.
I did that this morning. Works great for reducing the intensity of it usually. For me anyway
I try to do that whenever I can but it feels more like losing my consciousness in a controlled environment than sleeping hah
same. the worst ones are the ones that meet me in the morning as well
Personally, i can't fall asleep with the pain )): only when it eases.. That's about 3/4 hours or more after it stars..
"They get worse during the middle age"
Me: 😱....
Seriously! I was told they'd lessen with age, that has not been my experience! They're longer and more painful.
MAGNESIUM Is the answer! I used to have migraines almost every 2 weeks. Big Trigger is dairy and my solution is magnesium! 200mg per day, you can even go with 400mg or more, because you can't have an overdose of that magical lifesaver!!! the last 2 years I only got 3 migraines. Probably also because I went vegan, didn't drink alcohol or coffee and my day and night rhythm is stable.
@@SelinaENTE Glad you found your answer. But magnesium would be the answer only in those people with a deficiency. There are many different causes of migraine, and they are not yet fully understood.
The opposite for me (thank god!). Started getting them at the age of 8. Bloody awful. Got them once a month or so around my period. After I went through menopause, they scaled back significantly...grateful for that. Tried Zomig, which never helped. Just agonizing through whilst trying not to throw up (although it can sometimes make it slightly better..smh) until it passes....no aura, so I never knew when it would come. One thing......aspartame makes it happen more, so I have to severely limit diet drinks.
Wish we had a decent migraine clinic where I iive...most doctors don't take it seriously enough, 😣
My mom has migraines more frequently since she went through menopause. She recently saw something on the internet about using a specific dose of dissolving aspirin at the first sign of a migraine starting, I don’t know if it worked better than other things would have but if you can find whatever information my mom found it might help some. I think the dissolving aspirin is marketed for eating to much leading to a stomachache, it has another ingredient in it that protects your stomach lining since aspirin is hard on your stomach.
I'm so wearing my finest dress and pearls next time my head hurts 😘
Why not feel pretty whilst dying?
Me: going about my day
My upcoming migraine: I’m about to end this mans whole career
Ugh, I feel this. Literally, I had a boss who told me to "take some tylenol and get back to work". Glad I got out of that job. . .
@@Skip6235 You worked for my mom? Small world :P (just kidding). Seriously though your former boss sounds like my mom when I was a teenager suffering a migraine so brutal I could physically not remain upright, couldn't see, could barely breathe and when I lay on the sofa to try and get some relief she told me to stop milking a headache and get back to doing what she needed done. So I got up and tried, doubled over in agony and collapsed fighting not to puke.
@@celticphoenix2579 sounds like my mom too. She'd always tell me "I had a migraine once, just take a ibuprofen and it'll go away." And I'd be lying on the floor, unable to move because my whole body hurts and I'm close to vomiting. My migraines also trigger seizures for me and she'd still just tell me to get up and go to work or school. My bosses were even worse. I'm 27 and they're just getting worse and tend to last 2 weeks at a time. And because doctors can't find a reason I get dismissed as being dramatic
@@SaluAlin18 that sounds awful. My longest migraine lasted 9 days and it sucked. May I suggest that your doctor tests you for autoimmune disorders that have inflammation as a symptom? My neurologist has just put me on anti inflammatory medication and it helps a lot. My gp had me on topalex and trepiline which also helped but had unbearable side effects. Start with a visit to a good neurologist and tell him/her everything about your health so they can do a full workup.
@@celticphoenix2579 my neurologist told me they were chronic abnormal migraines and told me to take 500mg Magnesium and 500mg riboflavin (which I have been for 6 years) and had me taking 100mg of something that started with a T but I cant remember the name and that made me violently I'll and I dropped weight very fast and the migraines would stop for a month then come back worse then before. I've brought up everything and they still seemed stumped. As soon as I can get insurance again I'll be asking them to check for auto immune diseases. Because since I started getting migraines my hearings been going too and I've had alot of joint, nerve and food issue as well. But doctors in California never seem to listen to me when I ask them to run more tests. Thank you for the advice by the way.
And yeah migraines that last longer then a day are the worst. Currently nursing one rn but had to work instead of resting. TGIF
Thank you for watching! What are your top tips for surviving a migraine...???
(Also I buried a rather scary bit of news in this video. Warm words welcome!)
