What Are Migraines?
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In this video, Jonathan from the Institute of Human Anatomy, describes the underlying mechanisms, anatomy, and symptoms of migraines.
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Why does caffeine help me prevent my inherited migraines? (Which can knock me out for a whole week at a time.) I also have speech dysmorphia, which can last up to 14 days after the migraine has passed. I normally have a strong southern English accent, but when the speech problems happen I sound like I have a Spanish accent. After this starts, I end up not only loosing my speech entirely, but also not being able to understand heard speech or written speech! (So I can't write anything down!) What's this all about?
As a doctor (I suppose) do you recommend fixing migraine with brain removal ? Would it cure my depression ?
Wisio - If I have to pay for a medical students opinion to get an answer to my question, why not just spend the same amount of money to talk to my local qualified doctor? What do you offer that my own Dr doesn’t?
i am a 16 year old boy and have very frequent migraines please reply about how should i prevent it and cure it
I have suffered with migraines since i was 12 now im 51 they have gotten worse.... PS...And i always vomit. I get them most when i go outside for hours or shopping for food,any kind of shopping.🤷♀️🤦♀️😨🤯
There’s nothing better than staying up all night vomiting and going nearly blind only to have someone say “dude it’s just a headache chill”
This always makes me want to strangle the person lol. Also I have clinical depression and multiple anxiety disorders and sometimes I just don't feel up to seeing anyone or leaving the house, and some people are like "I know you're sad, but come over anyway. You'll feel better once you're out". No. It does not work that way. Depression is a chemical imbalance in the brain. There is more to it than just "feeling sad".
I always get mad when someone just has a headache and calls it a "migraine" lol you clearly don't know what a migraine is then if you think pain in the head is all it is
Or when you go to the ER because you're dehydrated from throwing up too long and they accuse you of being a drug addict needing a fix! Thst pisses me off BAD! 😡🤬
@@myoung6067 -Agree. It's a full-blown thunderstorm in your head; light show included. I have to have no light, no sound, and don't touch me unless it's to gently put a hot towel on my forehead!
That makes me so mad. I'm so sorry for that.
Those who usually have MIGRAINE can actually differentiate when it’s a normal headache and when it’s migraine
Mine last for 40 hours or more 😔
@@imthevoice7482 jesus christ thats terrible, my migraine only lasts for 3-5 hours and I wanna die already. Cant imagine having it for 40hours.
True
Hafsisa Vlogs! Absolutely true. When I tell my husband I’m getting a headache, I have to clarify not a migraine. If I have a migraine he finds me in, or helps me to bed.
If my head hurts I take an Advil (edit: along with my regular migraine pills), if the pain doesn't go away in 20 minutes it's a migraine and it will only get worse and worse for the next few hours until the point I just go to the hospital for a dose of morphine
No one understands migraines until they've experienced them. I always thought they were just bad headaches, but I never knew how incapcitating they are until I developed chronic migraines. There was a period of time where I got them every 7-8 days without fail and they lasted for a day to a day and a half. They're *miserable,* it truly feels like you're on death's door. But sure "it's just a headache"
This is how I explained them: I once broke an ankle so badly my foot was at a right angle to my leg. An untreated migraine hurts as much as that injury. Plus unrelenting nausea.
Yep my colleagues learnt the lesson the hard way when I wasn't able to leave work as soon as my aura started... Fast forward to me violently vomiting in the bathroom for several hours.
Migraine is not just a headache! have a podcast with Migraine Heroes. We talk about a life with migraine, everyday struggles and share endless hope. 💚 Thank you for being such a strong warriors!
Same goes for back pain. People think it's just soreness but have no idea what a sciatica feels like until it happens to them. I had the unfortune to experience both in my life and I don't wish that on my enemies. It's just a life of start-and-stop mode in everything you try to get done, feeling generally unreliable, having to constantly cancel plans, not being able to complete things on time, and experiencing pain 50% of the time I spend awake. It makes me feel very lonely.
100%
This is a fascinating explanation. I have had migraines since I was 10 years old. The longest one I ever had lasted 4 days straight. It was while I was pregnant, so I wasn't able to take anything but Tylenol for the pain. Tylenol does nothing for a migraine, as I'm sure everyone here knows. Bless you all - being a chronic migraine sufferer takes a lot of strength.
Advil helps me a lot with it
Yeah it is. Longest one for me lasted for a week straight that was terrible
I’m a chronic migraine sufferer as well and my migraines became worse while I was pregnant. I wanted to comment to help anyone else who might be pregnant and needs relief from a migraine . As you know you are not allowed to take excederine while pregnant, so instead, take a Tylenol and then drink a coke. Excederine is essentially Tylenol and caffeine. ❤️
That’s interesting. I’m a migraine sufferer as well. Surprisingly, I didn’t have a single migraine while pregnant. I was so thankful. A couple of months after giving birth, I had one of the worst migraines ever for about three weeks. It’s like my body was making up for the 9 months I was pain free, smh.
I had my first migraine with my 1st child. then not to often after, but with all my consecutive pregnancies it's like the first 3-4 months is horrible. 1 after the other for weeks on end. after my third, Iv had them not to often but I think it was to intense stress I'd been having. my go to cure is always a heavy Coffee, coke is too light. an ice pack on my head, really dark sunglasses, 2 advil or 2tylenol when pregnant. usually the worst for me are the visual auras and severe fatigue after I'm done with one. one time while pregnant I had 3 visual auras back to back lasted like 3 hours it sucked so bad. I used to tough out the headache. but now I just take the advils and am almost normal, it just really depends on how long the aura lasts because it Can be a quick 10 min one or it can last up to an hour for me.😢
One of the most horrible migraines is when you wake up with one. You don't have time to take anything before it starts. Feels like you're brain is getting stabbed and your eyeball is getting ripped out of your socket. Hate it when someone who doesn't get migraines think it's just a headache.
I dont get migranes, not even headaches, but my little sister does. And holy shit it's horrible that a small kid like her had to experince that much pain! When she was just 7 when it got so bad that she was crying and screaming, she even threw up multible times.
You are absolutely right,how many times i had people comment that i probably had a hangover and should drink less...i dont even drink...we're being punnished twice,once with the migrane and a second time by our collegues and/or friends who simply dont understand and simplefy our situation...
your* brain
Sounds like mine
X-supervisor thought I was exaggerating a regular headache “ Like Bitch!” God I hate corporate world ..but that’s a different subject.
Someone who knows that feeling when you're lying in bed with a migraine and you can't sleep because of the pain and want to cry so badly but knowing it will blow your head off so you fight those tears and at the same time I feel like if I even THINK MORE THAN A WORD my skull is bound to break in half. Seriously, even thinking hurts. Anyone?? xD
Currently dealing with that
have a person who can make a deep back, head and shoulder massage
Oh yea. Totally relate to this.
Malin T Exactly!
Exactly
I’ve had migraines since I was in college, and I am now 63. I have had thousands and thousands, but mostly when the barometric weather changes. I swear I could be the weather man. I have learned to deal with them, but feel such empathy for people who have them. Nothing seems to total work, however, caffeine works a little and closing my eyes with a cold compress and no sound or light. Prayers for all who suffer. Great video. Thank you!
