Snow/cold causing migraines

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I don't usually suffer from migraines.

The last big snowfall we got was in spring of 2018 and it was the beast from the east. I got very sick at the time. I has a chest issue or some sort of chest infection at the time. Also at the time I had a blinding headache and I was sensitive to bright lights. I really think it was the snow and the cold that caused the headache and I think looking back it was a migraine but I got no official diagnosis.

I remember I suffered a similar blinding headache during storm opehila in 2017.

I don't think I experienced anything like it since the beast from the east. Until last night. I finished work and I was in my kitchen trying to make dinner. I wasn't able for a big meal so I boiled the kettle for a pot noodle. I couldn't remain standing up and I just had to go to bed. I wore a jacket and cap to bed and I took a hot water bottle and heat pad to bed. I woke up this morning and I was good again.

I really think it was a migraine and it was caused by a change in the weather. We have a snowfall now. I am good now today but I am standing up well with no headache. I need to be mindful of the snowy conditions outside and stay in as much as possible.

Does any one else experience migraines with a change in weather?

I think it more the contrast between hot, stuffy heated indoors to the fresh, crisp cold air outside than the snow itself. I find the glare of winter sun on snow worse.

The cold has been causing me to have frequent nose bleeds which are often accompanied by a headache

For sure. There's no sun in the sky right now. The sky is filled with grey, heavy clouds and its snowing. Before it snowed yesterday and very early this morning, I found that there was a different type of brightness in the air. I think it was that cold and chrisp brightness that really smacked me into my face.

Air pressure is one of my triggers so I wouldn't be surprised!

I went out in the cold for a couple of hours yesterday and got a really bad headache for my troubles.
If the cold gets into my ears or sinuses I do get terrible earaches & headaches, I have snoods and muffs etc to try to prevent it, but they don't always.
I told a couple of family members of my headache and got completely blank looks like it wasn't a thing and I was making it up!

I don't suffer from migraines though, you have my sympathy on that score. I've a friend who gets migraines and they can be debilitating.

All my favourite people,

Nosebleeds - that sounds bad.

Plonque - I don't know if what I am experiencing is migraine. I did experience an absolute killer headache where I wasn't able to stand up. I had to go to bed last night instead of having dinner.

I'm OK today. Work had me out for a few minutes and I had to stop what I was doing and go in. I don't think people are believing me. I'm OK when im inside, it's just going out into in. I have to wear a cap as well because of earache but thankfully no earache yet.

Yes - snow, especially when combined with bright sunshine is one of my migraine triggers.

I live in Maine, so winters are tough. We usually have snow on the ground for 4-5 months. I wear sunglasses religiously when it's sunny in winter.

Sometimes I get confused - I think the light is flashing off the snow, when in fact it's a migraine aura.

Some migraine tracking apps specifically ask about the weather, including snowfall and changes in pressure.

What helps me... I take Aimovig injections and BP meds as preventatives, then when I get a migraine I take Rizatriptan plus Ibuprofen. That usually knocks the migraine out in a few hours.

I have had migraine all week. I often get them during bright days or storms and am aware they happen during weather changes which I guess is due to pressure change. Hadn't associated them with snow before but then it doesn't often snow for several days at a time

I get pressure headache when we get thunder storms, I assume it's to so with rapid weather change from warm to cold