Coffee, dark room, no noise, no annoying people around me lol.
All right I know that my migraines were caused by vitamin D deficiency not genetics I just want to point that out
Black out blinds, sunglasses and a hot water bottle to the back of the neck.
Helps me pass out/fall asleep, so I don't have to deal with it.
Also some one playing with my hair, head massage?
Also, also avoiding blue light, so eye comfort modes on phones ect.
Ice packs, ibuprofen and darkening my room
Blackout curtains, and water!
I had my first migraine when I was 9 years old. I remember crying in bed and begging my mother to make it stop. She has migraines herself, so she knew immediately what was going on. Our doctor says its probably genetic.
Fast forward to now, I used to have a teacher that would come to school at least once a week being like „Guys, lets be quiet today, because I have a migraine!“ She NEVER had a migraine, it was just a regular headache. And whenever I had „the aura“ and knew I had about 30 minutes to get home and take my medication or lay down in a corner and wheep like a child, every other student and that particular teacher would be annoyed and make fun of me. Because „Look, the teacher has migraines too! SHE is not whining though!“
Speaking of „normal“ headaches, I actually have headaches at least once or twice a day. I just try to go on with my day, I am actually used to that kind of pain. So when people call me a p*ssy for needing a break when I have a real migraine, I feel very hurt. They dont know about the pain that I endure every day.
KissenxundxDecke do you still have mingraine
Blackdiamond Recently not that often
Oh my gosh! I used to get several headaches a day too! Now I'm off gluten and dairy and got my thyroid fixed (and drink a lot of water) it's much better but I still get migraines every so often 😭. My older sister and I started getting migraines around 10-11 but I think that was a dehydration/ heat exhaustion thing since we would always get them together (great bond we have!). I hope you figure out your triggers and help with your regular headaches and migraines
me too! when i was a student i described the aura and how when it appears i need to just get home and lie down and put on some music and try to sleep so that i can be unconscious while the migraine tried to poke me behind my eyeball, whichever side it has decided that day. and i've had friends say that they get headaches too, and i shouldn't make a fuss about it every time....
Yeah that sucks. Especially when you are a child and adults act dismissive about your pain. It feels so damn unfair and adds a whole new level of hurt
I must admit I used to think that migraine was 'just a headache' too. Until I had my first one
Jessica on the floor wearing a beautiful gown, pearls and makeup while fanning herself and wanting to die because of migraines is my mood right now xox
bless you for this video x your videos are like asmr to me it really calms me down
[Literally I’be been having migraines all week it’s great. Sarcasm]
Yeah, I love when my relatives Say : 'your head still hurt? It should be better by now'
By all means, show me your doctorates people, and I'll gladly follow your Magic recipes.
Until then, yes I still have a migraine. 👌
It's so disheartening to hear someone say that!
I normaly ask people to sacrifice 2 goats, 3 chicken, and a lama, if they start to get obnoxious.
Yep. A migraine isn't a headache. I used to have the pain part last 4hrs, now it's more like 24h. And that's not counting the before & after. I just hope it doesn't get any longer.
@@cetkat I hope you have access to a good doctor. I found a tracking app, Migraine Buddy, that helped me show my doctor exactly how serious things were. They're the only one I saw in the play store that was fully functional on the free version.
Same here. I would have family functions once a month, the same time of month, which happened to be when I went on the placebo pills on my birth control, which would trigger migraines. It got to a point where they thought that I was avoiding them.
When I informed my ex-roommate that her scent-spraying machine's new scent was triggering my migraines and asked her to please change it, or turn it off. She said she would not change it or turn it off. -_- There were two weeks left in the semester - one of which was finals week, and I didn't want to stir up drama around finals, so I toughed it out, turned my air purifier on, and tied rags around my face to try and reduce the amount of exposure while I was in the room. It was horrible, and for some reason my nose kept trying to run on top of everything else. She took it home with her and used it up during winter break, and I thought that would be the end of it. The next semester, when I came back from spring break, the same thing happened. This time my mom and I offered to pay for the costs of the scent cartridge thingy if she didn't use it, so that she wouldn't have wasted money on something she wouldn't be able to use, and she actually seemed insulted that we tried to 'buy her out'. I had to actually get the RA involved, because I could not go through that experience again for over a MONTH this time. The RA was able to get her to change the cartridge, but afterwards my roommate tried to 'talk about it' with me, which pretty much consisted of her saying, "I get migraines too, so I know what you're going through, but I don't get why you can't just...deal with it?" I highly doubt that she had any BAD migraines, if she had actual migraines at all, which I am also skeptical of. And she was so patronizing about it...I responded with something along the lines of, "Your situation, and my situation are not the same thing. I could barely function last time this happened, and the only medication I have that can stop a severe migraine can only be taken once a week. I told you at the start of the school year that I had chronic migraine, and that I might need to turn off your scent thing if it started bothering me. You agreed at the time, but refused to actually DO it when it happened." She's not my roommate anymore for obvious reasons.
