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I semi-regularly get migraines, maybe a handful a year. Nearly every time it's associated with a night of insomnia - I do everything the same, no coffee or alc
by kimixa 2y ago
I semi-regularly get migraines, maybe a handful a year.
Nearly every time it's associated with a night of insomnia - I do everything the same, no coffee or alcohol or anything, no late work or screens. The same bedtime routine, I just.... don't sleep.
I'm not sure how to draw the line of cause/effect between the two. Is the lack of sleep causing a migraine the next morning? Or is the insomnia some symptom of whatever then becomes the symptom of a migraine.
Or even if such a line exists, I think the association is strong enough the two are related, but I know memory and the brain making things fit patterns can be misleading.
- aliasxneo 2y agoI, of course, cannot provide medical advice, but I have had chronic migraines since I was a teenager. Over the years, I've identified several triggers and tend to categorize them; lack of sleep is common. Of course, a complete night of restlessness is fraught with many problems, but I can almost always guarantee that a migraine will be one of them.
- ianburrell 2y agoMigraines can have symptoms in advance of the headache. It is called the prodrome and insomnia is one of the possible symptoms. The insomnia probably doesn't help, but it is likely an advance symptom instead of the cause.