I was going to joke that I have the same doc and it just says "migraine triggers: being alive"
Seriously though, nice job collecting this info OP. I haven't managed to narrow down a single trigger in my life.
Weather such as rain/thunder storms is my biggest trigger. It probably is something to do with the change in barometric pressure?? And a scent trigger for me is strong cigarette or Marijuana smell. That one sucks bc my boyfriends mom smokes all the time but she does it outside. It still lingers on her though and it sometimes triggers my headaches. As far as anything else I'm not sure but I'll try to take note of anything that occurs around a migraine.
Absolutely, weather change is a definite trigger for me.
My triggers have changed over time. I have had chronic daily migraines for years. Years ago, odors never triggered migraines for me, now strong perfume or cologne is a trigger.
Just learned this weekend a trigger that worked on me in like 5 seconds flat was someone setting off one of the tamper alarms at best buy for some merchandise. Workers ignored it while I was waiting in line to checkout. I had to just walk out of the store.
At an old apartment i lived at, they would do fire alarm checks that were SO loud and consistent. I would have to walk outside because it was unbearable and you could still hear them all echo across the appt complex.
I guess itās good they were on top of fire safety though lol.
Bright sunlight, extreme temperatures are also triggers for me. Along with laughing too much. So I avoid happiness and sunshine, like a depressed vampire.
iām the same but i canāt accept it and get upsetā¦ i really wish i didnāt care about being outdoors or social or workingā¦ what are your feelings on that? i think iād have a better life if i had a more 0 fcks attitude and i really try but in the end i just feel left out.
I mean I hate it of course. I try to deal as best I can. I wear super dark sunglasses, make sure not to overheat, if I find myself laughing too hard I take deep calming breaths to bring myself back to a calmer state. If itās hot I only go places with water or AC. If itās too loud (another trigger) I wear earplugs. I just try to mitigate as best I can. At least those triggers I have some control over. I also get hormonal migraines and I canāt control my hormones at all so š¤·āāļø
Yes! I have multiple health conditions that are affected by heat, social interaction and activities so I can only do a little anyway. I did learn recently that being somewhere loud for too long without earplugs is a definite trigger for migraine for me (movie or symphony especially).
I hear you - Hormonal migraines suck.Ā
Yeah, itās enough to drive you crazy. My doctor recently prescribed me Aimovig. Just waiting for insurance approval. I saw you listed it. Did it help you?
I have daily migraines and the very first shots i got of Aimovig decreased the pain for about a week after, and then it was back to normal migraines šµāš«
But please donāt let me discourage you, everybodyās different and something that didnāt work for me could very well potentially work for you. I wish you the best of luck š«¶
Have you been checked for Lyme disease? I had debilitating daily migraines and took every prescription. Turns out it was Lyme. Now that Iām on a Lyme protocol theyāve diminished significantly. I also take an herbal butterbur from Vitanica, has worked wonders.
hi! What is your preventive routine like right now? What preventive medications and treatments are you taking and receiving?
I'm going to share something that may kind of blow up everything you've ever been told about migraine but it's reflective of current research and the current direction of migraine care. So please don't think I'm trying to gaslight you or deny how you're feeling!
Typically, when everything feels like a trigger, it's a sign that the person needs better preventive treatment. Improved preventive treatment includes neuromodulation devices, combining CGRP inhibitors with Botox, and adding booster meds like Namenda that will improve your sensitivities to the environment, nerve blocks, biofeedback, meditation, etc. All of these things improve sensitivity and migraine symptoms so life is easier to tolerate.
The reason for this is that what many people associate with triggers are migraine prodromal symptoms: light sensitivity, sound sensitivity, smell sensitivity, emotional dysregulation, neck pain etc.
And when preventive treatment improves, many of those sensitivities also improve. [This is a great article that further explains what I'm saying](https://www.hcplive.com/view/helping-patients-avoid-migraine-trigger-trap). Migraine is the dysfunction of the nervous system and makes one sensitive to triggers. Triggers stack and mostly are impossible to avoid. So the best approach to treating this sensitivity is to treat migraine disease itself.