I would of gone mad
That's stuff I'd throw hands over
Next time, instead of vomiting politely into a bin, vomit on her bed, desk, clothing...
I would of taken that scent thing and smashed it into tiny little pieces in front of her with a rather large hammer by the second semester. I am not even joking. That you would have to suffer excruciating pain just because of her selfish actions ..... no . Not on. And yes I also suffer migraine. It is Hell.
i had a similar situation with a roommate and baby powder scented deoderant which caused athsma in me, of course she didn't believe me and tried to apply her personal sacrid sauce while I was sleeping of course I woke up gasping and went home to Mother, who had me call the RA who switched roommates, so I got to be roommates with the gal who needed to turn over once in a while at night (Which drove her roommate insane) and stinky girl went to live with light sleeper girl and I don't think I ever laid eyes on her again. (Luckily I didn't have to move, she did. :) I don't remember her name. I was so glad to have her gone.
my coping strategy is laying in bed crying and trying to sleep because if I'm asleep I can't think about the pain (:
Sometimes the pain even follows me in my dreams o.e
That's a good idea, I try to take my pain medicine so that I can make it through the day and fall asleep when the pain starts coming back again.
That's why I hate getting a migraine in the morning. Migraines generally make me very fatigued and I fall asleep after a while but not if it's still the morning..
Lanna Smith that’s my case, too. I can always feel the pain while sleeping, so sleep doesn’t help me
Is this me? 😅😭
It feels like your brain is trying to fight it's way out of your skull through your eyes.
riley jenkins and like there’s hands in your head squeezing your eyeballs from the inside
Yesss!
Sometimes I'd just want to cut my head open to get rid of the pressure.
@@elizabethh560 totally agree
Yes. Or like there's a very strong man trapped in your skull, and he's trying to bash his way out with a sledgehammer.
I literally knew nothing except it was a "bad headache". This video is really educational, thank you. :)
It is the worst kind, nausea and vision distortions.
I'm glad for you that this video could be a starting point in helping you with possible migraine. On the other hand I wish none of us, Jessica included, knew what migraine is like.
@@fayeverdunes that sounds awful, I'm sorry
Yeah when I get migraines I get confused, forget words, have trouble spelling, vomit, can't eat, can't handle sound, can't handle having lights on, sometimes can't stand, often can't walk because the pain shoots from my feet up (I often crawl to reduce the impact), my neck muscles lock up, I cry without reasons or even noticing, have trouble speaking (which makes calling in sick for work kind of tricky) and other side effects... it's good that people can watch videos like this and find out more about what it means when someone says they get migraines! I agree, this video is so awesome.
I don't think holding as still as possible while crying is really a "migraine cure" persay, but it's what I do.
When I got my first migraine I read that it's pretty common for people to find relief from crying. Something about relieving pressure.
sweetyetunrefined that’s interesting, for me crying makes it a lot worse
I find this so interesting!! If I cry I usually get some of my most unbearable attacks that last for 2-3 days! (I have chronic migraines)
sweetyetunrefined y’know sometimes this works for me. It’s uncommon that it does, but when I feel the tears coming on I give it a shot, and sometimes I do feel better. Not completely better but at least a little less miserable because I do feel some relief in pressure. It really depends, occasionally it may only make it worse.
@@sinabaur9150 same. It feels like crying adds still more pressure inside my brain/face. This is doubly awful, because migraines trigger horrible mood shifts for me.
I always get confused when people ask me what causes my migraines because it feels weird to say, "My migraines are caused by chronic migraine."
the &^#%&&&%%#%$ things cycle in on themselves.