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This is such a sweet message, Debra. I've had terrible headaches since I was about 7 years old. It just dawned on me a few years ago that some of them might actually be migraines. They're terrible, and got even worse after a car accident where someone ran a red light and T-boned me from the right and I hit my head on my driver window. It hit to the point where I'd have to take days off from work, lay in a dark room with my eyes covered with cold wash rag. I had a doctor tell me that nothing was showing up on my scans so I shouldn't be having headaches. 🤯 Your comment reminded me of my own situations and it was sweet ❤️
It's interesting to me that you say caffeine helps for you - I have come to believe that coffee is one of the triggers for mine! Guess that's the thing that makes migraines so enigmatic: it's like every sufferer experiences them differently. I know one's coming up when the skin around my head and neck feels hot like a fever and my left side facial muscles freeze up. Sometimes I also get this strange detached sense of euphoria which lasts through the whole thing till the post phase. Would be cool if there was a place to record and share symptoms, in the interests of furthering research on the subject... besides the comments section of YT videos 😛. I've often wondered if mine could be somehow related to the 'convulsions', like mild epileptic fits, I had up to the age of 2 due to slight scarring on the brain caused by birth complications my mom had (I was starved of oxygen for a short time). I feel like much could be learned through people sharing their individual experiences, especially with pattern recognition software which could sift through tonnes of info to find potential correlations... Anyways - I'll be thinking of all these people who have them way worse than me next time one comes around 😔🙏🏻🌼
Mine started in college as well. I am graduated and they are very less frequent for me now. Whenever it does happen I just want to die. Gratefully mine aren’t much serious so they are almost gone while I sleep.
Pressure changes affect me, as well. My husband calls me a human barometer. I also live with a supply of ice packs at rhe ready. 🤕
One clarification: not all migraines include a headache. Many of us get all or many of the other symptoms, but not the horrible pain. It's common for someone experiencing a 'silent' migraine to be rushed to the hospital with the fear that they are experiencing a stroke or brain tumour because they have all these weird symptoms.
I've had silent migraines where there is just a really weird feeling in my head and body and I feel uneasy.
@@thevoidisshining I'm glad you've been able to ID them as migraines! Instead of assuming you're reacting to something observable (eg "I feel weird; I think the meat I ordered at the restaurant was a bit off. I'm going to call the restaurant and complain.") You might also be experiencing other related symptoms, such as difficulty reading, or short temper, or confusion - only you would be able to tell for sure. And it's really hard sometimes to notice migraine symptoms when you're right in the middle of a migraine ;)
Yes! I suffered from bad vertigo for years. I was tested for everything. I didn’t know what it was. Then I was finally diagnosed with migraines. And it all made sense. I also get face numbness and tingling. I’m sensitive to light, nauseous and dizzy. But I rarely experience an actual headache.
@queenofcrows ever had a silent migraine! Now those are weird. I learned about them a couple of years ago, it makes me feel like I drank too much caffeine and lights and sounds are sooo sharp, with a hot feeling in the head and irritability. Foe the longest time, I thought I was just a bitch 😆
Silent migraine is real and stands as one of the variations of a migraine condition. I have a podcast with Migraine Heroes. We talk about a life with migraine, everyday struggles and share endless hope. 💚 Thank you for being such a strong warriors!
Let me try explaining a migraine in my own way. It's a headache that makes the idea of drilling a hole in your head to let out the evil spirits a plausible one.
I believe that demons maybe a part of some of these real bad ones. I pull them out of people through hypnosis. They damage organs if they take up residence in one.
The most simplest n funniest explanation 😂👍
Ali Al Alshaikh BIG FACTS!!!!
Literally always think about this when I’m suffering 😂
legit ! feels like hitting your head off a wall would hurt less than the migraine..
The most painful part is when you feel it behind your eyes.
The feeling that someone’s trying to pry my eye/s out with a dull rusty spoon.
One time after 4 day migraine and was pulsing behind eye. All of a sudden my eye filled with blood and migraine went away. Vision was fine, but the pounding was so bad that it ruptured something behind eye.
Omg yes!!!
That can be Cluster headache not migraine , get it checked
True, im feeling it right now, help meeeee
Lifelong migraine sufferer here - this video is brilliant for helping explain migraines to non-sufferers. I've been so lucky in my life to have brilliant doctors (I'm in Scotland) and had tremendous success with epilepsy drugs to contain my migraines to a tolerable level. Lots of love to all fellow sufferers, and to all those who take care of us! ❤
I use to get them regularly as a teenager. Im so thankful I haven’t had one in years.
Get Hijjjama done..2 to 3 sessions...u will be amazed
Can u say how can I get cured by migrain
I'm a male and I've experienced migraines for about 25 years. Virtually everything you mentioned here I've experienced. I've also studied migraines at length and much of what you presented here I already knew, but some things I did not. The actual cadaver brain offered me better visuals than I had before.Thanks for sharing this informative video!
Who else gets migraines so bad they throw up
I used to, make sure you eat somewhat regularly and relax your neck when you start to feel stressed... that’s huge , make sure you’re swallowing and you keeping your throat hydrated... I used to stop eating and get dehydrated and I get stressed easy in certain environments... all those work together and I used to throw up with migraines too... I’ve worked on tracking all that stuff like he said in the video( been working on it for years )... huge 180, I used to get some so bad like every other day now it’s like once or twice every month and almost stopped throwing up altogether. Sometimes weather triggers them like rain but I can’t help those.
I feel uour pain. I often vomit with the pain. Noise light pain all one sided. But this blanket of sleepiness just descends over me a few hours before hand. Can last 3 days all in all if I've no meds. Awful condition
Every time
Jayme Bowlby yeah I do, pretty commonly too, atleast once a month
I once threw up twice because the pain was so bad.
I love how this guy explained more about my migraines in 11 minutes, than my neurologist has in 2 years.
Same
It sucks to pay a doctor more than you usually would just so he could repeat things that you've known for years
Yeah. My guess is that Doctors try to not to reveal too much sometimes. Usually to prevent liability or give hopes, so that if something goes wrong. You sue them from misunderstanding or thinking it wasn’t as bad because the descriptions didn’t sound too bad.
2 years of neurologist appointments seriously sucks but it's not that bad... try 16 years consecutively.
@@Leratomogase same, Chronic migraine?
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Congrats on your recovery. Most persons never realizes psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives. Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here.
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YES very sure of Dr.alishrooms. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
Ive done shrooms last month in my house. It taught me how severely traumatized I was from alcohol. I healed from many mental traumas from my past and was able to forgive, let go. Shrooms to me is a remedy not a vice. I even felt more refreshed the morning after. So no hangovers. No depression mood for days. No anxiety.I now have a more calm mind
How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta
The book 'Migraine' by Dr Oliver Sacks has actually saved my sanity during my darkest times as a migraine sufferer. It's quite old and out of date now (re: treatments etc) but it is marvellous at conveying the extraordinary complexities of the condition. The author's interest, warmth and understanding (the best medicine!) are evident throughout the book.
Great book.
Migraine sufferer here. 🙋🏻♀️ Bright lights and certain smells give me horrible migraines. Even just walking past Bath & Body Works is a big no no for me. I've always thought that migraines should be considered a disability, as I've missed so much work because of it. If you're a migraine sufferer and you're reading this... You're not alone. ❤️
When I was in the military, I worked with so many monitors, and my main trigger were smells. My office was next to the break room where they brewed Dunkin’ donuts coffee. I don’t remember a day I didn’t have a migraine. If I drove home at night, I wore glasses because the lights from cars were too bright.
And when you took few days medical leave because of the migraine, people give you the look, like you’re just making some lame excuse to slack. I hate it when people tell me, “it’s just headache. I can still work even I have headache.”
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my co worker had fmla for her migraines
@@raiya86ify I have FMLA for my migraines. Thank goodness, too!
I’ve had migraines for 14 yrs and I never met a group of people who know exactly what it’s like till this comment section.
I’m literally shouting ‘me too’ for almost every comment
Migraine groups on facebook are helpful
11 years for me for chronic migraines
I’m 30 year old, and I din knew the name for it, untill today, its retinal migraine, it’s lot painful, but seeing you all gives me hope, hope to fight against it.