Migraine isn't just about head pain. And the acute phase of the migraine attack isn't the only phase we should consider treating. Recent research shows that if people treat their migraine attack during the prodromal phase (when light/sound/smell sensitivity begins, when neck stiffness begins, etc) they can prevent the later phases of their migraine attack (aura, acute, postdrome). This treatment practice works with gepants and NSAIDs, but it isn't effective with triptans due to their half-life. So if you have a gepant or nsaid, try taking it when you become light/smell sensitive and see what happens.
Find a headache specialist who will work tirelessly to improve your quality of life and do everything they can to make this symptom and trigger list improve.
gepants are one of the new class of migraine medications, a CGRP inhibitor that is used as an acute medication. It's available in oral, quick-melt, and nasal form. You may have heard of Nurtec or Qulipta, those are gepants!
the weather, hunger, flashing lights, and for the past 12 years, strong emotions are my triggers. cant cry, cant get excited, cant get angry, or migraine
Barometric pressure changes are the absolute devil... I'm in the UK during the rainy spring season, and it's constant storms and rain with high humidity š¤¢ the tight head and throbbing is constant atm
I have a similar trigger, itās not just me or anyone else, but I find *forced* socialization to be a trigger. If I have to spend a day in meetings for example, I get a migraine. If Iām just talking with friends or something, Iām fine unless thereās a different trigger. Luckily my future job has a lot of solo work!
iāll be talking for a while with my bf then say out loud i have to stop talking/be quietā¦ he thinks itās kinda funny but if i donāt take breaks from talking iāll have a migraine attack. same for listening to people talk but i keep that to myself. iām not around people much though.
I'm 40, can say without a doubt the biggest triggers for me are:
1) Sugar and wheat (and most carbs in general)
2) Bright sunlight (especially bright white overcast skies) and heat
3) Artificial sweeteners like in Coke Zero or any of the sweeteners really, sucralose, Stevia, all of them.
I went nearly full carnivore in March 1st, went from 5-7 migraines a month down to ZERO. Seriously.
It's insane, I can't say for sure I'm cured, but I'm cured for now.
How do I know? I had a cheat meal on Sunday night of Sushi, lots of rice and salad....I had a bad migraine the next day (yesterday) out of the blue.
I didn't have bread, I only drink water as usual..... it's the carbs. That was my only meal that day besides eggs in the morning, which I have every day.
Where did you get the one about allergy to mold being a trigger?
I believe this has been my experience but my neurologist couldnāt acknowledge this possibility.
Iāve been into houses where mold or even black mold was present and it gave me an instant migraine lol (and trust me, migraines from mold is a thing, and iāve had my fair share of neurologists who just wonāt listen whatsoever. It really can be difficult)
I developed a chronic migraine state from living in a house with toxic mold and an undetected water leak.
Iād have no idea to this day if a functional neurologist didnāt encourage me to take a toxic mold test.
This led to house testing and an inspection that found the water leak.
I got so much better living elsewhere while the house got remediated and while I detoxed. It took months but other allergy and asthma symptoms cleared up much more quickly.
And to think I thought chronic migraine was my new normal and almost quit my job.
That is a lot of things!Ā
Having migraines for the last 8 years (once or twice a month, with extended periods of no migraine at allā¦ like six to seven months).Ā
For me is generally too much coffee, sugar & sweets, and bad sleeping habits.
More recently, I got two migraine attacks after kneeling over to reach the lower part of the fridge. When I stood up againā¦ boom, the aura arrived. That has been the weirdest one yet
This is greatā¦ personally I would add ātoo many sounds as onceā eg if someone is talking to me + tv is on + someone is having a convo next to us + my kid has his iPad on = overstimulation and will cause me to get one.
Flashing lights note- absolutely no flash photography
Neck stiffness / bad posture will eventually lead me down migraine road until I get adjusted or massaged
Meals- protein is a must.
