My Migraine Headache Symptoms – Are They the Same As Yours?
My Migraine Headache Symptoms – Are They the Same As Yours?
There’s no doubt that a migraine is the worst kind of headache that you can suffer from. Not only are they exceedingly painful, but they also come with a feeling of sickness and disorientation. Most migraine sufferers are forced to lie down in a darkened room, sometimes with a damp cloth over their eyes until the pain recedes. It’s not uncommon for migraines to last several days.
The migraine headache has been very difficult to cure as migraine symptoms vary so much between different people. To make matters worse, its not unusual for sufferers to experience different kinds of migraines for no apparent reason. My own migraines seemed to be triggered by hay fever due to pollen, and were mostly confined to the Summer months, but not always.
Luckily, and unlike some unfortunate sufferers, I only get migraines at a certain time of year.
Many people’s migraine headache symptoms are made much worse by the phenomenon known as the aura. The aura is a neurological condition that can lead to blurred or foggy vision and even mild hallucinations.
I don’t usually experience auras with my migraine, but when I do its always above the left eye. Whatever my migraine headache symptoms, however, I find it impossible to function normally.
A bad migraine attack can leave me feeling worn out for days afterward. My sympathies really do go out to those people who suffer from persistent migraines; I simply do not know how they cope. Although my migraine headache symptoms have been getting progressively less severe of the past few years I still live for the day when I don’t waken up with that slow thudding pain behind my eyes that heralds the onset of another miserable day.…
Irritability caused by stress is common in nearly every family in the United States. Fights about money, raising children and life in general can leave a married couple feeling tension in the relationship. That tension is most often centered in the neck area causing a neck pain headache. A neck pain headache can also be related to previous injury, sitting too long at a computer, watching TV at an uncomfortable angle or sleeping without proper neck support.
Cluster headaches are the most excruciatingly painful type of head pain. They are very different from your “average” migraine, so different that the International Headache Society classifies these headache as a unique head pain condition. Typical migraine headaches most commonly affect women. In contrast, cluster headaches are seen predominately in males. These headaches occur in groups, which may be daily for weeks to months. Rarely they continue for years.
”Water is life’s mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.” – Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Believe it or not, more and more doctors are trying to avoid prescribing medication for certain conditions, when there are reasonable and safe alternative natural treatments available, and when the condition is not life threatening. Migraine headaches are just such a condition, and you should not be surprised if your doctor opts to not prescribe anything at all, but instead makes other suggestions.
Suffering from headaches is not something that you would consider fun; depending on the type of headache, it can be downright brutal. One of the best natural cures for a headache is to going to a chiropractic clinic because they can realign your spine, which can help the headaches go away. If you are unsure about going to a chiropractor another option that you have in treating the headaches is various home remedies. A natural headache cure does not use any over the counter medication, which means less chance of side effects.
Have you ever enjoyed a massage? If you have, did you notice the bliss of a relaxed body and smoothed skin and muscle? The gentle kneading process, long directional strokes, makes you forget the aching back or tense neck muscles, but the body at complete rest is unwinding and relaxing.