Migraines: Not Just Another Headache

When I get migraines I can't do anything

Wait em I having a stroke..

I had 2 in 3 weeks and threw up 4 times...why am i so messed up?

Migraines are soooo painfull😭 i have been having them since I could remember

I have migraines that usually aren't that bad (rarely more than a 4/10 in terms of pain, with mild light and sound sensitivity and sometimes mild nausea), but OTC pain meds like Excedrin do nothing for them and without my prescription meds they last for as much as 72 hours. After someone finally convinced me that my headaches could indeed be migraines despite their mildness pain-wise, my GP referred me to a neurologist that put me on a beta blocker to prevent my migraines in the first place and rizatriptan to make them go away when I got them anyway.

Silence and darkness just make it worse for me because then I have nothing to think about except pain. I have a really dark "migraine" setting for my computer, and it helps to watch or play something to distract myself.

So you mean to tell me that when I get a very bad headache that comes with sensitivity to light, noises, smells and, nausea it is probably a migraine?

I easily got rid of my migraines because I would go to sleep. I only had two and they would only show little blotches for a small while until the migraine started.

I had one during a math exam

mine is cigarette smoke but it takes a LOT and it also has to be hot for some reason, like in the summer when my aunt is puffing away i'll get a regular headache but if i breathe too much i get migraines

I got really bad migranes when I was also suffering from depression... a possible link to Serotonin, perhaps

Migrains the ISIS of the brain.

Am I the only one who's migraine, the pain wasn't the most memorable part? I've had two migraines in my life (I think) but they were in the space of 2 days. It wasn't how I thought they were, it started with no pain, I suddenly couldn't see properly out of one of my eyes and it quickly got worse and it felt like someone just flashed in my face and it lasted for about 10 minutes, then I had this headache on one side of my head that yes; was more painful than my usual headaches, I had to squeeze my head and sit in pitch black room. The pain wasn't as bad as some others must deal with but I think the aura I experienced scared me so much more! I experienced it both times too, same order. I realised I couldn't read the second time, I was out and then put my card number in wrong, few minutes later the one sided headache started and I had to run home

Yaaaas, I'm super sensitive to both sound and light and all I need to is stay in a dark room away from people.

Sounds like a hangover that can last for days

I used to get a few migraines with aura but after a while they disappeared and i never got them again. I have yet to expierence another migraine with the last one being years ago due to dehydration. Are there any reasons why my migraines just disappeared and aren't periodic anymore?

Step 1: begin to lose vision in my left eye, a spot forms that's kinda like a blind spot, but it' "flashing" for lack of a better word.
Step 2: vision loss enhances, the amount lost determines how bad the migraine will be
Step 3: vision returns, pain in the right frontal lobe, and the back of my eyes begins to pound, this last hours, 6 minimum.
Step 4: constant pain goes away, but residual effects last a couple days, any thing that raises my heart rate will cause a pounding pain in my head.

The worst one I've ever had actually caused the entire left side of my body to go numb, that one lasted a solid 12 hours. with residual effect lasting for nearly a week.

Very common sources of migraines (in addition to those mentioned) for me are also:
-disturbances in my eating/sleeping schedule (sleeping more or less or later or sometimes even earlier than usual, same for eating except for the "more" part)
-fatigue (mental or physical)
-long,bumpy car/bus/ship rides
-hot weather (I live in greece...)
-too much excercise
-lengthy exposure to strong sunlight (summer at the beach)
-lauging/crying too much or generally experiencing very strong emotions like after a fight(yep I know it sounds like I'm joking but trust me I wish I were)
...
Damn I'm weak af xD please tell me I'm not the only one. Granted sometimes the trigger doesn't work if I'm generally healthy, but if two or more triggers happen together or a trigger combined with an allergy or flu then I'll probably get a migraine. The more triggers coincide the worse the migraine. Two and it's ok with a pain killer and a short (half/one hour) nap. Three and I need a strong pain killer and a long nap in a dark quite place. Four+ and I'm bedridden till the next morning and I also need a couple of strong painkillers and can't eat anything except soup.

i get them for 8 to 9 days at a time 😭😵

I guess that I have on right now.

When i start seeing lightning i know im fucked

But it's MY grain!!!


