Migraine headaches can be dull or severe. The pain may be felt behind the eye or in the back of the head and neck. For many patients, the headaches start on the same side each time. The headaches usually:
Feel throbbing, pounding, or pulsating
Are worse on one side of the head
Start as a dull ache and get worse within minutes to hours
Last 6 to 48 hours
Other tips for preventing migraines include:
Avoid smoking
Avoid alcohol
Avoid artificial sweeteners and other known food-related triggers
- Get plenty of sleep each night & exercise
- Learn to relax and reduce stress -- some patients have found that biofeedback and self-hypnosis helps reduce the number of migraine attacks
Symptoms may linger even after the migraine has gone away. Patients with migraine sometimes call this a migraine "hangover." Symptoms can include:
Feeling mentally dull, like your thinking is not clear or sharp
Increased need for sleep
Neck pain
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Hurm. I don't smoke. I don't take alcohol.
But lately, I have no time to exercise. Plenty of sleep? I would feel extremely guilty if I slept more than 5 hours per day. Not to mention those broken sleeps..
Guess I need to avoid the triggers and learn to relax. Stress is building up..need to control and be calm.
I'm getting the 'hangover' quite often now. =(
InsyaAllah, Hasbunallah wa ni'mal wakeel. =)
Resource : Pubmed Health. Available from : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001728/
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