Safe - Migraine question

[vandervecken]

I get occasional migraines with visual disturbance, which is always exciting, but sometimes I get really bad headaches and I can't tell if they're migraines or not, because I don't get the aura.

Like I had one last night. I think they come on slower than my migraines do - it took maybe a couple of hours to go from "Ooh, I might be getting a headache" to the full thing. Ibuprofen didn't make a dent on it, it was focussed over my left eye, I think, and I could hardly see, I was almost sick, and this morning my head is still fuzzy in that post-migraine way.

I'm just wondering if it sounds like it's a migraine without aura. That would be annoying, but would at least explain it.

[*Beth*]

Most people who get migraines don't get aura. Migraine headaches are usually on one side of the head and the pain is a kind of pulsating pain and if there's no aura etc, they are diagnosed from how you describe the headaches. It is reasonably common for people who get them with aura to also experience them without.

When you say you could hardly see, what do you mean?

I get 2 different forms of migraine, one of them with visual aura. Most people who get visual aura describe them as flashing/zig-zag lights or lines, but with mine i get a black spot in the corner of my vision which gradually expands until i'm pretty much blind.

It sounds like it could be a migraine from what you've said. Migraine headaches are pretty distinctive and if you're saying it was one-sided and you have the post-migraine feelings i'd say there's a good chance.

If you're not sure though it might be worth speaking to your GP.

Hope you feel better soon x

[vandervecken]

The aura I get is usually a blind spot kind of thing like yours but more in the middle. This wasn't like that. I think it just hurt too much to register anything else if that makes sense. Thanks for the reply :)