Said the old farmer🍞🍞

for me it feels like I have lots of pressure in the top of my head and it feels like someone is pressing down on the top of my eyes as well as becoming sensitive to light. I also sometimes get a stiff neck. I've only had the vision thing and been nauseous once in 8th grade (I'm in 10th). I'm also currently on day two of one and have to miss half a day of school

When your having a migrane right now but you can't control it and it's just getting worse

I has migraines like every month luckily it's been a few months and haven't got one. They're miserable 😭

My migraines happen when I'm in school where everyone is so noisy and people will not leave me alone then they get mad when I scream at them. Just imagine being in school for 7 hours with migraine.

My mom got these as a teen. She always got annoyed when people would get bad head aches and call them migraines

Who also came here from TØP's Migraine

I used to get migraine headaches brought on by pressure changes until I got into amateur boxing. Never got them again. I had TMJ that it resolved for me too. :D My sister had her upper palate relocated and my mother had her jaw re-set to fight TMJ and my older sister has suffered from migraines all her life.

I have it all :( and i was tested for all

I hate migraines. Lights are hell, my vision is distorted, I get nauseous, etc. It's fucking hell

I find that if I take painkillers as soon as I feel the first symptoms I can sometimes stop it in its tracks. sometimes.

i have a migrain almost evry day

For all of you that gets migrenes, USE "CPILIAR" (it really helps) or some other medicine for capillary vessels!!!!!!!!!

When people ask you how you're so tired after sleeping through a migraine and you have to explain why migraine sleep isn't real sleep. 😂

Is it possible to get a migraine without the headache? I have most of those symptoms accompanied by dizziness at times.

Sharing this video to show everyone's pain that I have to go through every piece or twice a month

I have had all the symptoms listed and the some including muscle spazums, hallucinations, and flashbacks I get complex migraine which tend to be really bad

migraines suck.

I wish I could give a simulation of migraine effects to people who say they have migraine when all they have is just bad headache. Like fuck! Don't you fucking compare a headache with a migraine! Go drive a car when you have a migraine and tell me if its NOT THAT BAD! Fuck you "headache" people!

I thought it was just a song

neither of my parents get migraines but here I am with chronic migraines

Can you do a video on Cluster Headaches? I have them and would like to know more.

I used to get migraines but I stopped eating food with MSG and went to a chiropractor for a few months. Didn't work for everybody but it worked for me.

I once asked my brother to be quieter, he said tough it up cus his thighs were chaffed... I almost vomited on him in retaliation.

my doctor prescribed me a medication for my migraines cause I would get them chronically and it would kill it within an hour. best discovery in the world!

This happens to me often.

thank you for this, just sent this video to my family coz sometimes they just don't understand

In high school one of my teachers got a lot of migraines, especially during the last few hours of school. I always felt so bad for her. She would always put her head down on her desk before class started, and you could tell she was in a ton of pain. I offered her ibuprofen, but she had a blood condition and couldn't take it. My family never bought any Advil, so I couldn't really help her besides lowering my voice. Despite the pain she was in, my teacher would always teach the class. She was awesome.

Does anyone else see black spots when they experience migraines?

I actually get so furious when you get a migraine and someone is like "oh yeah lol I get those too they're not nice" like no... they're worse then "not nice" they're a week of torture and suffering and another week of not being functional

My vision was blurry and I couldn't hear properly

I had a migraine in public and I had to sleep and we had to leave the pub early it was so bad 😭

Ohhhh ......this man!!! i just love to listen to you. Very interesting and funny!!!

Who else has sneezed during a migraine?

I've always had migraines when I wake up and it is the awfulest shit.Especially on school days.
So bad that days I have migraines I actually miss school because basic actions like getting out of bed, walking or eating, are just impossible to do because of the severe nausea i get.I have to hold onto the walls to get anywhere, try not to fall down the stairs, all while my head feels like it's going to explode and I try not to throw up with every step.
Laying down and accepting this nightmare is my only relief from it.

I've never had a headache and can't find a reason why..pleeeeaaasssee explain why

they feel like needles in your nerves. like someone sank a thousand needles through your skull and into your undisturbed brain. and the brain is so rarely disturbed it doesnt know what to do. complete overload of the senses. a physical shut down of the body because the only thing the brain can think about are these fucking needles being pushed deeper. and deeper.

My migraines get so bad that I puke, and I know the horrible heaving is coming every time the pain kicks in T~T

With migraines I usually have aura that blocks part of my vision and I have to close my eyes. I also get nausea.