I get the visual aura never knew how to explain it other than i cant see lol
To anyone who experiences migraines I would say give acupuncture a try. I used to have horrendous migraines, pain, nausea, vomiting, unable to eat or drink, confined to bed for 3 days, unable to tolerate any light or noise. I took a variety of meds over the years, none were successful. I finally had a course of acupuncture which cured me. I have a fear of needles but I was so desperate that I gave it a try, and the needles are so fine that they do not hurt at all.
What did acupuncture do for u
@@JM-rz3iu after a course of a acupuncture, I think it was about ten sessions (and I must add, with one of the best in the UK), I went from having a very severe migraine every month for about 15 years to having none in the 20 years since then.
@@sandraash8044 so happy for you that you found a way to manage this :)
@@sandraash8044 none at all after acupuncture?? Does acupunture hurt? I’m just now seeing this
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My migraines have changed over the last 27 years. First I experienced everything, each ones of those phases I was aware of. Now I only experience the Aura and the postdrome. Sometimes I'll get a tinge of the pain. I'm so glad for this video!
This also has been the case for me. I usually try to manage it before it grows into a fullblown migraine. Experience overtime just makes you hyper aware of possible signs. So I take paracetamol when I'm suspicious of the migraine starting, I can't take the risk so I just take it in case, which doesn't necessarily get rid of the migraine since the postdrome is there but I can at least go about my daily tasks although you can't really do intense activities like critical thinking.
The worst thing about migraine is being paralyzed, life has to stop no matter what. No food, no sleep (even if you manage to fall asleep you’re gonna wake up with the same pain). So you’re stuck, just lying in the cold, dark room, wanting to die if you hear any noise or see any light.. Quite an experience.
Great description.
It's not a fun one at that. The same is true for me.
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I tried to make my doctor understand this and asked her why she couldnt just give me a sleeping pill when my migraines hit. Her response was "that's not the recommended treatment." So guess that meant... "we prefer that you stay up vomiting while making your way to a bucket or bathroom in pitch black bc any sort of light will kill you... may the odds be ever in your favor"
Aishhhh i can feel you😵💫😵💫💔💔
This comments section feels like a support group I found for myself :’) No one understands how bad migraines are better than these strangers
I agree. I’m 49 and had them since I was 12. They always last 2 days, bad ones last 3+. Hideous.
Yeah I’m lucky of sorts I inherited them so I have a built in support group, but no one else does
@@ryantan9988 that’s so kind of you. Thank you! Yes, we are walking pharmacies!
Fr, before this week I had only had two migraines that I remember, now I’ve noticed that lack of sleep and not drinking enough water are the main triggers for me, I’ve been sleeping 4 hours for two weeks and have had 5 migraine already 😥 I’m seeing a neurologist soon
Migraine + painful period cramp. I hate it so much since my family expect me to cope with it and thought I seek for attention or just lazy.
Just had my first migraine last night. This video provided all the information I was looking for to understand what happened! better than any article I read the past few hours
I've had migraine since I was very young. This is one of the best explanations of what happens during a migraine. I've watched the medical establishment go from "Migraine isn't a real thing" to "here are all these different treatments lets see what works for you." There is still a lot of misunderstanding by primary care physicians, and my most significant hurdle is simply getting refills of the medications that work. Doctors seem to think that migraine is something you treat for a month, and then it's gone when it is, in fact, a lifelong neurological condition that will need consistent treatment my entire life.
Try eating soaked almonds special category of almonds named mamra . Eat soaked almonds daily in the morning first thing and in the evening snack. Chew them really nicely so, that it becomes really soft. Do this for two months. My headache got cured with this small task. I got headaches for atleast 5 yrs.
Yeah I get the refill issue all the time. I also vomit so hard I hurt myself. I have I hiatus hernia caused by migraine.
Yeah I had a friend who had chronic migraines, as well as her Dad. Her doctor didn't believe in migraines. This was in the 90s.
I think every manager/boss should see this video as part of their training so when you have to call out with a migraine they actually understand.
Amen! My boss doesn’t understand, I wouldn’t wish a migraine on my worst enemy, but, I definitely wish they could understand what it feels like. It’s debilitating.
I am a manager, AND a frequent migraine sufferer. So I know what they feel like, and how debilitating they can be. Unfortunately, there are employees that know how to 'work the system' ...claiming they have a migraine, knowing I fully understand 'their pain'. But I've found that most of the fakers seem to get their 'migraine' the day before 2 days off in a row, thus, giving them 3 days off and can return without a Dr. note.
So true.
Try reading the bible out loud , it healed my neck one night and made me feel much stronger physically. I believe it can heal anything so do it daily. There's healing scriptures online you can look up or try reading any of it out loud.
Benny Hinn's healing prayer utube videos work too
The worst is waking up with one and as soon as I open my eyes, it feels like I'm being stabbed in the head. Then as soon as I get up, I'm immediately nauseous, and any sound or light hurts. It doesn't matter how many headache pills I take, nothing helps. Sometimes the only way to get rid of it, is try to sleep if I can, but even then I sometimes still have it the next day or two.
Someone once explained to me that you have to get the meds in early because once you're feeling really bad your digestion slows or stops, so at that point anything delivered via pills is much less effective. I mostly outgrew the debilitating headaches, but even as an adult they can get bad. I found that taking Advil the second I thin a headache is a possibility really helps a lot. I know we're all different, but maybe for you if you can figure out what triggers your headaches then take your meds on the way to bed the night before if you suspect you might have one in the morning.
This is exactly what I am going through
@@indiratjongarero1182 I'm so sorry for you. Hope you get relief soon🥺
Exactly Me too. Try Botox. It helped with my migraines by 80%.
Same here. I don't get sound sensitivity, though, as long as the volume is normal so I'll listen to music to try to get my mind off the pain.
10 minute video is more helpful than years of asking my doctor questions.
This was one of the Best and educational videos I have watched about Migraines. I went to a neurologist before due to a severe migraine for 2days straight lying only in bed but he even didn’t explain half of what this video said. But before I went to the doctor, I have already researched what probably my migraine type is and it seemed I have MAD-Migraine Associated Vertigo. And when I kept track of the last 3days before the onset of the migraine attack, I written down everything, from foods I ate, from the location of pain on my body, what activities i have done, and to my surprise, almost half of what mentioned here were all my trigger factors, food, smell, light, neck pain, PMS. So I have finally avoided the triggers, even before the time I usually encounter the onset, and now I can say that my migraine is manageable without being dependent on any prescription drugs.
Ok, weird question... But anyone else gets such bad pain they literally start hitting their head or squeezing it as hard as possible because somehow that's less painful and it takes the pain away for a few seconds giving you a slight relieve?
Oh yeah me too..I normally use my TV remote cause the pain from hitting my head is actually far more bearable than migraine
I bang my head on the table , like , seriously
I tie a robe belt around my head as hard as I can and cover my eyes. It felsmlike it's holding my head together and makes it tolerable.
Damn guys, thank you for making me realize I'm not alone 😭 It's so nice to know I'm not the only one who resorts to stuff like this to get some kind of relieve from the unbelievable pain...
I do that, too. I usually have to apply a lot of pressure to the right temple just slightly above and behind the eyebrow and that takes it away for a while then it always returns so i have to start slamming the side and back of my head with the heel of my hand to make the pain lessen, that works for a bit longer but usually the pain just keeps pushing back.
Migraine literally makes you feel like not living. A true torture. Sometimes mine is so bad that I end up vomiting multiple times. Having consciousness in that moment is living hell. I'd rather be asleep or be in a coma. It's just that bad... you know it's going to be a bad one when it starts off with a blurry vision in one eye. 🤪
And, the vomiting just seems to make the pressure in my head so much worse probably from all the muscles contracting and blood rushing to my head it's like there's a gong in my skull every time my heart beats.