Yeah, I know it’s meant to be helpful in a “is there something I can remove from the situation to improve your experience” way, but it just happens anyway a lot of the time.
Yeah, I mean, sometimes you can identity triggers.. but doing so doesn't mean you can stop them from happening. One of mine is weather and pressure changes - yeah, that's totally under my control.
@@cetkat same.
Also mine apparently is stress?
Well missing out because of your migraines makes you have to do even more to catch up after the migraine passes, which increases stress which increases your likelyhood of migraines 🤔😂
@@CristalianaIvor Truth. You're not wrong. Some people think that if only you can identify the triggers, they'll disappear... but that's not how it works. It is good to know, but it doesn't help me to stop them, only, at best, prepare.
I don't get migraines that often anymore (maybe one or two a month) but when it happens I start the following routine asap:
1. brush teeth and hair
2. take 800 mg ibuprofen and 1000 mg paracetamol
3. take melatonin and magnesium
4. drink a glass of water
5. soft pyjamas
6. in bed in total darkness
7. ice pack on head
8. hope it's gone when I wake up
Anna Bjarnsteinsdóttir “hope it’s gone when I wake up” is such a mood
800 mg Ibuprofen?! 1000 mg Paracetamol?! That’s a lot of meds 🤯 I’m not even able to get more than 200 mg of Ibuprofen at my local pharmacy 😐
@@Victory.In.Jesus95 well, the pills I take are 400 and 500 respectively and technically I am supposed to take one of each but I need two if they are supposed to do anything tbh. I have consulted a doctor about it and she says it's fine since I don't need it that often
I cant have ibuprofen, react bad on them. Magnesium gives me other problems, but i have it sometimes it too. I have an autoimmune disease , Crohn’s and Spondylitis Ankylosis or Bamboopine it’s a rheumatoid. Sometimes i get a pain, at the base on my skull and it was determined that the attachment of pretty tiny 3 mm starts to hurt, for all my illness i have
Neurotine 300mg
Neurtoine 100mg
Paracetamol 500 mg
Contramal retard 50 mg
Celebrex 100 mg
Salazopirine 500 mg
And add Tradonal 50 mg if pain is too much
And cortisone, if it starts, take meds, and in bed. Hate noise, light, smell everything, can’t be touched. And please don’t give me food or even tea, just a bit of water or my dear husband gives me cola to give me a little of energy.
I love the idea of brushing your teeth as it's starting. Once mine has kicked in brushing my teeth is a near impossibility. I've been kind of worried about how many times I've been missing brushing them. I'm on tender ground currently so off I go now to brush my teeth. Thanks!
I always try to go to sleep before the migraine becomes bad. If I cant then I lay still in the dark
If I do that I just wake up 4 hours later with a banging headache with the ear drumming and blurred vision :(
that's my go to! until the sad days where I wake up and still have the migraine
Oh if I do that my migraine gets worse not better.
That moment when no one fully explained migraines properly before, and now you're connecting symptoms you thought were caused by something else. Bless you.
Yeah, here too, I need to look more into this... to confirm or rule out 🤷🏻
Me too! I never concidered "migraine" because I don't get the headache.
Me too. I actually learned from this and feel less bad about myself.
Haha same!
@@kin2naruto there definitely is such a thing as a "silent" migraine where you never get the pain part
See I’m very sensitive to light and sound during a migraine so I sit in a dark room with an ice pack in my head and listening to a podcast on low volume
This is me too!!
I don't understand words when I have a migraine. Not even stuff I think in sentences makes sense.
(edit:) MAGNESIUM Is the answer! I used to have migraines almost every 2 weeks. Big Trigger is dairy and my solution is magnesium! 200mg per day, you can even go with 400mg or more, because you can't have an overdose of that magical lifesaver!!! the last 2 years I only got 3 migraines. Probably also because I went vegan, didn't drink alcohol or coffee and my day and night rhythm is stable.
EDIT: I just got the information that in one case magnesium made the migraine worse than before, so it is actually dependent on the individual if it works or not or if magnesium will even make it worse. For me personally it worked.
I have a hard time processing anything that does not need immediate action, due to the pain the light causes. Want to know what's for dinner at noon when I have a migraine? "What? Din....Fffff...Just...Delivery. Aaaaaaugh!."
I have to block the "extra light" with a heavy pillow even when it's dark. Somehow the small sliver of light under the door hurts my closed eyes.
