Migraines and Me
I was eleven when I got my first migraine . This is my story about migraines and me .
Has anyone ever heard of , or experienced , a migraine in their sleep ? Over the last 11 years I have had a few every now and then , but it seems this has recently increased .
I ’ ve just returned from a trip to India because my sister and I were invited to go to a wedding in Ahmedabad . We had quite a relaxing holiday ( which is rare since we love to travel and sightsee all the time ), yet I still managed to have headaches . I ’ m not sure if any of you remember that one or two months ago I spoke about when your body is fully relaxed it is quite often when the migraine occurs , not actually when you are at the highest level of stress , but after this has happened . It ’ s as if your body goes on a rollercoaster and then the panic attack happens after it ’ s finished .
The first few days of my holiday I was exhausted from over 18 hours of travelling and a 5 ½ hour time difference . Luckily my host family were more than happy for me to sleep from 11pm to 11am , giving me plenty of rest , and always making sure I had enough to eat . Speaking of food , it was quite a challenge to be gluten free in India , so I do confess to a couple of hiccups along the way which could have been part of the cause of my headaches .
Anyway , it was once my body felt completely relaxed that one evening I noticed my eyes felt a little strange . We were having a chilled out day so I had taken a couple of hours nap in the afternoon before meeting some friends in the evening . Just as I was about to go out I turned to my sister to say ‘ I think I ’ m having a migraine ’. At this point it ’ s always better for me to take some form of medication , rather than ignore it and let the headache get to a bad stage . Luckily this wasn ’ t a bad migraine , I barely had a headache and only had an aura ( the eyesight which looks like head rush ),
Migraines and Me
I have created a Facebook page called ‘ Migraines and Me ’. If you would like some more detailed information and some recipes , please feel free to take a look . I have put on a few personal favourite recipes of mine .
If you have experienced this , please email me and let me know how you have managed , I would love to read your stories . Email me at nataliegerrish @ hotmail . co . uk
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