Why do you say that Migraine isn’t Headache?!
1. Migraine is more than headache
There are many other significant symptoms, such as…
Phonophobia Blurred vision Numbness
Weakness Dizziness Stomach pain
2. Migraine may involve severe headache
If you’ve never had a severe headache, it’s hard to imagine
Quote from the poem Song-less Morning by Kelly Jo Blondin, published in Migraine Expressions.
3. Migraine impacts life in-between attacks
Even when you’re not having a “migraine attack”, migraine changes you biologically and causes in-between symptoms
4. A disabling Migraine Attack may have no headache at all
Many types of migraine may not manifest in headache, but could still be completely disabling
Muscle weakness Vertigo
23 September 2013 @ 12:28 pm
So True!!!
23 September 2013 @ 2:00 pm
Wonder what the in between symptoms are
23 September 2013 @ 3:34 pm
altered mood, screwed up sleep cycle, tired, anxious–those are a few of the in-betweeners for me. it’s hard to tell sometimes because i almost have a constant silent migraine on top of the cdh.
14 November 2013 @ 6:59 pm
Me too, Sasha.
23 September 2013 @ 5:08 pm
TRUTH
25 November 2013 @ 10:03 am
I have been battling migraines for years and they have been getting worse lately. Has anyone found anything that helps prevent them or help the pain while having one.
25 November 2013 @ 2:38 pm
For me the migraine pain is not as bad as the other problems that happen during an attack: I have trouble walking, slur my words, drag my right foot, I can’t think of words, I can’t hold things in my right hand or I drop them, I can’t remember things, and I have a tremor in my right hand. I have had migraines for 19 years but most of this didn’t start until just over 3 years ago and it took us until now to connect it to my migraines, before that it was thought to be MS, a stroke, or a brain tumor.
29 November 2013 @ 12:59 am
Experience and science are completely consistent: Migraine is a Functional Brain Disorder (= a disorder of brain function), affecting body and mind, with symptoms DURING and BETWEEN periodically occurring attacks. Head pain can be one of symptoms.
The question is, what are the consequences that need to be drawn from these facts?
1. Medication, helpful or not, can only deal with symptoms, but doesn’t correct the underlying Brain Disorder.
2. The Functional Brain Disorder “Migraine” requires a targeted, evidence-based rehabilitation.
3. Focussing too much on the treatment of temporary symptoms often leads to chronification.
That’s why we need THE MIGRAINE REVOLUTION.