I ditched caffeine cuz I hated the withdrawal headache every day. And every time I took my multivitamin in the morning the headache got much worse so I quit taking that too and problem solved. The liquid orange flavor multivitamin didnt give me headaches so I switched to that for a while. Then started juicing bitter tasting leafy greens cuz they taste like vitamins like collard greens I juice them. I will send a link for a Christian healing prayer video hopefully it helps you.
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Drink NyQuil when you get one. Helps me sleep faster
I personally just vomit to get it over with, or I‘m just gonna tremble intensly and feel like shit for the next 1 - 2 hours
Wow this was extremely enlightening… I’m decently verses in anatomy as a nurse yet had no idea about some of this. I have trigeminal neuralgia d/t an impingement from the superior cerebral artery (thankfully on symptomatic episodically) and have suffered from migraines since childhood. I understand so much more after watching this… thanks
This video gave me great comfort. When I was diagnosed with my optical migraines, where most of my vision goes to complete TV static, they didn't tell me any of this. I thought it was slowly giving me permanent brain damage over time as I get language and motor auras sometimes with a migraine. After many a brain scan they said nothing could be done. I was really sad and hungry the last few days and feel a lot better mood wise after it let up. Thank you.
I’ve been getting migraines since I was a child no one takes me serious or believes the pain I’m in , when I get them I can’t even talk I just lay in a dark room and try to sleep it off and pray I don’t wake up with it the next day
Tiesha Renee hey my love, I understand you. I wanna give you some tips that help me a lot. Next time get a paper towel or rag, soak in cold water, and compress it over your migraine areas while you lay in a dark room and fall asleep. Fresh cold air will help too.
Saaaaame. I just have to pray cause sometimes even painkillers don't work
never related to something more in my life
We totally in the same boat
I also do the same...😔
I wish this guy was my doctor and not some other doctor who says “oh take some paracetamol for your migraine headache and you’ll be okay” kinda doctor. This guy is so correct with everything I experienced with my migraine Dose anyone else feels when you have a migraine…it also drains your energy? Or sometimes u feel like you just got hit by a train?
I feel your pain.my new doctor only prescribes very weak pain killers.it is my third day on the bed with a numb left hand and vomiting .I regained my proper sight today.time to change the doctor.i really hope there was a cure
@@christinegakii8642 aww sorry to hear. I’m lucky I don’t get the vomit that much but I definitely get the bad migraine hungover for a few days
Hey guys, i suffer from migraine aswell and i take pills to make the pain a little less strong and sometimes the pain goes away. They have paracetamol, caffeine and acetylsalicylic acid, i dont think they sell it in the u.s., but you could look for something that contains the same thing. Still, you should ask your doctors if it's okay for you to take that. I inherited it from my mom, and when the pain is very strong, we take a maximum of two pills.
@@tinyheart- thanks for the advice 😊 yeah we sell them here in New Zealand. Diffently I’ll grab some when I’m at supermarket next time 😉
@@Joseph_Clark07 No problem!! We have to support eachother since some doctors are not doing it. I think it'd be nice if you buy them, because it really helps me when im in pain. All i do is take the pill (or pills if i can't stand the pain) and try to sleep or lay down in a place with no lights or noise since i only reach phase one and sometimes the phase two and it can last 3 days or more. Just for the record, the bottle says it has 250mg of paracetamol, 250 mg of acetylsalicylic acyd and 65 mg of caffeine. 😋
Thank you so much for this video. I have a rare type of chronic migraine I just got about a year ago. This explained more about parts of my condition better than all my neurologists have. Migraines are sometimes so painful you can’t imagine you can still be alive and experiencing that kind of pain so at least now I know what’s happening biologically.
Just experienced my first migraine in 6 years, today. Usually, I have auras, and that warns me to take something, but this time, it came on as I was napping, so it was too late. The pain was so unreal, my only “relief” was screaming. I couldn’t think or talk straight. Finally home from the E.R., and although there’s still pain, I’m so glad it went from a 13 to a 2. Wishing you all no more migraines, or at least quick recovery from them
After a migraine, I’m left with a migraine hangover.
I call it a migraine hangover too!
After a migraine, I have another migraine from surviving the 1st migraine.
I had the worst migraine for about a week straight and yesterday I felt this It felt like I was hungover and was going to be sick but now I’m fine, glad to know I’m not they only one who felt this
The "Postdrome" symptoms for me are extremely like a hangover and include a minor headache, extreme incoordination, exhaustion and feeling like a unique muscle soreness that I can only describe as being akin to a few days after a car accident.
Pre migraine, migraine followed by migraine hangover ....it all sucks
I’m only 13 and I was diagnosed with migraines last year, And I swear- I take meds for it and when my friends get a headache, they sit down and complain- while I’m over here feeling like satan is eating my eyes and soul. 🥴
Did you undergo a ct scan?
Had my first ones at that age. They get far less frequent with age (now 29).
I was diagnosed when I was 5 😳 so yes I have been having these horrid migraines for years and years bec I am 13 now. Same age as u
It is my prayer that you will outgrow it eventually as I did. I know what you're going through. I'm tearing up as I'm writing this because no child should have to go through this. It steals so much of your life. I remember being paranoid a lot, especially when a special occasion was coming up, like my birthday, or Christmas, or if I had a big performance coming up with the choir I was in. I would worry that a migraine would come on and completely shut it down for me (it actually did happen a few times 😢). Please don't give up. There will be light at the end of this tunnel for you one way or the other. I speak that on your life. 💖
@@MlSS.S omg I cried reading this😭 Thankyou so much for responding to my comment, you are the most wounderful person ever and I completely understand how special occasions were ruined because of migraines. Your comment made me feel so happy to know that I am not alone, thankyou for the prayer, I’m preying too. The thought of having a migraine actually scares me because of how painful they can get and how much stuff has been ruined by them. Your kindness will be remembered, and your thought that you put in this comment was so nice and I am so great full for people like you. (And yes I actually did cry when I read your comment😢☺️)
Back when I first started getting migraines in 1982, no internet, no descriptions like this. I am so grateful that better understanding has emerged. Great explanation. Thank you. I rarely get them now, before going through phases with 9 days in a row of migraine. Their frequency has changed over the years. Hope that gives some hope. I had 2 this entire year. Zomig changed my life, after the doctor in SF diagnosed me and he was one of the developers of that drug.
I have had migraines ever since I can remember. I get them at least three times a month. They usually concentrate on the left side of my head from the back to my eyes and make strong smells and light intolerable. I would give anything to never have one again.
I'm laying in bed with migraine, with my earplugs in, realizing how damn LOUD my entire body is. Breathing, heartbeat, stomach. Even blinking is LOUD.
I experience this as well!
I have chronic migraines and can't sleep. I end up sleeping during the day and working at night.
Yepp, me too. Everything is so loud, literally, everything. In these phase im also very sensitive to light, i can't think of food, just drinking water. Im always taking a hot bath, that helps me a lot and i love to be in a dark room.
UGHHHH YESSS
Britt n others, ur everything has been sensitized, and there would be no cure to that hmmm!!
Me: Has extreme pain when seeing light, eyes hurt horribly, head is in immense pressure, feels very nauseous, wants to scream but can’t. My mom: iT’s A hEaDaChE fRoM tHoSe vIdeO GamEs!