Ha finally us men don't have to bad end of the deal

I had a weird migraine once and I was convinced I was having a stroke.

I watched this because I was at a birthday party today and someone had to leave because they got a migraine. I felt so bad because I have only gotten one in my life and that was when I was really little so I didn't understand🙁

Isn't anyone gonna talk about twenty one pilots?? 😐

you can tell this is old because of the shitty green screen

I just sleep and it goes

I have chronic migraines from bad genetics! Yay!

I take an SSRI and if I miss a dose or am late, I get an insane migraine. I can't even look at my phone or listen to music.

I get migraines and THANK YOU for giving me a link to direct people to now when they call it a bad headache.

It really helps me to take a shower for a migraine

I do get occasional migraines that are triggered by sleeping in and have never been severe. More of an annoying headache that is sometimes accompanied by mild nausea. Typically just popping an excedrin will take care of it, otherwise it'll last about a day. I've known people that have had severe migraines so I've seen the effects they can have and have to consider myself lucky.

I sometimes have migraines at school when I am in the lunch line, so it usually only happens when I am hungry. Don't ask. Yes I'm weird like that. :)

soundslike the guy from crash course

You know when you close your eyes really hard or rub them really hard, you see colors and shapes? I get that during migraines when I close my eyes so it's extra miserable because it makes it hurt worse

I go practically blind. Then I can see again. Then the PAIN sets in.

Much fun! Such ow.

my hands get numb whenever I have a migraine

My first migraine i had was in school when i was 11, i was to weak to even hold a pencil.

As a victim of migrains myself, I can verify that this is quite accurate

Is it bad that I get literally every single one of these symptoms?
But then mine don't seem to last for 4 hours most of the time. it's usually just a hectic and painful 2 hours of agony followed by feeling weak and sick for a while

I had a migraine just the other day. Felt like somebody was stabbing me in the head. Tried to take tylenol, but ended up seeing them again shortly after, still only half dissolved. Some people try cold rags, i buried my head in a pillow and just hoped to pass out again. These things are no joke.

referring to the aura section- i haven't had a migraine in years, but on the rare occasion i got one the only symptom listed here i experienced was blurred vision, and i mean very, very blurred. Would start in patches, where a few spots are blurred and spread. When possible, i could barricade myself in my room with lights out and head buried in my pillow. That would would, and i wouldn't have to go though hrs of pain :D

Kill me I have terrible migraines every day the pills make worse. A dollar a day prevents people from migraines every day donate now becuz it doesn't help we are just trying to get your money

i suffers from migraine with aura and it's the worst thing ever in my life

I find that for a month after I have had a migraine, I would get carsick waaaay more easily.

I have found my place in the internet you are all my people let's have a convention where we all get together just so we can unanimously sympathise with each other

I've never made the this connection before but our also sounds like pregnancy.

I get the "scintillating scotoma" (in a black and white zigzag pattern) a few times a year, but I haven't had a migraine since 2007. I just try to drink some water and get rid of some wind. When I had a migraine I would belch a lot but couldn't break wind. Intestinal gas seems to magnify any other aches and pains so it surely exacerbates headache too.

As a migraine sufferer, I can't even begin to explain how much I love the title of this video.

I have no vision but still get ocular pain during a migraine. Sucks.

Whenever i get a migrain i can not function anymore... My vision gets worse, every sound and light hurts, smells make me extremely nauseous. Plus i can o ly sit perfectly straight without looking down more then about 10° because then it gets even worse... :/
Yet my work forced me to continue working a few times, because "it's just a bad headache". I worked in retail... :/ As a cashier. Mainly during the busiest hours. Staring at a computer screen all day...
Glad i don't work there anymore

ive suffered migraines since i was young i used to vomit when i was younger i couldn't keep food down if i tried eating i was sick. but now i just get headaches with blurry vision and cant sit in light

TØP

Ahhh, the advantages of being a male...





Also don't forget the disadvantages

I have a migraine right now it's been going on since I woke up it's now 7 pm

I have chronic migraines. I have a migraine 24/7. I dont get a break from them. I have had one solid migraine since I was 2. I can't tell you how bad mine get at times.

kill me now

So, if you can stop it with pain meds it's not a migrane?

I'm 14 I get daily migraines and I take a very expensive medicine called rizatriptan It works really well for anyone else who has migraines you should ask your doctor

I get migraines during PMS and it usually lasts 3 days