Jeremy Kyle

Two days after the chemo I felt terrible, like I had a permanent migraine and had been shot in every limb. I was knackered, starving. The doctor explained that was because I had essentially been poisoned.

English Journalist

Siri Hustvedt

I've come to understand that migraine is a part of the personality. I have migraine troughs. These often follow high productivity. I have a hypo-manic phase, then I'll crash.

American Novelist

Naomi Alderman

I get migraines. I've had them all my life; so has my dad. So did his grandmother, although back then they called them 'sick headaches.

English Novelist

Jessica St. Clair

I make sure to meditate at least twice a day. I have migraines, and transcendental meditation is hugely helpful in combating them.

American Actress

Ian McLagan

What I do for migraines when I get them, I listen to classical music, and I turn it up really loud.

English Musician

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

I can't tell you how many shows I've done with full-blown migraine headaches.

American Actor

Claire Forlani

After I saw the first thing I ever did, I got a migraine.

English Actress

Cindy McCain

Sunglasses are a migraine sufferer's best friend.

American Businesswoman

Richard Schickel

This is a soul under perpetual migraine attack.

American Author

David Gest

I never had migraines. Never had migraines.

American Celebrity

Migraines often involve more than pain, like visual disturbances or sensitivity to light.

Sensory Symptoms

Migraines last longer than regular headaches, sometimes even for days.

Duration Varies

The severity of migraines makes routine activities difficult or impossible.

Intensity Matters

Colloquially, migraine can describe a situation causing great discomfort or stress.

Metaphorical Pain

In casual use, 'migraine' doesn't mean a real health problem, just a big annoyance.

Not a Diagnosis

People often exaggerate minor inconveniences by calling them migraines.

Hyperbole Common

 and yet, here was Veronica, a grown woman, with the same telltale sign of allergies. A few minutes later, in asking Veronica some questions, and examining her and listening to her, I said, "Veronica, I think I know what you have. I think you have chronic allergies, and I think you have migraine headaches and some sinus congestion,

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 but they still had a neurologic issue. But that person could be identified as having a learning disability. And with accommodation, they went on to college and had a full life in terms of their opportunities. Second I still had crushing migraine headaches. Two elements that worked for me here

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 in some respects. And I'm here to talk about these differences, because they actually matter for our health. For example, women are more likely than men to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder or depression, not to mention headaches and migraines. But also, at the core of my research,

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 and I have many pictures of them in my notebooks. I've gone and had an fMRI myself, to see how my visual cortex is ticking over. And when I see all these hexagons and complex things, which I also have, in visual migraine, I wonder whether everyone sees things like this

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 or why people’s migraine patterns sometimes change over their lifetimes. Hormonal fluctuations are thought to have a role in some of these some women experience a significant reduction in migraine frequency after menopause, when sex hormone fluctuations are fewer.

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 that aren’t directly comparable. If, for example, the heart attack drug carried a higher risk of a debilitating, but not life-threatening, side effect like migraines rather than cancer, our evaluation of whether that risk is worth taking might change.

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 of coffee is considered safe for an adult. Too much caffeine for any one person can cause side effects, such as migraines, insomnia, nervousness and muscle tremors. One tablespoon of pure caffeine equivalent to drinking 75 cups of coffee at once

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 And now I want to talk about something entirely different. At first I didn't think migraine headaches were a big problem because I'd never had a migraine headache, but then I spoke to some people who have three or four every week of their life,

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 the origins of primary headaches remain unknown. Scientists are still investigating potential triggers for the three types of primary recurring, long-lasting migraines; intensely painful, rapid-fire cluster headaches;

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 somewhere in this course maybe in this plant or that herb there might be a cure for diabetes or malaria or even your weekly migraine and as this plant

Migraine

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Duration Varies

Intensity Matters

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