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Does anyone else get migraines from... relaxing? Like having a few weeks of from work? Like I can wake up and after having enjoyed a full night of sleep and a s

Does anyone else get migraines from... relaxing? Like having a few weeks of from work? Like I can wake up and after having enjoyed a full night of sleep and a steady breakfast and have the aura break out one hour after waking up. Christmas, easter, long weekends etc are times when I expect them to arrive. As a child and young adult I just came to the conclusion that I got em when they felt on arriving.... They were much more frequent then but less intense. I also guess stress is a trigger for me since I usually have multiple episodes around the day my father passed but that is the only stress I can remember being a trigger. (This has only been the case since he passed. Can't remember being triggered by stress before either.) Edit: Does anybody else not really get "regular" headaches, like at all?

Shish2k 8y ago
Back in my previous job I was super-stressed non-stop through the week, so I got used to that being the default - and then would wake up with a migraine every single saturday morning as my body didn't know how to handle happiness :P Eventually it got so bad that I was going blind and having amnesia in work, so I went to the doctor - she suggested that going from high-to-low stress would cause headaches, and high-to-extremely-high would cause blindness and amnesia, so I should try taking a break from work. Shortly after that I got an offer from another company, which turned out to be a much healthier place to work, and I've been fine ever since :)
pingec 8y ago
My mother experiences migraines most frequently on weekends when she does not work, she has a stressful job. I have always thought of it as a "post-stress" collapse.
- trumpeta 8y ago
  My head used to hurt regularly on Sunday afternoon. I discovered it was Caffeine withdrawal, I during coffee at work but not during weekends, if I have a coffee on Saturday and Sunday, all is good.
- PokemonNoGo 8y ago
  That sucks! Like I've always said to people I need to have something to think about or do or else I might get a migraine... I do a lot of crosswords in the summer... I don't feel that stressed at all actually. I guess I could sleep more during the weekdays. I clock about 5-6 but I guess that's normal? 3-4 makes me feel kinda hyped which is weird.
slazaro 8y ago
I've heard that lots of people have headaches during the weekend (I know there's a difference between regular headaches and migraines though), which is caused by caffeine withdrawal. Some people drink way more coffee during weekdays than they realize, and they don't as much during the weekends, causing the withdrawal. Maybe that fits a little bit with your experience?
- PokemonNoGo 8y ago
  The coffee situation is actually the reverse for me. The coffee at work is the worst and I refuse to drink it heh. So I only have the one in the morning. On the weekends I enjoy multiple cups but when I get an attack then I usually only would have had time for one since I mostly get them early after waking up. Edit: I'm prolly a bad example on migraine triggers. I sleep too little, I use a lot of nicotine, I don't eat breakfast, I go out multiple times a week, I eat too little during the weekdays...

Shish2k 8y ago

Back in my previous job I was super-stressed non-stop through the week, so I got used to that being the default - and then would wake up with a migraine every single saturday morning as my body didn't know how to handle happiness :P Eventually it got so bad that I was going blind and having amnesia in work, so I went to the doctor - she suggested that going from high-to-low stress would cause headaches, and high-to-extremely-high would cause blindness and amnesia, so I should try taking a break from work. Shortly after that I got an offer from another company, which turned out to be a much healthier place to work, and I've been fine ever since :)

pingec 8y ago

My mother experiences migraines most frequently on weekends when she does not work, she has a stressful job. I have always thought of it as a "post-stress" collapse.

trumpeta 8y ago
My head used to hurt regularly on Sunday afternoon. I discovered it was Caffeine withdrawal, I during coffee at work but not during weekends, if I have a coffee on Saturday and Sunday, all is good.
PokemonNoGo 8y ago
That sucks! Like I've always said to people I need to have something to think about or do or else I might get a migraine... I do a lot of crosswords in the summer... I don't feel that stressed at all actually. I guess I could sleep more during the weekdays. I clock about 5-6 but I guess that's normal? 3-4 makes me feel kinda hyped which is weird.

slazaro 8y ago

I've heard that lots of people have headaches during the weekend (I know there's a difference between regular headaches and migraines though), which is caused by caffeine withdrawal. Some people drink way more coffee during weekdays than they realize, and they don't as much during the weekends, causing the withdrawal. Maybe that fits a little bit with your experience?

PokemonNoGo 8y ago
The coffee situation is actually the reverse for me. The coffee at work is the worst and I refuse to drink it heh. So I only have the one in the morning. On the weekends I enjoy multiple cups but when I get an attack then I usually only would have had time for one since I mostly get them early after waking up. Edit: I'm prolly a bad example on migraine triggers. I sleep too little, I use a lot of nicotine, I don't eat breakfast, I go out multiple times a week, I eat too little during the weekdays...