I am wolfiewoman, I have asked questions, and gotten great answers before. I figured this time could not hurt, you always give me things to talk with my doctors about when I do ask a question. Any way, I have been suffering from migraine for 26 years, at least that's what my doctors say. They do not specify what kind of migraine I have. My question is, how likely is it to have migraine disease when there is no migraine disease in prior generations. I am the first one that is dealing with this and now I have found that my oldest daughter is dealing with menstrual migraine herself. I understand she got it from me, but where did I get it from. My parents, grandparents and great grandparents did not suffer with migraine. Just curious?????
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Q: Can migraine disease develop withouth prior family history?
Hi wolfiewoman,
There may be someone, somewhere in your family's history that had what they called a "sick" headache, or other type of painful headache. They also may have had to "sleep their pain off" in a down dark room, or use other home remedies but just didn't call them Migraines. An since your daughter also has a form of Migraine disease, there probably is someone in your family who has Migraine, but just doesn't call it by the "correct" term.
Does that help any?
Nancy
Hi Wolfiewoman - I know exactly how you feel. Nancy brings up some great points and things that I looked for in my own family when searching. For the longest time after I was diagnosed, I had the same questions. After a while, I started piecing together different things and in the end, I think my mother had Migraines although she had never been diagnosed with them. I did write about my story on my blog. I have another very young niece, beside the one in my story, who has been diagnosed too. Neither niece's parents ever had Migraines and they would never have been able to put any of the genetics together either. It can be very tricky to track down sometimes.
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