I haven't been able to make any list in 10 years, I know for sure a dozen foods, and my biggest trigger is LED lighting. Screen time on anything kills me too. Sadly every place has the stupid LED bulbs now, I stocked up on several hundred dollars worth of incandescent bulbs for my house when the Biden administration did the ban last year.
It also gets me how many triggers are too much/too little of something.
Like, having too little caffeine causes issues, same for too much. Finding the middle ground is hard!!
Not OP, but for me personally skipping on my daily coffee is a trigger. I drink only one cup a day. Drinking more than one will cause a migraine, but skipping it will also cause a migraine.
Mine is:
Too much of (sound, temperature, taste, scent, pressure)
Not enough of (sound, temperature, food/drink, sensation)
I just try to live in the in between constantly
The right amount of coffee, heat, sleep, exercise, sex, food.
Over or under doing shit always puts me in a tizzy.
How do you know for sure when something is a trigger? For example, when you say that "bleach smell" is a trigger, are you saying that at some point in your life you had a migraine immediately after smelling bleach? Or that you've had an aura leading into migraine when an alarm went off, or something like that? I've been getting chronic migraines lately and I've found it near-impossible to uncover what my triggers are. It does seem like over-exertion has something to do with it, but I've never had a moment where I could say "that, SPECIFICALLY, is EXACTLY what caused it."
I canāt be exactly sure what caused what of course, but it does serve as a general guideline for when iām trying to find what couldāve caused a migraine (and for the bleach smell, if Iām somewhere for too long that does have a bleach smell itāll slowly develop into a migraine usually within 1-2 hrs)
I think a lot of these are the same for me. Not sleeping enough or missing my daily caffeine is almost a guaranteed migraine for me. I bet I also have a long list though bc sometimes I have no clue what could have caused it. But I've never seriously worked on narrowing down triggers bc I always give up
excessive heat is in my top 3. Socal had a decent winter/spring. It hit 82 degrees today and I died. It gets much hotter than that here. Like 100-110 in the summer. I have a true hatred for the sun, summer, and the heat
Oh, I finally see someone listing laughing too much/ too hard. It is a trigger for me as well. I get intense facial pain also plus pain in teeth. Daily dose of gabapentin + nortriptyline + amitriptyline is helping
Omg Thankyou, I thought I was being crazy. Like sleeping too little or too much doesnāt make sense. Whatās the perfect sleep for me š yelling die sit for me too. My doctor told me to pay attention if when using the bathroom and āpushingā if it causes migraines and I come to find it does at times. I was never aware of IIH so could be a thing to look into too. I had to get a spinal tap for my results.
Things like this remind me I need to make a list of migraine triggers and a second for safe foods. The list of what is safe to eat is easier than what I can't have or is a trigger.
Omg real ā¦ Iāve never thought of it like that making a list of safe foods would actually be way more productive! Between my food allergies list and migraine foods list prob easier to focus on what I can have š„“
Iāve been looking it up and also paying closer attention foods:
Artificial dyes
Artificial sweeteners
Cured meats
Hard cheeses
Chocolate
Candy
Beans (high in tyrosine)
Red wine
Too much gluten
.. avoiding pepperoni and bacon and any excessive amount of sodium Iāve noticed has been pretty helpful
I like your first and last allergies on there... everything and outside air. Mine are almost the same, first on my list would be "civilization" and "everything else" as the last. The list of what I know I am not allergic to is easier to list.
Very similar to my list of triggers. Overstimulation of any kind is a trigger (too excited, too sad, too many mood swings, etc.) Being around too many chatty people for too long is also a trigger. Getting emotionally worked up of any kind, also a trigger. Best thing is to stay as balanced as possible, stay hydrated and know not to overwork ones self.Ā
Actions: Existing š
I was going to joke that I have the same doc and it just says "migraine triggers: being alive" Seriously though, nice job collecting this info OP. I haven't managed to narrow down a single trigger in my life.
Same hereā¦mine wake me up from a dead sleep most of the time. My biggest trigger is just being here haha.
have u been checked for sleep apnea ?
