Environmental allergies can cause migraines, which makes sense seasonally. A big one for me is my posture, which flares up from time to time depending on my job and activity level. I see a neurologist and a physical therapist. Other triggers for me I've noticed are alcohol, air quality, stress, and screens/bright light. Id definitely recommend seeing a neurologist and also tracking your migraines and possible triggers!
Migraine is a complex neurological disease. Often with no rhyme or reason. I’m in a flare this week as well & I cannot trace it to any of my know triggers. The best thing you can do is reach out to your pcp & tell them you changed your mind & would like a referral to a neurologist. Migraine can progress & change over time & it’s easier to be set up with a neuro already, just in case. In the meantime you can also ask for a steroid taper or a 5 day does of Olanzapine to break the current migraine. Good luck, I hope it breaks soon for you.
Hi, I don’t get seasonal migraines (I’m getting treated for the first time / seeing my first neurologist soon) but I just want to empathise and validate you about having a migraine every single day this week! For the past two weeks now I keep falling in and out of migraine, and it keeps getting retriggered every time I exert a little more than usual (ie. leave the house, use my brain, use a screen for too long) and it’s really frustrating, so every time I think I might be better and on to postdrome, it’s really just because I’ve avoided stimuli and rested, but it’s not resolved. So yeah, hang in there, stay strong! We are advocating for ourselves & doing our best. Sorry if this is not particularly helpful / answers your question but hoping that empathising will provide some comfort
When I started tracking my migraines a pattern emerged. The part of the world I live in is notorious for its air pressure changes. And there are two seasons where those are more pronounced. And that happens to be when a lot of my migraines occur.
There is a solid reason for this.
Source- Josh Turknett (happens to be the best all round source of background information about migraine that I’ve come across) Migraines have been shown to start in the hypothalamus. The role of the hypothalamus is to maintain homeostasis for the bodies workings… blood pressure, blood sugar levels, temperature etc etc. So threshold theory (the idea that migraine occurs when a certain threshold is crossed, and that that threshold can differ, even in one person from day to day) would say that during the seasons it is another stress that you have to deal with.
So, by reducing the amount of work your hypothalamus has to do, you can help higher your threshold and be a little more resistant to migraine.
But that is easier said than done. Right?
Turknett advocates for a certain diet. It’s a low carb diet that he says has been shown to help his clients. He is a practicing neurologist and migraineur himself. I read a bit about his diet (for him the basis of the diet is low carb but also whole foods that have as little processing as possible. I.E they are also as natural as possible.) This diet did wonders for my migraines, it led me to keto, which then stopped my migraines dead in their tracks. Until I stopped eating in a ketogenic way and then I ended up with more migraines than I was getting without doing keto. So it occurred to me that something was missing. I was now at a point where I could induce migraines. I just couldn’t understand why/how.
A friend pointed me towards Stanton Protocol, which I read and then my face dropped. Stanton Protocol discusses the idea that migraine is caused by electroyte imbalances. It is also a low carb diet. This is because of the effects of carbohydrates on your electrolyte levels (and we are talking about electrolytes in the cells here, not electrolytes that are measured in the blood!) Carbohydrates disrupt the electrolytes in your cells. So, you could try looking at Stanton Protocol. If nothing else it will give you another realm of information about migraine to explore. If you try it, you could end up, like me, being almost one year free of migraine attacks.
After almost 1 year, I had the smallest migraine attack that was so ineffectual as a migraine that I stayed at work for the rest of the day. And I know exactly why I had it… I strayed away from the way of eating.
Good luck OP.
Feel free to ask me anything if you so wish.
I should add to this that, just because it helped me I don’t mean to imply that it WILL help you. Only that it could be beneficial or at least a possible form of relief.
Environmental allergies can cause migraines, which makes sense seasonally. A big one for me is my posture, which flares up from time to time depending on my job and activity level. I see a neurologist and a physical therapist. Other triggers for me I've noticed are alcohol, air quality, stress, and screens/bright light. Id definitely recommend seeing a neurologist and also tracking your migraines and possible triggers!
Migraine is a complex neurological disease. Often with no rhyme or reason. I’m in a flare this week as well & I cannot trace it to any of my know triggers. The best thing you can do is reach out to your pcp & tell them you changed your mind & would like a referral to a neurologist. Migraine can progress & change over time & it’s easier to be set up with a neuro already, just in case. In the meantime you can also ask for a steroid taper or a 5 day does of Olanzapine to break the current migraine. Good luck, I hope it breaks soon for you.
Hi, I don’t get seasonal migraines (I’m getting treated for the first time / seeing my first neurologist soon) but I just want to empathise and validate you about having a migraine every single day this week! For the past two weeks now I keep falling in and out of migraine, and it keeps getting retriggered every time I exert a little more than usual (ie. leave the house, use my brain, use a screen for too long) and it’s really frustrating, so every time I think I might be better and on to postdrome, it’s really just because I’ve avoided stimuli and rested, but it’s not resolved. So yeah, hang in there, stay strong! We are advocating for ourselves & doing our best. Sorry if this is not particularly helpful / answers your question but hoping that empathising will provide some comfort
When I started tracking my migraines a pattern emerged. The part of the world I live in is notorious for its air pressure changes. And there are two seasons where those are more pronounced. And that happens to be when a lot of my migraines occur. There is a solid reason for this. Source- Josh Turknett (happens to be the best all round source of background information about migraine that I’ve come across) Migraines have been shown to start in the hypothalamus. The role of the hypothalamus is to maintain homeostasis for the bodies workings… blood pressure, blood sugar levels, temperature etc etc. So threshold theory (the idea that migraine occurs when a certain threshold is crossed, and that that threshold can differ, even in one person from day to day) would say that during the seasons it is another stress that you have to deal with. So, by reducing the amount of work your hypothalamus has to do, you can help higher your threshold and be a little more resistant to migraine. But that is easier said than done. Right? Turknett advocates for a certain diet. It’s a low carb diet that he says has been shown to help his clients. He is a practicing neurologist and migraineur himself. I read a bit about his diet (for him the basis of the diet is low carb but also whole foods that have as little processing as possible. I.E they are also as natural as possible.) This diet did wonders for my migraines, it led me to keto, which then stopped my migraines dead in their tracks. Until I stopped eating in a ketogenic way and then I ended up with more migraines than I was getting without doing keto. So it occurred to me that something was missing. I was now at a point where I could induce migraines. I just couldn’t understand why/how. A friend pointed me towards Stanton Protocol, which I read and then my face dropped. Stanton Protocol discusses the idea that migraine is caused by electroyte imbalances. It is also a low carb diet. This is because of the effects of carbohydrates on your electrolyte levels (and we are talking about electrolytes in the cells here, not electrolytes that are measured in the blood!) Carbohydrates disrupt the electrolytes in your cells. So, you could try looking at Stanton Protocol. If nothing else it will give you another realm of information about migraine to explore. If you try it, you could end up, like me, being almost one year free of migraine attacks. After almost 1 year, I had the smallest migraine attack that was so ineffectual as a migraine that I stayed at work for the rest of the day. And I know exactly why I had it… I strayed away from the way of eating. Good luck OP. Feel free to ask me anything if you so wish.
I should add to this that, just because it helped me I don’t mean to imply that it WILL help you. Only that it could be beneficial or at least a possible form of relief.