Migraine

[solomonsfish85]

Hi guys,

So last Thursday I had what I think was my fist migraine, im 37. My eyes started to go all fuzzy, I started to panic and then came the pain, I took a ibuprofen and it eased again after about a half an hour. I was so scared, I think I've read every mumsnet thread on migraine!

I rang the doctor and can't get an appointment for a week, my anxiety since that day is through the roof, am I going to suffer with this forever? how will I cope to look after my kids? from reading other stories mine I think was not as bad as some poor people get ☹️
I feel really tired, I'm going to bed really early, which is not like me at all, could there be more going on?

Obviously will tell the doctor all this next week, but I'm not living at the moment because I'm fearing another attack.
Anyone else ever been where I am with the extreme anxiety?
I feel I can't cope anymore ☹️

@solomonsfish85 , missus, I have suffered from bad migraines, mostly in my 20s. They can be triggered by too much sugar and by certain foods. Mine was mostly hormonal and they were bad before my period.... but just cause uve had one, doesn't mean I ll get them all the time. I promise I ll be fine. The doctor will probably ask u to keep a check on what Ur eating, Ur cycle and any other things that could trigger it. But try not to worry it won't be anything scary.🤗🤗🤗

Mine are triggered by the come down after a stressful event so do try to keep your anxiety down. I don't know what to tell you they are miserable. You need to understand the triggers. And sumitripan is what helps me

Migraines are not much fun but they are not dangerous and if this was your first st 37 and the headache lasted half an hour then I think it’s unlikely you will have very many more. You can get a drug to take during the aura which stops the headache from being so bad. It works well for me.

I heard a podcast (can’t find it now) with a migraine expert saying that there was a pre aura phase which makes us crave rubbish food and this is why people think that chocolate causes migraines but it isn’t necessarily true.

Link to the podcast

Thank you teasie123
It's good to hear more experiences, obviously yours were miles worse! I feel bad that I'm whinging about 1 small migraine,
Have been keeping a log the last few days to be able to give the doctor when i go in, so might find something in it, feel I'm obsessing unnecessarily tho

Thank you bryceQ do you know what when I was trying to find a link, it seemed to happen when I sat down and was actually resting! I was feeling any anxiety I was looking forward to my evening and then wham it all happened! So wierd

@solomonsfish85 the first migraine can be very scary, so its only natural that I would be concerned....but hopefully I might not get one for another 6 months, if at all. So , every time I start to panic just tell itself Ur gonna be ok. 🤗🤗🤗

Thanks a mil, I just feel out of sorts since it happened, is it the start of peri? is it the start if something more sinister?
I've been researching(googling) where migraines come from, it's not the triggers necessarily that come first, so what makes them be there before being triggered by anything? Why is that bit happening all of a sudden ☹️ I'm rambling now

There is a lingering washed out feeling after the headache sometimes I feel a bit sick for a while. It will go away eventually.

They can come from nowhere or during stressful times or related to hormones. I have thought mine were caused by a strict diet once and giving blood another time — could be coincidences though.

Most of mine are with a specific sparky curved aura that gets bigger over half an hour then disappears before a headache that lasts about a day if that. I once had one where I lost half my field of vision. It was really scary and the headache was worse and everything went on much longer. that’s when I spoke to the GP and got the sumatriptan.

My DD always has the aura where she loses half her field of vision but her headaches are only a couple of hours. Everyone is different.

After a quick google it looks like you are at a really common age to get your first migraine. Hopefully that is reassuring as it is not something out of the ordinary. They are supposed to improve after the menopause- one thing to look forward to.

Try not to worry to much. Everyone Is capable of having migraine, what happens is each person has a trigger point where it can happen as you've not had one before yours is set very high. The more recent theory is that you need to add multiple things into your system before you have one. For example you feel stressed, maybe your drank some alcohol making you dehydrated and you skipped lunch (insert any meal). You may could have copped with two of those but the third one tripped you over. Most people who think food triggered it actually already have the start of the migraine before they eat the food, say chocolate and craving certain food is often the predome part of the migraine as they normally start way before the headache phase.

Your right to get checked out by your GP especially if you haven't had one before (you may never get another one). Also ibuprofen is they best painkiller to take for migraine it helps reduce the inflation as unlike a headache the blood vessels expand due to inflation.

With any luck you won't have any more, but ibuprofen and rest is best if you do. Also the feeling extremely tired afterwards is also part of the migraine so don't worry about that to much.

@RunningAndSinging

Thank you!
That's how the aura came on for me, wierd vision like I couldnt see the writing in the TV properly then it started progressing to zig zags, it calmed down and then the pain.

I'm half afraid to do anything in case it triggers another one, I was after skipping lunch and had 1 more coffee than I usually have and was a bit stressed aswel so maybe a combination of all them is what kicked it off,

@MigGirl
Thank you for the reply,
These are all really reassuring me,
I think the mix of everything coming together prob was the reason and that's it I should just leave it all go and relax the fuck out, but my brain just thinks worse case scenarios all.the.time
I'm going to speak to the gp about my anxiety again aswel I think,
I got exedrin? Off the chemist in boots aswel so have that at the ready just in case!

@solomonsfish85 how are the migraines?