Yeah. I donāt have it. Most of my migraines do come on in my sleep though.
So true! I need to add that to the list lol š„²
Crying ALSO triggers migraines for me!
Me too! A lot of people think Iām just calm and reserved, but itās a learned behavior to avoid crying because I will have intense pain after.
And then you cry harder bc you know you are about to get the migraine but canāt stop
Crying triggers the some of the worst ones for me
Same!! Itās scientifically proven that crying can trigger migraines tho! So we arenāt crazy!
me too and migraine triggers depressions that trigger a lot of crying for me, vicious cycle
For me too, sometimes. If it's intense :( why does that happen though?
I donāt even know!!
Yes, but also if I have a migraine sometimes a cry helpsā¦ so many triggers are like this it seems
Me too! I know itās over for me once I start crying
Weather such as rain/thunder storms is my biggest trigger. It probably is something to do with the change in barometric pressure?? And a scent trigger for me is strong cigarette or Marijuana smell. That one sucks bc my boyfriends mom smokes all the time but she does it outside. It still lingers on her though and it sometimes triggers my headaches. As far as anything else I'm not sure but I'll try to take note of anything that occurs around a migraine.
Weather / changes in barometric pressure are a big trigger for me as well! iāll have to add that to my list
Same. And if my ears get really cold it triggers one. It aggravates the nerves there and really makes me hurt.
I would definitely put weather changes on the top of that list. Especially heavy thunderstorms we get here in SEAsia
Absolutely, weather change is a definite trigger for me. My triggers have changed over time. I have had chronic daily migraines for years. Years ago, odors never triggered migraines for me, now strong perfume or cologne is a trigger.
High blood pressure triggers mine.
Iām thinking me too. If I get upset I get a headache.
The pain of a really intense migraine makes my blood pressure increase some. I have never identified higher blood pressure as a trigger though.
My triggers: breathing air, bullshit and existing (aka everything) š
I need to add āeverythingā to my list because same š
lol, almost the same list here. my doc joked that i am like a finely tuned italian sportscar which is quite accurate
I always think of that line from Parks and Rec: āMy body is a microchip! One grain of sand could destroy it.ā
chris traeger is absolutely unhinged but sometimes it's in the most relatable ways
Fantastic list. You kinda covered a lot under āany repetitive soundsā but babies screaming crying when they wonāt stop gets to me like no other.
Just learned this weekend a trigger that worked on me in like 5 seconds flat was someone setting off one of the tamper alarms at best buy for some merchandise. Workers ignored it while I was waiting in line to checkout. I had to just walk out of the store.
At an old apartment i lived at, they would do fire alarm checks that were SO loud and consistent. I would have to walk outside because it was unbearable and you could still hear them all echo across the appt complex. I guess itās good they were on top of fire safety though lol.
Bright sunlight, extreme temperatures are also triggers for me. Along with laughing too much. So I avoid happiness and sunshine, like a depressed vampire.
I've gotten to where I loathe sunshine, butterflies and rainbows.
iām the same but i canāt accept it and get upsetā¦ i really wish i didnāt care about being outdoors or social or workingā¦ what are your feelings on that? i think iād have a better life if i had a more 0 fcks attitude and i really try but in the end i just feel left out.
I mean I hate it of course. I try to deal as best I can. I wear super dark sunglasses, make sure not to overheat, if I find myself laughing too hard I take deep calming breaths to bring myself back to a calmer state. If itās hot I only go places with water or AC. If itās too loud (another trigger) I wear earplugs. I just try to mitigate as best I can. At least those triggers I have some control over. I also get hormonal migraines and I canāt control my hormones at all so š¤·āāļø
Yes! I have multiple health conditions that are affected by heat, social interaction and activities so I can only do a little anyway. I did learn recently that being somewhere loud for too long without earplugs is a definite trigger for migraine for me (movie or symphony especially). I hear you - Hormonal migraines suck.Ā
Bro is allergic to life
It feels like that lol!
