More likely to have migraine

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Are there any days when you're 'more likely' to get a migraine?

Just started with the old rainbow zigzags - and my younger daughter messaged to say she was starting with a migraine. Then my other daughter messaged to say that her daughter had had zigzags and was now blind (possibly a blind spot like I usually get). We think this is her second migraine- she's only 6 years old. The first time it happened she became hysterical, crying 'don't let me die mummy'.

I've had migraines for 50 years. It seems I've passed them on to a daughter and granddaughter. Bloody awful things. I thought that my breakfast wasn't going through my stomach - it usually 'stops emptying' and is one of the first signs that I could get a migraine. Just hoping I'm not sick this time.

A colleague and I used to get migraines on the same day. We used to pass the time of day discussing whether it was a 'migraine day'.

We used to say it was all about the weather and concluded that they were more likely with high barometer readings. We used to get a 'group' of them in autumn and spring. This is probably one of my spring migraines then.

I'm off to lie down - can feel the pain coming.

Migraine is very inheritable unfortunately for your daughter.

While everyone has a different collection of triggers, there are some really common ones eg being tired, not going to bed at the same time, being hungry, weather changes.

I used to work somewhere where all of us in the senior management team had migraine. If there was a storm, all of us would be off sick.

A final thing - there are different stages to a migraine, prodrome, attack and postdrome. When you notice your stomach has stopped you are already 'in your migraine' as the prodrome has started and you've got delayed stomach emptying.

I can spot some of my prodromes - I get very restless and start going to the loo incessantly and get very emotional but not all.

I haven't noticed a 'migraine day' or time of year, but this is very interesting. Mine come with a combination of stress and visual problems (such as strobe lighting). They start with a hole in my vision and then I get the rainbow zig zags. If I take a pill early on it reduces the duration of the attack.

@AnnaMagnani

I've always noticed that my stomach stops working before a migraine - it can be many hours before the aura.

But you've just made me connect some dots - the previous evening/night I was ravenously hungry and unusually thirsty. I woke three times to pee during the night which has happened before other migraines. Can prodromes happen the day before a migraine? I will watch out for next time and be better prepared to 'catch' it.

Most of my migraines have coincided with storms/thunder and lightning as have a lot of my friends and colleagues.

My granddaughter's first migraine coincided with a storm.

I'm going to look further at prodromes - thanks for that.

Yep. Once the prodrome is there, the migraine has started.

I don't always spot mine, and my aura is very subtle, but when I do I can just be 'will you hurry up with headache so I can take my triptan and get on with it'