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Cause you always on that damn phone
@@nippletea6000 😬
@Nyminh 😬
"See what video games have done to you"
Thank you so much for this video! I'm a long time migraine sufferer. I get Visual, sensory, and motor auras. This video explains a lot for me! I used to be terrified I was having a stroke when I first started getting them (at 13 years old) Love how simple and easy to understand this video is ❤️
My neurologist told me my migraines were equivalent to a mild stroke, and that one day I will have a very serious stroke, all from my migraines, the only thing I have found that helps me is acupuncture
After having read through many of these comments I'm both amazed and sorry to not even be able to find a single comment mentioning CGRP treatment, which seems to be helping many migraine patients out. I'm no doctor or expert, but from what I can glean it seems to be a fairly new preventative treatment with striking success and very few side-effects, if any at all. I think it's definitely worth reading up on, looking into and/or talking with your doctor about. Here in Denmark I can only find stories from patients that have been helped immensely by it, some even going as far as saying they consider themselves cured. Hope it helps and help spread the word! migrainetrust.org/live-with-migraine/healthcare/treatments/calcitonin-gene-related-peptide-monoclonal-antibodies/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7413335/ www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/cgrp-inhibitors-for-migraine And here's some various success stories from migraine sufferers across danish news media and medical/research/hospitals; medicinraadet.dk/media/egmjpyid/medicinr%C3%A5dets-samling-af-vurderinger-af-anti-cgrp-antistoffer-til-behandling-af-kronisk-migr%C3%A6ne-version-1-1.pdf pro.medicin.dk/Laegemiddelgrupper/Grupper/318765 www.hovedpineforeningen.dk/nyheder/items/den-nye-migraenemedicin-med-cgrp-antistoffer.html nyheder.tv2.dk/2021-10-18-80-aarigs-migraeneforskning-har-givet-studerende-livet-tilbage-nu-faar-han-en-pris nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2021-03-12-natasja-hansen-og-tusindvis-af-andre-har-kronisk-migraene-men-de-kan-ikke-faa nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2023-03-24-migraene-rammer-kvinder-haardere-end-maend-22-aarig-vaagner-med-en-dunkende
Migraineur here finally somewhat controlled on a daily cgrp inhibitor. Having the visual of the actual brain while explaining about the trigeminal nerve and pathways of spreading pain really helped, not to mention the clearly delivered explanation. It is fascinating about referred pain- helps me understand why probably 95% of my migraine headaches are over my right eye. Also a great video to share with loved ones, colleagues, employers, etc. who may not understand how debilitating migraine can be.
As a chronic migraine sufferer for most of my life, hearing this man speak is like a love letter. Finally someone who understands me!
Same! Also a chronic migraine sufferer and this video was incredible ❤
Definitely, never been explained like this before xxz
How often do yall chronic migraine sufferers get a migraine?? And how do you deal with it?. I get migraines maybe 5 times a year. The worst one i had was in highschool about 11 years ago. My vision got blurry from one side all of a sudden i was seeing crazy rainbowy colored pattern the sun light was hurting my head i remember my vision dimming down the light around me and seeing a grayish contrast with yellow tint. I felt chills, sweaty and weak ready to vomit. Went to the nurse stayed in the nursing bed until it was time to puke and after that it calmed down and went to bed. This might have been the first time migraine haved developed in me. But it was odd i felt pulsing headache but after barfing the headache vanished. My migraine after that weren't as bad as that one. Just the one eye having a blurr vision that gives nausea pulsing and long lasting headaches that wont go away even if you sleep it off with medicine. Man i hate migraines and headache i rather deal with a severe case of sore throat from the cold instead of a headache. A sore throat you can still do stuff. A bad headache you cant do nothing but sleep.
Went back to class* lmao idk why i said went to bed.
@@irondisciple2984 I get migraines multiple times a week. I take excedrin at the onset and if I dont feel better within the hour I have a prescription rescue med. I've had chronic migraine since childhood and back then I just toughed it out but now that I have 5 kids that's not an option
I found my migraine family here. 😭😭😭😭 Friends and family, stay strong together !!!
Puberty was when they began and menopause was when they stopped. Wickedly painful, nausea, vomiting, photobic and very sensitive to smells and odours. Often lasting 2 or 3 days, and then feeling like a wrung out rag for a day or 2 after. Obviously very hormone related. Praise God I haven't had one for over 20 years now. But one poor daughter gets them quite often. Thankyou for the first information that has ever made any sense of how migraines occur and evolve.
I appreciate you for creating this video! I’ve suffered from migraines since I was a teen, I am now 42. I’ve always been so scared due to the severity and length (4-5 day’s) of some of them, to the point that I asked my doctor to have and MRI to calm my worries about it being a sign of something else (it wasn’t 🙏🏾). Your breakdown was great, and put an explanation to a lot of symptoms I’ve experienced! I love learning about the body with your video’s 😊.
As someone who gets migraines, the feeling of dread that you get when your vision goes all wacky is unmatched, almost as bad as the headache itself
100mg of Sumatriptan and 2 Aleve RIGHT AWAY
I once thought that I was going blind when I had a silent migraine for the first time. I started going blind in my right eye, which happens every time I have a migraine, and so did not think anything of it at first and went to lie down. But then I noticed that the head throbbing was not coming in after 20 or so minutes so I started to freak out a bit with the thought that maybe I was going blind. Soon enough, though, my eyesight resolved itself. For those few minutes, it was one of the scariest things ever.
@@threefortytwo23 exactly! i wouldn’t know what id do without sumatriptan. it helps so much with the pain
@@2.00.2 I'm recently on Propranolol, 40mg nightly. It's cutting down on the number of headaches, markedly.
@@threefortytwo23 i’ll talk to my doctor that sounds amazing
The day after a migraine is what I call a “headache hangover”. I don’t have any residual pain in any specific place, but my entire brain itself aches. Like a sore muscle the day after a workout. I love this video! I’ve never heard it explained so well.
Is like having a strong muscle cramp, like the ones that happen in the middle of the night in your calves? An that muscle feels sore the next day? Yeap.. I call it "my head is crampy"
Ditto
Same here. I call it a hangover headache. It feels like a pressure headache..like when I bend down it gets worse.
Yep, I call it a migraine hangover because that's just what it is. I have FMLA at work and I call in the day of the migraine and sometimes I have to call in the day after, because of the migraine hangover I just feel so wiped out and tired from battling the migraine ALL day.
@@RosiestRose going down for something? Nahh everybody can help me to get this thing up? Hey can you help me pick up this? I'm light-headed today... Everyone gives a hand. Mostly when your peers know you have an awful migraine. But whatever implies puting my head lower than my shoulders will make it pump and dizzy
I had my first migraine at 5. I am doing better now, but part of why I am ok is that I have accepted that migraines are a part of who I am. It's mitigated and I have a lot of good medicine, and therapy. But it really is a shaping factor in my life at this point. It's given me a lot of patience with other people's pain. Migraine is awful, it feels interminable but it does eventually always end. It's not a thing I chose. But I will get out of.
Thanks for all you do and make. I would not survive working out at the gym without your videos. Keep up the great work.
Title: “what are migraines?” Me: *H E L L*
Hell is way more worst.
@@monicalivesforchrist5901 Have you ever had a migraine?
@@monicalivesforchrist5901 honestly, I’d rather go to hell than have a migraine. They are literal torture. They make you want to gouge your eyes out with your bare hands and pour molten metal into your brain. They hurt so much you literally have to refrain from shoving a pen through your eye. You’re in so much pain that you want to cut your tongue off and drown yourself in your own blood. It’s difficult to not put your head underneath the wheel of a truck when you’re having a migraine. The pain is so intense it makes you sick and unable to move, because the slightest movement makes it feel like your head is imploding
@@user-xd1cm9vu9s yes! I totally agree with you because i also have migrain. Oh god such a horrible thing to have😫
Right!!!!
There are times when my migraine is so bad that I think to myself..."If I had a gun I'd blow my head off!!".
Please don't!
I punch myself or gouge at my eyes.
I tell people that when you're having a migraine someone said "drink this rat poisen, it'll get rid of it" I wouldn't hesitate.
@@Bettinasisrg I'd be on board too.
Yes there's been a few migraines where if someone passed me a loaded gun I would've shot myself!