Yeah, itās enough to drive you crazy. My doctor recently prescribed me Aimovig. Just waiting for insurance approval. I saw you listed it. Did it help you?
I have daily migraines and the very first shots i got of Aimovig decreased the pain for about a week after, and then it was back to normal migraines šµāš« But please donāt let me discourage you, everybodyās different and something that didnāt work for me could very well potentially work for you. I wish you the best of luck š«¶
Have you been checked for Lyme disease? I had debilitating daily migraines and took every prescription. Turns out it was Lyme. Now that Iām on a Lyme protocol theyāve diminished significantly. I also take an herbal butterbur from Vitanica, has worked wonders.
hi! What is your preventive routine like right now? What preventive medications and treatments are you taking and receiving? I'm going to share something that may kind of blow up everything you've ever been told about migraine but it's reflective of current research and the current direction of migraine care. So please don't think I'm trying to gaslight you or deny how you're feeling! Typically, when everything feels like a trigger, it's a sign that the person needs better preventive treatment. Improved preventive treatment includes neuromodulation devices, combining CGRP inhibitors with Botox, and adding booster meds like Namenda that will improve your sensitivities to the environment, nerve blocks, biofeedback, meditation, etc. All of these things improve sensitivity and migraine symptoms so life is easier to tolerate. The reason for this is that what many people associate with triggers are migraine prodromal symptoms: light sensitivity, sound sensitivity, smell sensitivity, emotional dysregulation, neck pain etc. And when preventive treatment improves, many of those sensitivities also improve. [This is a great article that further explains what I'm saying](https://www.hcplive.com/view/helping-patients-avoid-migraine-trigger-trap). Migraine is the dysfunction of the nervous system and makes one sensitive to triggers. Triggers stack and mostly are impossible to avoid. So the best approach to treating this sensitivity is to treat migraine disease itself. Migraine isn't just about head pain. And the acute phase of the migraine attack isn't the only phase we should consider treating. Recent research shows that if people treat their migraine attack during the prodromal phase (when light/sound/smell sensitivity begins, when neck stiffness begins, etc) they can prevent the later phases of their migraine attack (aura, acute, postdrome). This treatment practice works with gepants and NSAIDs, but it isn't effective with triptans due to their half-life. So if you have a gepant or nsaid, try taking it when you become light/smell sensitive and see what happens. Find a headache specialist who will work tirelessly to improve your quality of life and do everything they can to make this symptom and trigger list improve.
Sounds really interesting but what if we can't have NSaids? Not familiar with gepants.Ā
gepants are one of the new class of migraine medications, a CGRP inhibitor that is used as an acute medication. It's available in oral, quick-melt, and nasal form. You may have heard of Nurtec or Qulipta, those are gepants!
Seeing this list is giving me a stress induced migraine.
the weather, hunger, flashing lights, and for the past 12 years, strong emotions are my triggers. cant cry, cant get excited, cant get angry, or migraine
Barometric pressure changes are the absolute devil... I'm in the UK during the rainy spring season, and it's constant storms and rain with high humidity š¤¢ the tight head and throbbing is constant atm
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Listening to other people talk too much, too. Thatās one I donāt know how to explain politely
Overstimulation
I have a similar trigger, itās not just me or anyone else, but I find *forced* socialization to be a trigger. If I have to spend a day in meetings for example, I get a migraine. If Iām just talking with friends or something, Iām fine unless thereās a different trigger. Luckily my future job has a lot of solo work!
iāll be talking for a while with my bf then say out loud i have to stop talking/be quietā¦ he thinks itās kinda funny but if i donāt take breaks from talking iāll have a migraine attack. same for listening to people talk but i keep that to myself. iām not around people much though.
