A little about me

for sharing your story. Sleep issues can really play havoc with Migraine disease and fibromyalgia.

Have you tried keeping a Migraine diary? This is a great way to identify and manage your triggers.  Click HERE for that diary.

I've kept various diaries over the years to discover my triggers.  I know what they are and I avoid them as I can.  Unfortunately, I have few food triggers (the easiest to avoid).  And, one of my biggest triggers is the "pain begats pain" trigger.  So I'm a big one for getting in pain cycles started by a string of migraines, sinus headaches, or myofascial pain in my neck or shoulders.

Luckily, I haven't had much of that lately.  Back in July-Oct, I was dealing with that along with hormonal shift migraines from out of control periods.  But that's eased up (I had a uterine ablation done at the end of November).  I also spent some time on topamax but I'm off it now (I was having weird blurred vision migraines--not aura beforehand, stuff that went on for the duration of the migraine).  Since

going of topamax, I haven't had that problem.  I had my eyes examined and there didn't seem to be an issue with them.  I'm not sure it was the topamax except I haven't had one since I went off it.

Sleep is the biggest issue right now.  Good sleep, no migraines.  Bad sleep for a few days, back to migraines.