Can’t even do that anymore =\
My migraines are less frequent at 33 than 17-25 but now they are more intense.
1) FL-41 tinted glasses for preventing the migrane
2) cold on the neck, eyes and/or forehead
3) dark and cold/window open room and trying to sleep
4) soulder rubs from a loved one
5) head massage with slightly pulling your hair with your hands close to the roots
6) but most of all just figuring out my triggers and situation where migraines come and just avoiding them at all cost!
#6 Figuring out my triggers was the key for me to get rid of my migraines. Whistling and scents are migraine triggers for me, and the only triggers I have that I cannot control (though I am very bold these days about asking / demanding people to not whistle around me because I never want to get another migraine). Scents are the hardest. I just have to leave the area.
Great advice!
so much yes to #6, this is strengthened by my sensory processing disorder...
I have to keep the brightness on my phone down so low because i get migraines if I don't. I hate having to have my light on because it makes me nauseous
✋ Raise your hand if you're watching this with a migraine...
prodrome!🙋♀️
More like: "listening to this video". My eyes hurt.
You poor things,
I know how much migraine suck. Luckily I don't have one right now but I hope you all are better my now!
Oh no, go to sleep and get well
Chronic migraine 🖐🏼
Have dull pain right now, nothing too bad
I've been in the 15% all of my life.
I've developed the following fantastic explanation for those who call migraines 'headaches.' Its the equivalent of going up to someone who's been cut in half and saying 'yea, I got a paper cut once.'
And then there are cluster headaches, which are said to hurt even more. Hard to imagine that. (My [family member] used to get those, though thankfully he hasn't recently. He'd be crying in the corner till his prescriptions came through, and then he'd be sucking oxygen to make the headaches bearable and taking seizure meds to try to end the cluster.)
@@dfeuer Whew. I had a cluster headache once and I was bawling like a baby on my way to the hospital because I was sure I was dying and my right eye was going to pop. I feel your family member's pain.
And this is precisely why I don't consider what I get to be migraines even though others constantly try convince me.
Me 2 weeks ago: dang I'm glad I've never had a migraine
Me last night, seeing a glitching rainbow line in my field of vision and experiencing a piercing pain behind my eye: oh....oh no
this but it was me earlier today
This is what happens when I get migraines!
As a chronic migraineur who has also had children: yes, my migraines mostly went away in the 2nd & 3rd trimesters. That said, you have to get through the first trimester. Mine were so awful - combined with hyperemesis gravidarum - that there was actually a rumour that I was dying. The oven couldn’t be turned on without me puking. No food yet - just the oven. And no meds. So yeah. Fun times. Oh, and then the small fact that if you keep said child, you now have a small human totally reliant on you once all those chronic migraines return. No, no, I don’t have any trauma from that time of life. Not at all...
3 ibuprofen tablets and vapour rub on my temples helps if I catch it quick enough! Crying helps if I don't...
Crying always makes mine worse but it's so hard to avoid sometimes cause it feels like my brain is being crushed. I need to try that vapour rub trick though.
I wake up with mine so I can never catch it early. I've already had one for 1-2 hours by the time I wake up.
I really love that this channel is Gay! Vintage! Unexplainable Chronic Illnesses and Diseases that Medical Professionals Refused to Listen to Me About!
Its an oddly specific, yet perfect niche
and incredible relateable for us few gay historically inclined folk with weird disabilitys and an aversion to doctors who sound like broken records "i don't know come back in six months"
Oddly specific for me! Aka the best niche
This is literally the same cloth one of my dearest friends is cut from ❤️ Much love to all you folx ❤️
The first time had a migraine I thought I was having a stroke
The time I actually got diagnosed I thought I was having a stroke, after the diagnosis I realized I had, had many more previously, it was just that one that was the worst (and I was also 7-8months pregnant at the time so much more worrying)
me too
Me too. I was in my mid 20s and left work because I wanted to stroke out in private. Go figure.
I did have a mini stroke because of a migraine...... I partly believe it was the Er Dr ODed me
same xD
In so photosensitive during migraine it's like all my senses get turned up to max
I feel like a vampire who can't tolerate any noise. I once took a nap (my usual migraine cure) and my dad put some Sprite in the room for me to have when I woke up. Unfortunately, the carbonation bubbles were too loud so I woke up in pain and anger.