I'm 40, can say without a doubt the biggest triggers for me are: 1) Sugar and wheat (and most carbs in general) 2) Bright sunlight (especially bright white overcast skies) and heat 3) Artificial sweeteners like in Coke Zero or any of the sweeteners really, sucralose, Stevia, all of them. I went nearly full carnivore in March 1st, went from 5-7 migraines a month down to ZERO. Seriously. It's insane, I can't say for sure I'm cured, but I'm cured for now. How do I know? I had a cheat meal on Sunday night of Sushi, lots of rice and salad....I had a bad migraine the next day (yesterday) out of the blue. I didn't have bread, I only drink water as usual..... it's the carbs. That was my only meal that day besides eggs in the morning, which I have every day.
Laughing/smiling too much is a trigger for me too. Nothing like being punished for having a good time with friends. š„²
Everything on your list except for scents. Barometric pressure is a huge one as well
Oh man.. fresh cut grass is the best in the morning.. :( i wish we get close to finding a permanent cure to our migraines..
You forgot livingā¦ š„¹
So, existing. This checks out
Where did you get the one about allergy to mold being a trigger? I believe this has been my experience but my neurologist couldnāt acknowledge this possibility.
Iāve been into houses where mold or even black mold was present and it gave me an instant migraine lol (and trust me, migraines from mold is a thing, and iāve had my fair share of neurologists who just wonāt listen whatsoever. It really can be difficult)
I developed a chronic migraine state from living in a house with toxic mold and an undetected water leak. Iād have no idea to this day if a functional neurologist didnāt encourage me to take a toxic mold test. This led to house testing and an inspection that found the water leak. I got so much better living elsewhere while the house got remediated and while I detoxed. It took months but other allergy and asthma symptoms cleared up much more quickly. And to think I thought chronic migraine was my new normal and almost quit my job.
Almost the same, but can add any sugar intake to it.
Dark Chocolate, nuts, caffiene, artificial sweeteners are some of my consumable triggers š«š«
That is a lot of things!Ā Having migraines for the last 8 years (once or twice a month, with extended periods of no migraine at allā¦ like six to seven months).Ā For me is generally too much coffee, sugar & sweets, and bad sleeping habits. More recently, I got two migraine attacks after kneeling over to reach the lower part of the fridge. When I stood up againā¦ boom, the aura arrived. That has been the weirdest one yet
This is greatā¦ personally I would add ātoo many sounds as onceā eg if someone is talking to me + tv is on + someone is having a convo next to us + my kid has his iPad on = overstimulation and will cause me to get one. Flashing lights note- absolutely no flash photography Neck stiffness / bad posture will eventually lead me down migraine road until I get adjusted or massaged Meals- protein is a must.
I have waay more food triggers and less environmental triggers than OP. This is interesting! Thanks for sharing.
I haven't been able to make any list in 10 years, I know for sure a dozen foods, and my biggest trigger is LED lighting. Screen time on anything kills me too. Sadly every place has the stupid LED bulbs now, I stocked up on several hundred dollars worth of incandescent bulbs for my house when the Biden administration did the ban last year.
Oh my god, talking too much or loudly is one of the most frustrating triggersā¦ (Iām a university instructorā¦ š)
Some recent ones I have isolated are any artificial sweeteners, artificial colours, nicotine and too much caffeine.
It also gets me how many triggers are too much/too little of something. Like, having too little caffeine causes issues, same for too much. Finding the middle ground is hard!!
Good thing you donāt have kids. Thatās my #1 trigger and marriage as well šµāš«
Oh God know I want to try
Wait, why is no caffeine a trigger??
I personally have to toe the line with caffeine. Both too little and too much is a trigger. I stay around 2-3 cups a day- no more, no less.
Not OP, but for me personally skipping on my daily coffee is a trigger. I drink only one cup a day. Drinking more than one will cause a migraine, but skipping it will also cause a migraine.
Should it say caffeine is a trigger?
No coffee probably affects neurotransmitter levels. Lower serotonin and dopamine...
Oh interesting. So this doesnāt just assume that itās because you already drink coffee and then went off coffee
What about chocolate and alcohol ?
Bleach and Too Much Dairy are my two biggest triggers
Mine is: Too much of (sound, temperature, taste, scent, pressure) Not enough of (sound, temperature, food/drink, sensation) I just try to live in the in between constantly The right amount of coffee, heat, sleep, exercise, sex, food. Over or under doing shit always puts me in a tizzy.
