MrMonkey
14-05-06, 20:19
'Ello! [8D]
I've had a bit of a search around and found a lot about headaches, but nothing, specifically, about migranes so I thought I would start up a post.
I'm sure it is slightly different for different people, but with me it starts with a small blind spot in the centre of my vision. This then grows but becomes blurry (like its shimmering, I can see through it) and spreads across my middle vision then takes over the bottom and eventually, after about 20 mins shrinks away to the top right. During this time I feel light headed and insubstantial - which really freaks me out - but I'm so happy when it's gone. Then for the rest of the day I have this really intense headache which only hurts when I move suddenly, it then throbs like my head is being squeezed and bright light hurts me. This feeling normally hangs around for the rest of the day and sometimes the next day too.
I've been getting them for as long as I can remember, and I didn't know what they were. I went through all the brain tumour and 'going blind' theories, but through a bit of record keeping - I kept a journal, noted down times and dates of when I got them, how long they lasted and what was happening in my life around that time - I found out I get them during hot, sunny weather and at times of great stress. So I know now they are stress related.
What I wanted to say is this. I've found that if I do yoga stretches and twists (in particular the cobra, warrior 1, upward facing dog and spinal twist poses) it can relieve the pressure and greatly reduce the impact of the migrane so I often resort to these when I feel it coming on (this also leads me to suspect it is something to do with pressure on the spinal column). Oh and wearing sunglasses during sunny weather - despite my tendency to break them [8D] - helps too.
I just wondered if anyone has any other coping techniques for them or any other information. I've learnt to accept them but, as I already said, the blurred vision phase still really freaks me out. I hate it.
If anyone has any questions I'll be happy to answer, and if anyone has any more information I hope you'll leave it here. Take care.
I've had a bit of a search around and found a lot about headaches, but nothing, specifically, about migranes so I thought I would start up a post.
I'm sure it is slightly different for different people, but with me it starts with a small blind spot in the centre of my vision. This then grows but becomes blurry (like its shimmering, I can see through it) and spreads across my middle vision then takes over the bottom and eventually, after about 20 mins shrinks away to the top right. During this time I feel light headed and insubstantial - which really freaks me out - but I'm so happy when it's gone. Then for the rest of the day I have this really intense headache which only hurts when I move suddenly, it then throbs like my head is being squeezed and bright light hurts me. This feeling normally hangs around for the rest of the day and sometimes the next day too.
I've been getting them for as long as I can remember, and I didn't know what they were. I went through all the brain tumour and 'going blind' theories, but through a bit of record keeping - I kept a journal, noted down times and dates of when I got them, how long they lasted and what was happening in my life around that time - I found out I get them during hot, sunny weather and at times of great stress. So I know now they are stress related.
What I wanted to say is this. I've found that if I do yoga stretches and twists (in particular the cobra, warrior 1, upward facing dog and spinal twist poses) it can relieve the pressure and greatly reduce the impact of the migrane so I often resort to these when I feel it coming on (this also leads me to suspect it is something to do with pressure on the spinal column). Oh and wearing sunglasses during sunny weather - despite my tendency to break them [8D] - helps too.
I just wondered if anyone has any other coping techniques for them or any other information. I've learnt to accept them but, as I already said, the blurred vision phase still really freaks me out. I hate it.
If anyone has any questions I'll be happy to answer, and if anyone has any more information I hope you'll leave it here. Take care.