The world may end but Jessica will look fabulous.
I've noticed that when having a migraine pressing something cold against my eyes or head helps the pain!!
Fifteen minutes ago me: I don't know if I've ever had a migraine!! (Thinks it's just a really shitty headache bc that's what everyone says)
Me throughout this video: Oh so the weird mental shifts/emotions and sensitivity are part of a migraine? And the tingling and light thing? And maybe that thing where my left eye quits or when I stop being able to see much of anything? And ohhhhhhhh no. Have I had migraines nearly constantly my whole life?
Me now: Yes, yes you have.
UPDATE: I saw a doctor about it who Actually Listened to me and. Yep. Chronic ocular migraines babey, haven't seen a neurologist cause 'Merica but you know.
If your eye stops working... check with a Dr just in case it isn't a migraine. I have a family history if migraine but luckily no weird vision stuff. The whole migraines are just intense headache thing is frustrating
@@sabrinalundquist5566 I have checked with a doctor they say there's nothing wrong with my eye. They say it's "eye strain" :) I have had bifocals for a while because of it but they don't help *shrugs*
Every doctor I've asked about all my symptoms so far think I'm lying or that everything is caused by my weight, so it's unlikely I'll receive treatment for anything anytime soon
@@sabrinalundquist5566 Thank you for the advice though
@@letyourselfrest8932 Any optometrist or ophthalmologist who says you lost vision in your eye from "eye strain" is lying through their teeth and knows it! They know perfectly well that that isn't possible. Go to another eye doctor. Oh and the iossue with doctors refusing to treat anything in "overweight" individuals is very common--call them on it. Write a letter to state medical board and cc the doctor. Change doctors as soon as your health plan will let you. Complain about the doctor to your health insurance company. Be an aggressive medical consumer!
@@vmtracy I haven't lost vision so much as it randomly doubles from time to time, leaving me unable to read or anything. And I can't switch doctors or do much since I'm a minor. Pretty sure I could slightly fracture a rib and my mom would yell at me about having to go to the doctor, and I haven't had a normal dentist checkup in nearly 5 years, so I gotta tread carefully. :)
I have had migraines for a couple years now, and recently got medication for it... Only to discover that it does not work with my antidepressants.
N i c e.
Yeah. Loving the can't take migraine meds because of other meds club. Kill me now.
Love that. I was given big boy beta blocker drugs on the highest dose of my weight which was supposed to help prevent the pain... and it completely cancelled out the effects of my EpiPen! Hooray!
Same, bipolar disorder and my medication hates the migraine medication. So more painkillers for me yay.
I’ve been trying to get a migraine specialist meeting for almost a month now, I just wanna get pills.
So you feel shitty either way..
That's hell
“Why don’t you drink?”
“Because I would like to be functional the next 48 hours.”
“Just a taste?”
“NO.”
Magnesium and folic acid have helped my migraines MAYBE 20? I’ve battled them since childhood. There is medical literature supporting magnesium and migraines. I hate them so much. What I fear most is not recognizing that I’m having a stroke because my migraine symptoms mimic a lot of early stroke signs.
I understand that completely. One time I was talking backwards at work. Whole words forwards, but reversing their order. People were wondering.
I get this which is terrifying as my epilepsy also made my face feel like it's drooping and the biologically female members of the family are prone to strokes. *screams internally*
You, sooking on the floor, is the best description of a migraine ever.
Found the Ozzie!
I rely on painkillers, random yt playlist on my phone (low brightness & volume, face down), no light. Maybe a hot water bottle or a teddy to hug.
Unrelated but I read your username as ali is a race, and honestly that's a fat mood
ali_is_ace I agree with all of that except I either borrow my dog, pillow or partner. Xxx
EDIT: love your username x
I also put a blue light filter on my phone
@@troymihoyminoy3889 mine's permanently on bc blue light causes headaches for me.
Hot water??? I need an ice pack attached to my head 😭😭😭
Sniff a rock and spin around three times on one spot under a full moon.
if it worked I'd try it ngl
Also a human sacrifice is needed
Any particular kind of rock?
Most types work, but if you have the option, I’d recommend anything volcanic. Stay away from granite though, that stuff’s nasty
@@Serpentrose Rose quartz, freshly dug up or chopped off a mountain during the vernal equinox.