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> For example, while rock climbing once, I was getting down from the top of a mountain, seeing those 'squirlly refractive light worms' in my vision that some pe

by dvt 9y ago

> For example, while rock climbing once, I was getting down from the top of a mountain, seeing those 'squirlly refractive light worms' in my vision that some people with severe migraines get. I had all the symptoms of having a migraine--and was lucky I didn't die on that mountain--but the debilitating pain only came when I was down, in the car, away from danger, with food and water. This is how it always is. I also suffer from migraines and I've tried different "tricks" to get rid of them or stop getting them altogether. Thankfully, I only get them ~2-3 times a month. (How some people live with chronic migraines is beyond me.) I just wanted to say that I've also noticed this pattern. I have never gotten a migraine in a high-stress or high-stakes situation -- for example, I often get them in the car (maybe attributed to some kind of motion sickness) but never while actually driving. As a side note, I started drinking green tea 2-3 times a day which has decreased attacks by ~60% (I keep a log).

ManuelKiessling 9y ago
I wonder if that's due to the coffein in the green tea? Too bad I'm very sensitive to coffein and often can't sleep at night when I take coffein too late during the day... What kind of green tea do you drink? I've read that there are very different levels of coffein in the different green tea types.
- sametmax 9y ago
  For me it's definitly tied to food. Life hygiene in general, but 80% food.
- rjbwork 9y ago
  Since you seem to be German, just a note: "coffein" in German is "caffeine" in English.
- collyw 9y ago
  Not sure if it helps, but apparently tea, especially green tea contains more l-theanine. This counteracts the jitters you get from coffee. Maybe a supplement would help.
- isomorph 9y ago
  For me the number one trigger was caffeine, but because I'd never had that much, doctors just said it was probably stress, so I didn't eliminate it. Also because this all happened when I was a kid, I didn't have the wherewithal / knowledge to try an elimination diet. I was an anxious kid so my parents just accepted this "diagnosis" of stress as the main trigger (it definitely is one factor). I cut out caffeine to help me sleep better (after about 14 years of migraines of varying frequency and severity), and found my baseline (monthly, moderate severity) migraines almost completely vanished. Now I only get them if my sleep or food schedule or amounts are seriously disturbed.

by dvt 9y ago

ManuelKiessling 9y ago

I wonder if that's due to the coffein in the green tea? Too bad I'm very sensitive to coffein and often can't sleep at night when I take coffein too late during the day... What kind of green tea do you drink? I've read that there are very different levels of coffein in the different green tea types.

sametmax 9y ago
For me it's definitly tied to food. Life hygiene in general, but 80% food.
rjbwork 9y ago
Since you seem to be German, just a note: "coffein" in German is "caffeine" in English.
collyw 9y ago
Not sure if it helps, but apparently tea, especially green tea contains more l-theanine. This counteracts the jitters you get from coffee. Maybe a supplement would help.
isomorph 9y ago
For me the number one trigger was caffeine, but because I'd never had that much, doctors just said it was probably stress, so I didn't eliminate it. Also because this all happened when I was a kid, I didn't have the wherewithal / knowledge to try an elimination diet. I was an anxious kid so my parents just accepted this "diagnosis" of stress as the main trigger (it definitely is one factor). I cut out caffeine to help me sleep better (after about 14 years of migraines of varying frequency and severity), and found my baseline (monthly, moderate severity) migraines almost completely vanished. Now I only get them if my sleep or food schedule or amounts are seriously disturbed.