Thank you for this video. Being a migraine sufferer since 30 years. Mine stay for 3days at least and sometimes for a week! This video helps understand the condition a little better. I’ll keep a track of what might have been the trigger from now on. To help alleviate the condition sooner.
What's your remedy if it takes more than three days?
I once got the worst headache I have ever experienced, due to a new birth control. I thought I was gonna die, that it was a stroke... My Dr in the ER said I had come as close as possible to experience a migraine without actually having one. Anyone living with migraines is a damned trooper. I salute you all. O7
Ah, yes. "Here's what can cause migraines" "Basically literally everything. Good luck"
I mean it's not everything and most people only have a few of these so unless you got a bad one you can at least control it to some degree. A bad one would be something like "the weather", "odors", or "emotional stress".
Yup pretty much. I have all kinds of triggers, some inconsistent, others that occurred when combined with something else, etc. I just go by the Premonitory phase because tracking the triggers is not always super effective.
@@Sabitar1 this is random bit does apple juice make you feel pain 💀?
@@Toruk_Makto17 Don't drink it that often, only when making drinks but so far no. Biggest known triggers for me are hunger, neck pain, or a lot of chocolate on an empty stomach.
I was so happy that after menopause my migraines came less often. Hormones have settled down but when I have to take them for other issues they flare up & I get a migraine. My husband got them as well. We found taking a long bath & getting a massage making love help us . I also take Imatrix as soon as it starts. Now we are both retired early & both get maybe every other month with me less with him. I can not use any scented products,& the strongest we use is bleach in the white wash & have windows & outside door open. I also can not eat any salad dressing with a white base for some reason that triggers a migraine if I just smell it. I am just now in my later life able to smell flowers. I at Rex is amazing stuff. When I was younger working with a migraine that lasted for days my Dr told me to go to the ER for morphine, I just went home , didn’t want to show up all the time looking & becoming an addict. Well that’s the good news avoid every thing that triggers you &have what ever you take for it and when ever in starts on your left side take your meds. Don’t. Be like me all ways waiting to see what kinda head ache is coming until it’s coming on fast & hard.
Now I am going to edit this comment to confuse the people who haven’t liked it yet hahaha so funny
Usually you use your brain to learn things unless you're watching a video on youtube, from one pained brain to another
I dont wanna use my name “pained” isn’t a real word
Hopefully when the brain see’s this it will take note 📝
A Person lmao ikr
@ɮօʊռċɛ օʄʄ It's almost the same with the fact that you can't taste your own tongue, I guess.
When my migraine is triggered absolutely nothing helps but a dark room, silence 🔕 and a whole day of sleep!!! 😭😭 missing work and school was crazy!!! But once I'm up, I'm a lot better 🙌🏽
Thank you for covering this topic! Since starting anti-cgrp’s, I notice more of the pre-pain stage than I ever have in over 20 years since these started for me in college. Never thought I had experienced any aura, but I can tell now that there is trouble with sleep, some really weird subtle issues with speech, scalp super sensitive, can’t even pull my hair back. So even when I can’t completely prevent it, anti-cgrp’s have pushed back on the most extreme symptoms and made the subtler ones easier to watch out for. You guys are great - keep making these awesome videos 😊
i just started the anti-cgrps less than a month ago and i feel as if i'm kinda stuck in the pre-pain stage, sometimes paired with mild pain where i normally would have my migraines. i also have a mild headache. it's very weird but better than my experience with candesartan
I have extreme scalp pain and hair follicle sensitivity too. Also face pain, serious eye pain, neck stiffness, light sensitive, noise sensitive, severe nausea & vomiting, feeling like skull is in vice grip all around or being crushed in one local spot, major irritability, also, anxiety & depression. I have had these since 1985 with onset of high blood pressure, and worsening since 2019 meningioma and 2022 two temporal lobe strokes and now seizures. We need brain research. Donate your brains to research if you have neurological issues. Help someone else!
I find that the only thing that helps my migraines is me literally sleeping for hours. Drugs only do so much.
Me too.. I have to close my eyes an be in complete darkness...
@@divinelove1531 Me three. Had a migraine yesterday...slept for 10 hours straight in complete darkness and woke up this morning feeling a lot better.
I get mine in my sleep
A school nurse was once chill enough to send me home for a migraine so that I could sleep it out like this, nothing else is enough 😔✌️
this used to help me, but now, even after a good night's sleep, I'd still have the pain when I wake up.
Imagine not getting migraine, how easy would life be
Then having brain tumour yeah it will be easy one
It is much better than getting migraines Source: doesn’t have migraines
oh that would be wonderful, then i wouldn't have to take pills everyday or carry tablets everywhere i go - just in case i start to come down with a migraine
it's so hard to excuse yourself by saying you have a migraine too, people just don't understand but then again I can just drink pain kilers and overdose on it as I get use to them every single damn time
I'm gonna be honest. I used to get them from around 16-18. They were excruciating and made me nauseous. Im 26 now and I no longer experience them at all and haven't for years. I dont swear by anything but I think identifying what things you have an excess of in your life will help. I used to consume stupid amounts of sugar at that time. I drank soda, loved ramen noodles, ho-ohs, sour gummy worms, monster energy and hated the taste of water. I was also under constant anxiety and stress. I prayed, and decided it was time to try and cut my sugar intake, and by doing that, it also helped with my anxiety which in turn helped with my migraines. And now I rarely have sods or sugary energy drinks ( like twice a year).
I’ve just got over a migraine but I’ve never researched them to be honest until now.. thank you so much for this detailed explanation it’s really helped me understand what is going on in my head when I get them. I feel mine is triggered more nowadays around my monthly cycle and certain foods . Thanks for this engaging video.
I’m going thru my first migraine and I didn’t know that it was a migraine, I’ve been subscribed to this channel for abt a couple months and I was scrolling too see if I could find a video relating to my pain and this was the video. All the symptoms that were mentioned add up and i even know some of my triggers I’m much more calm now that I’m more informed thank you.
The only thing that helps with my migraines is sleeping I need to go to sleep right away to get the pain to go away. Meds don’t work for me after a certain point if I catch it early then I can prevent it.
I thought i was the only one! The most effective painkiller for me is sleep.
It used to work for me, but now, I need something frozen wrapping my head to actually fall asleep. 😔
Same! I usually get migraines when I don't sleep aswell
I do the same, but is so frustrating when you wake up and the pain is still there
For me depends I don't know if it is bc always the pain in the my head its leaded by a pain in my neck, but sometimes i try to sleep and when i wake up the pain its gone, but other times ( which is almost always for me) i NEED to take a med as soon i feel the pain bc if not i would take hours to the pain goes away, and that its like someone is hitting me with a hammer every 3 seconds in the right side of my head.
Some strong perfumes and forgetting to eat are my top two migraine triggers..
Mines light sensitivity and not eating
Girl yes! Especially the old lady perfumes
@@roxannegil5539 Yes!
For me it was that pungent diesel smell and jet fuel smell at an airport, which was rather inconvenient as I used to fly a lot as part of my job. Probably also dehydrated and hungry at the same time due to the flights
Not eating enough definitely for me!
Been suffering from these since i was 4 years old, im 27 now, and on a shot for migraines as well as monthly infusions to help prevent them. I have NF1 and Sensory Processing Disorder, thanks for the video cause this explains a lot, And I can show my family and friends this, so they understand a little bit more.
Living with vascular migraine for last 22 years. Everytime. It's worst then ever and mostly at most special days and events of my life not ending before an entire week... I just hope all alike heal soon and get rid of it forever 🙏
This taught me more in 11-minutes than my doctors have in decades regarding my migraine pain.
Ikrrr hahaha
Lmaoooo
SAME WHAT THE HELL!
UsirRaMaroon nice try but we all know your a Doctor
UsirRaMaroon okay and..?
