Yesterday, just as I was stepping into the shower, I saw a migraine aura. People who deal with migraine aura experience visual, sensory or motor disturbances just before a migraine attack. This phenomenon usually lasts an hour or less, and symptoms may range from seeing sparks and zigzags to the inability to speak clearly. For me, it is mostly the sparks that I see, and it usually lasts just a few minutes. I don’t always see an aura before a migraine, but a migraine always begins sometime in the next twenty-four hours after the aura appears.
When I was younger, the migraine began almost exactly twenty-four hours after I saw an aura. In the last few years, I normally have about thirty minutes to an hour before the migraine sets in. Yesterday’s was a slow progression. It started out mild, so I went to work and tried to work most of the day with my office lights off, but by mid afternoon, that wasn’t working for me anymore. The pain was intensifying and continued to get worse over the course of the evening. Eventually, I just went to bed.
I'm sorry to read about this. It seems amazing to me with all the advances in medicine there hasn't been a better way to treat migraines. It seems like so many people suffer from them and they are so debilitating in so many.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are feeling better today.
I hope you are spared today from any migraine related trauma. Hopefully one day some sort of medicine and treatment can spare you and others from this.
ReplyDeleteI've been an aura migraine sufferer since the age of 14. The bouts last 30 minutes and are accompanied by a loss of vision and nausea. I've been repeatedly told by doctors that there is no cure/treatment for this condition.
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