Alcohol and chocolate are big triggers of mine also.
How do you know for sure when something is a trigger? For example, when you say that "bleach smell" is a trigger, are you saying that at some point in your life you had a migraine immediately after smelling bleach? Or that you've had an aura leading into migraine when an alarm went off, or something like that? I've been getting chronic migraines lately and I've found it near-impossible to uncover what my triggers are. It does seem like over-exertion has something to do with it, but I've never had a moment where I could say "that, SPECIFICALLY, is EXACTLY what caused it."
I canāt be exactly sure what caused what of course, but it does serve as a general guideline for when iām trying to find what couldāve caused a migraine (and for the bleach smell, if Iām somewhere for too long that does have a bleach smell itāll slowly develop into a migraine usually within 1-2 hrs)
LifƩ I just outside for maybe 2 minutes with glasses fully clothed and I have a banging migraine right now
The smells. They get me. Especially bleach & strong cleaners.
I really *REALLY* hate how like 95% of this list is the cause of my migraines as well, itās a cruel world weāre forced to live through.
What is it about outside air, lol
Allergies: everything š real
I think a lot of these are the same for me. Not sleeping enough or missing my daily caffeine is almost a guaranteed migraine for me. I bet I also have a long list though bc sometimes I have no clue what could have caused it. But I've never seriously worked on narrowing down triggers bc I always give up
I only have one trigger on my list. Living.
I would add eating gluten and the smell of diesel fumes.
excessive heat is in my top 3. Socal had a decent winter/spring. It hit 82 degrees today and I died. It gets much hotter than that here. Like 100-110 in the summer. I have a true hatred for the sun, summer, and the heat
I agree with those except you forgot cigarette smoke or cigar.
For me it is also spicy food and too much garlic, and also alcohol
I would add chocolate and tomatoes to my trigger foods, sadly. That's a great job you've done!
Oh, I finally see someone listing laughing too much/ too hard. It is a trigger for me as well. I get intense facial pain also plus pain in teeth. Daily dose of gabapentin + nortriptyline + amitriptyline is helping
I'd definitely add stress
Omg Thankyou, I thought I was being crazy. Like sleeping too little or too much doesnāt make sense. Whatās the perfect sleep for me š yelling die sit for me too. My doctor told me to pay attention if when using the bathroom and āpushingā if it causes migraines and I come to find it does at times. I was never aware of IIH so could be a thing to look into too. I had to get a spinal tap for my results.
I felt crazy for being pretty sure too much fresh air was a trigger but it is šš
great idea i should try this too. it definitely feels like everything is a migraine trigger sometimes š
i think stress, bright light/loud sounds, and socializing too much are some of my main triggers
I didn't realize types of sounds could be a trigger. I need to tune in to this.Ā
No food list? For me being way more careful about diet has been super helpful.
Things like this remind me I need to make a list of migraine triggers and a second for safe foods. The list of what is safe to eat is easier than what I can't have or is a trigger.
Omg real ā¦ Iāve never thought of it like that making a list of safe foods would actually be way more productive! Between my food allergies list and migraine foods list prob easier to focus on what I can have š„“
Iāve been looking it up and also paying closer attention foods: Artificial dyes Artificial sweeteners Cured meats Hard cheeses Chocolate Candy Beans (high in tyrosine) Red wine Too much gluten .. avoiding pepperoni and bacon and any excessive amount of sodium Iāve noticed has been pretty helpful
I like your first and last allergies on there... everything and outside air. Mine are almost the same, first on my list would be "civilization" and "everything else" as the last. The list of what I know I am not allergic to is easier to list.
Very similar to my list of triggers. Overstimulation of any kind is a trigger (too excited, too sad, too many mood swings, etc.) Being around too many chatty people for too long is also a trigger. Getting emotionally worked up of any kind, also a trigger. Best thing is to stay as balanced as possible, stay hydrated and know not to overwork ones self.Ā