It’s amazing that the brain not only learns about itself, but explains its own functions.
i was thinking the same thing when he was tracing the brain with the metal tool. I was like wow the brain is talking about itself..
Great
@AvengeVoltaire How is that?
@AvengeVoltaire yeah, tell us
I believe that is metacognition.
Excedrin Migraine, Excedrin Tension, and Excedrin PM, has helped me and made all the difference between waiting for the migraine to pass vs taking a Excedrin and MAKING it go away. (Too much of it over time though can cause digestive issues.) I’ve been taking Excedrin for over 15 years w no side effects.
That is the most informative video I’ve ever seen. Even my neurologist hasn’t told me any of that. Thank you.
Migraines are the worst, yawning while literal tears of pain come out 🥺 the sound of white noises attack your brain 🥺 not being able to sleep because of the tension… the nausea 😔 but the aftermath of taking a nap & waking up new again is awesome. I don’t take my normal self for granted after that 😩
@Free Of Achohol 🍹 omg thank you!!!
I hate when I yawn.Yawning used to be so relaxing now I feel like I'm getting my skull cracked open.The white noise makes me want to pass out its horrible ..
@@chriswoods1955 omg yes the absolute worst 😔
The next day after a migraine gives such a new lease on life. Or once you can tell when the migraine is finally breaking! It’s the best (in some sadistic way).
Ugh I hate migraines 😩😩😩 I suffer from the like so much I'm already drained 😭😭
People think migraines are a joke… a simple head ache… I had a manager make me go to work because they said I can work with a “head ache “ and I fainted with a full restaurant… it’s not fun! Send your managers these videos. They need educating 🥰 I’m with you!!!!!!! Sending love ♥️
Your boss does not sound like a very nice person (to put it mildly). I hope you’ve found a better environment in which to work. Stress is not good for migraines sufferers. Hope you’re learning some new techniques to help you cope with your symptoms! Edited: original comment about the boss was tamed a bit.
Luckly my boss doe's not make a problem when I have to stay at home with migraine . Two hours after taking a medicine I feel ok again and can work remotely which is very comfortable for me.
No doctor or neurologist has ever provided this information to me. Thank you. The idea of deferred pain makes sense; my pain used to travel q path across my face and head. Until I was finally prescribed a triptan after a decade of pain and missed work/activity, there was no killing the pain which lasted 3-6 days a time.
Thank you so very much for this video. My symptoms can begin a week before the actual headache. Keeping a headache diary also helps, as very often memory/ recall fails.
This is the most detailed breakdown of a migraine I have ever heard, I've had migraines for almost 22 years and i'm not even 30 yet. I've done several courses of treatment, did lifestyle changes and this is most practical explanation I've ever seen. Having a migraine 20 days out of the month on average is tough. And I say it all the time, you don't walk around saying you have a migraine and can operate normally. It's a life altering condition that people who don't have it will never understand. I was diagnosed with Chronic Complicated Migraine now known as Complex Migraines when I was 19 and it got so bad that I almost flunked out of college and ended up doing 2 extra years. Migraines are NOT just headaches.
Mine have always been horrible too but not as frequent as yours. I'm glad you were able to finish school.
I can completely feel you... I've migraine attacks atleast thrice a week... It has completely altered my life. None of the treatment worked.
Wow, and I thought my 2 to 7 migraines a month were bad. I totally understand how they can prevent you from doing normal things, and I am currently a college student, so I struggle with productivity from them too. I totally agree that they aren't just any old headaches.
Yeah migraine is really complex,, I sometimes have migraine on different occasions (stress/bright light .etc) on the left side or right side and my eyes will get weird aura (like the Dr. said). The aura is different everytime. After the aura slowly going away, I will feel nausea and my head spin a little. The sad thing is, whatever I do to make it stop, nothing helps. Lie down, drink water or even sleep. The migraine stop at it's own will. Hmm that's my migraine story. Yours is kinda bad, I pray for you getting the best cure for your migraine. Be strong! We can do it!
@@our_verse96 same here. It's something only those who experienced it can know and understand. Thank you. I pray you get the same relief. I pray we who experience it get something that gives us long term relief.
I straight up used to fantasize about drilling a hole in my head to release the pressure from migraines 🙄
I relate to this so much 😭
Same
Me too. And lie there silently wishing for death
I always think of trepanation when I get a migraine
Or banging my head into the wall until I pass out
So, i´m from Argentina and i´m about to start the medicine carrer and this channel is just amazing. I can now say that i perfectly understand migraine. Although i might have got a little confused at some point, because of the lenguage difference, this people just talk in such a simple and understandable way that i came back to the explanation and finnaly understood it all. Totally recommended, even for those who aren´t even studing medicine or similars.
Good to know so many people share this .. I had this since birth and things were worse 4-13 age now iam more used to it and having more control over pain
Anyone else that sometimes makes the mistake “oh this is just a headache” lets just lay down, 1 hour later MIGRAINE ATTACK *barf*
This was my mum, though it wasnt her fault as she didnt understand them as well as me but Im still learning what triggers I have.
Oh last time I had one I passed out in the shower for like 3 min then I got dizzy sat down then puked so much
I'm not sharing this info to other than this comment, because this is a treasure. If you plan on sharing this, it's fine. You heard people saying in the comment section that they wanted to (apply) ice on their heads, right? It's part of this instruction. Ice packs should do the trick. Place them in your upper napes with accompanying pressure applied within the area. After that, dip in a hot water from feet to ankles, or if you badly need it, from feet to knees. Close your eyes, so your proneness to light will be alleviated. While going through this procedure, I suggest using deep breathing, you don't want your blood to be going fast. Stay in this state from 5 to 8 minutes. It will stop pain. I know you have a lot of questions how it works, I can't answer that because there are lots of paths to fall to the state of migraine. I merely studied its symptoms and what a human feels with this type of headache. After that, go straight to rest. You don't want to further stress the brain by looking at your phone, playing, or staring at the screen. I advise taking a rest. You can't complain because you will sleep with ease, and the pain will vanish. If the pain persists, battle it out with the clash of the temperature between the cold and the hot .
Thanks! I will have to try that technique for the migraine pain next time!
@analisa zamora good luck! You must embrace the hot water. It might feel very hot for you not to touch, but your feet to ankles ( or knees ) will be immune to it after just a few seconds. :)
I’d be in pain for hours, having to lay in the dark in one position, feeling sick, if I could be sick then I would feel a little better. People who don’t have them don’t understand, a migraine pain may go away but I would feel dizzy and lethargic for days afterwards, they are truly awful.
I've felt dizzy and lethargic for three months now after my last one, and have had to do multiple tests and MRI's, i cant get rid of the feeling.
Yeah I have a few headaches but these comments sound pretty extreme. So I guess I've never actually had a migraine
I couldn't imagine I hate being sick to my stomach and having pain I could imagine going through it my husband has them very bad.
@@dri_driella1227 In all honestly, the pain is do bad and I can't even work anymore, I sleep 14 hours a day and when I wake up I feel as though I've been awake for 24 hours straight
yeah i have had them at work and no one understands, i have to go sit in the loos where the cubicle is darker or in my car until i feel better, i hydrate too and have a nurofen
I’m 23 and have had a few migraines recently for the first time and reading the comments have made me scared for what’s to come. Fortunately, my experiences have been short (a few hours) with symptoms such as pain at the back of my eyes and extreme headaches. I’ve noticed that my main trigger is light sensitivity but now I’m trying to see whether the other listed triggers have been affecting me as well. I’m scared because my most recent episode felt like it could have been the worst one ever, but seeing everyone’s comments about theirs lasting days or weeks makes me want to go see a doctor.
