Saturday, January 21, 2012
Full Question:
Can migraines change? I have had migraines since I was a kid. I always have a aura for about 20 min before the pain starts. I had 2 horrific migraines last week that were the worst I ever had. The pain was terrible and none of the over the counter meds would touch it. I had no aura wit...
Hi Judy,
First and foremost, I totally agree with JD and Teri's
educated, learned response to have this checked out
by a medical doctor.
If all your aspects check out fine, then I might offer
this perspective: I too, for 40 years have had the
aura with 20 mins. to get it stopped/muted. (Midrin
had always effectively achieved this for me.)
Sometimes, I have gotten the start-up/here-it-comes
warning (aura) with seemingly no reason for it to happen.
This means I could not assess the cause - no light trigger,
no sound, no scent, no food mistakes. (I haven't had
a delicious coney hot dog, bacon, etc. for 40 years.)
And then I took a few moments, after all these years,
to revisit the "foods that trigger a migraine" list.
And I was really taken back. There, on the list, was
'sour cream.' "Choline in sour cream _may_ be the
reason it can be a Migraine trigger." For me, the
sour cream in my delicious seafood salad from the
local deli _may_ have been the cause.
I realize that what I have described here did _not_
change my migraine, but rather might be an additional
trigger that I had not realized.
BUT, what I am offering for you is that if you check
out fine, then, by extension,
something as this circumstance _might_ be the cause
or a contributor to the change in the nature (aura)
of your migraine.
~ only trying to help ~
Hello, again.
Well, I read this thread to my husband, and he
reminded me of the _one_ time in my experience
that we feel there was a direct causal link between
a change in my usual 20 min. aura and a food that I ate.
I had a start-up migraine with aura, but the aura
lasted only 12 mins. When it was all assessed, we
felt that the cause might have been pepper. (Black
pepper will trigger a migraine with me, and I avoid
ingesting it when I can see it.)
But, in this situation, we were at a restaurant, eating
the soup - New England clam chowder - in which there
was no visible black pepper. My husband inquired as to
its ingredients and found out that the soup, in fact,
had white pepper in it.
So now I inquire as to ingredients and avoid the food
if it has white pepper in it.
This is the only time that I have experienced a change
in the timing of my aura.
~ hope this helps ~