This was a fun adventure. I have had migraines for as long as I can remember. They've been omnipresent in my life. And for the longest time the biggest issue I had was just the extreme pain I felt. Nothing I've experienced in life has ever come close to equaling the pain of one of my migraines. And I thought life would move on, pain is pain and I can't feel anything worse. I didn't experience auras as far as I was I knew, in tell they became chronic and then I realized I had auras. My migraines were almost constant. They would last for days and I would get multiple of them a month if not a week. And at some point my auras stopped going away, and even started growing in size. A few years later, not joking it was years, I was diagnosed with Migraine Aura Without Infarction. I used to think the pain I had was bad now I just wish I could see. My migraines have since calmed down with meds and shots but my auras remain.
I once had a migraine attack so bad I was not able to speak/form coherent sentences or words. I will never forget this. It was hell
That might be a stroke
I get that when I have a bad one. I get weird fever dreams and can’t think straight at all.
These are basically all my migraine attacks so I understand your pain TnT
I had one like that, and I felt one side of the head heavy like for a week, and I usually tend to have trouble with words when I have migraines, but that one, is the hardest one I've ever had. I have never experiencied something like that before or after.
@Sundenbock. I’ve had that several times. The first couple of times my friend put me in her car and rushed me to the hospital because the symptoms are very much like a stroke. Finally on my last trip the doctor said it is a hemipelagic migraine. Yes, it mimics a stroke which in my case effects my speech, cannot form coherent sentences. My thinking was slightly off but it was mostly my speech. Very confusing until I found out it was a migraine.
Headache and migraine is like Comparing a dog to a wolf
A little correction: it's like comparing a miniature pinscher puppy to a full grown wolf attacking you like its life is depending on it.
A mr.bean to borat
You mean a dog to a rabid pack of wolves that haven't eaten in days
yeah some dogs have been bred to be alot more scary than a wolf
Squirrel and a wolf with rabies.
Great job explaining in detail. I have been keeping a diary of my migraines for 2 years, and he was so right about everything. I also get vertigo. Its amazing to hear the stories of all these migraine suffers. I can never commit myself to many things because if I get sick I have to cancel, and I hate letting people down. I'm going to keep my diary and do my best to stay away from the triggers. STRESS is a very big part of it, Hang in there everyone, and stay healthy
I've just posted above you, something that you will find will help.
Thank you for someone finally explaining it so well what’s going on. Mine are usually hormonal a day or two before my period and they’re debilitating. Would love a video on how to treat it before it takes hold and also when it’s in full swing because medication does not hit the sides with these. 🙏🤗
Anyone else had a migraine that was so bad each time u take a step your head feels like its about to explode, and the more u walk the worst it gets. Well i had one and it made me cry for hours
Alpha_Shooter yes, also feels like my bed is shaking as if someone is sitting down on it at the foot of it & as if someone is walking into the room (like the floor would vibrate when someone walks in, especially heavy footsteps…hope this makes sense). I’m not hallucinating & when it first began happening I just thought it was my parents or son coming in to check on me as they usually do when I have a migraine. But when it occurred repeatedly & no one was there, I finally realized what was happening. It’s something to do with the blood pressure/throbbing. I feel it strongly when trying to walk, just as you said. But also feel it so strongly lying down that it feels like everything around me is moving. It’s crazy. I just take my migraine medication, diffuse lavender& peppermint essential oils, listen to one of those migraine binaural beats (you can find them here on KZhead) & try every massager in my box of massagers until I finally pass out & go to sleep. I understand the tears. I used to cry too. Now I’ve had them so long I just realize my body is trying to tell me it needs something & until I/we figure out what it is, I have to give it rest or it’s going to be even worse (this I know for sure from experience). Hang in there & take care of yourself. You definitely aren’t alone.
Yeah sometimes I’m completely fine than I stand up from where am sitting and I get this horrible unbearable pain and walking like that is the worst
This was my 2 years ago I had the worst migraine of my whole life, I've started having them in my teenage years, but this one was specially bad I fell down on my living room floor begging my husband to take me to the hospital beacuse I could take the pain my head was pounding and I felt it was going to explode any moment. As I threw up all the way there I was thinking this is it I'm dying in a moving car with my eyes completely closed filling this bag with vomit 😓😓😓
yeah
@@paes14 i get those every time i get up been years
Nothing is more offensive to migraneurs than people calling migraines “headaches”.
I once told someone, "Calling a migraine a headache is like calling a Great White a fishy" :/
@@lennywordslinger Pretty much. They don't get it... until they experience one. My brother once told me "how can you exist with this pain?!" never again did he make light of my migraines.
I hate it when people say...” Ohh she she didn’t show up or she didn’t do it just because of a migraine”. Mine get really bad during summer. I miss on a lot of activities with my kids.
Yup yup.
I get migraines with aura and they sometimes last for days and I can't see shit, I basically go blind and see those zigzag lines and can't read at all usually for 30 minutes at a time and I have trouble speaking as well. I get extremely dizzy too so I have trouble walking around and I also get extremely nauseous sometimes so all I can do is stay in bed and try to survive. I can literally not walk outside or even read anything or freaking talk. Now I get normal headaches too and those are COMFORTABLE compared to this shit.
This was super helpful.Great job tackling each topic one by one.
Great video! Some key points were highlighted that I hadn't heard anyone else discuss. Thank you!
For all those that get severe headaches and migraines, having someone that doesn't get them tell us that it must feel like a headache is similar to a guy explaining pregnancy pains probably feel like bad gas.
I've been to 14 doctors, 4 MRI's, I've learned more watching this than what I've been told about my migraines my whole life, thanks youtube :)
Me too, it’s incredibly frustrating that this knowledges out there and doctors aren’t using it
If you haven't heard of them, the Diamond Headache Clinic in Chicago saved my life. Two visits and I have been almost entirely migraine free since 2008. While my insurance covered it, I would have mortgaged my own soul to go there. Dr. Diamond is an American hero in my book.
Amen
@@josi4251 What kind of treatment have you been on?
SAME.
After suffering for 8years, started after i gave birth. Painkillers like telynol, ocm, vasograin, asprin ,they work for certain time but stop working after few doses.. Now as soon as it starts , within minutes i apply pain relief balm(zhandu balm,tiger balm,moov) around forehead, neck , shoulder, a pinch in my nostril, Sleeo in dark room with a ice pack under my neck I wake up with no migraine Feel free to recoment to know anything about my pain. ❤
45 years of migraine, mostly 10-15 days per month lately. That was a very interesting video. The involvement of the dura mater was new to me and the hypothalamus/homeostasis link makes so much sense!
Mine started getting bad about a few months ago about 3 a week have you found anything to help with yours
I have chronic migraines and it’s honestly such a miserable thing to have. Edit: Im glad everyone can share their experiences here to see no one is alone with such a widely disregarded issue such as chronic migraines. I hope everyone finds peace and comfort eventually.
I have chronic migraine too. Truly aweful. Used to have up to 5 migraine days a week, now down to one and they are less intense. Finally on injectable med that helps, along with nurtec for rescue. Hopefully you'll find something that helps break the cycle soon!
@@merryb6646 that gives me so much hope I have them almost every day of the week with different triggers from temperature to even ginger it really is hard. This gives me hope that I will find peace within this. Thank you so much
@@taylagaddis6707 I am sending so many good thoughts your way. I found a neurologist who really listened to me and was great. Had to jump through a lot insurance hoops to get the right treatment, but I got there. Primary care doc also helped me out with some free samples of nurtec until I could get all the approvals I needed. There is hope for sure.
You guys should try the daith piercing.imma get one cause I’m too busy to be so sick
It's horrible, I know.
Just some dead people casually chilling in the back
Ellie Gough then it started to reanimate itself...
OperationEndGame i didnt see them until i saw this comment lmaoo are they reall???
OperationEndGame 😂😂
peAk_me_lol think soo 😂
Rose Bubbles lol
Actually got emotional watching this. It explained so much and makes me feel so seen.