migraines (Read 1443 times)

I can't imagine running with one. I get so sick (puking, laying in the bathroom for hours sick) I can't even move, along with visual aura and losing the feeling in my left arm, plus a numb face. It's a week later and just thinking about the aura makes me nauseous again.

*Reviving a dead thread* So I had a pretty bad migraine hit today. Actually started last night, but didn't realize my aura symptoms till today when the nausea hit. Haven't had one for nearly a year, and this one seemed like it was going to be nasty. Forced myself to go out running after work, and sometime after mile 5, I started feeling a lot better. In fact when I got home I was feeling absolutely fine. Until... after the shower. Now I am starting to feel the visual sensitivity and a bit of a headache coming on again. Could the runner's high have temporarily blocked my migraine? Anyone else have any similar experiences?

Bummer... I thought I had found a new remedy

hmmm dh GETS them from exercise. For him it seems to be related to low glycogen stores. His body doesnt transition to the fat burning zone well. His migraine doc says there is no correlation but EVERY time he gets one it is when he doesnt overfuel before a long ride. He is so freaking sick of gu and gatorade, but if he skips, he gets migraine.

That's interesting, Ennay. I'm currently trying to keep a track of when I get migraines after running to try and identify a trigger. Anecdotally, I was leaning towards heat as a trigger as it mostly happens on hot days.The last one was on a Sunday morning, running for over an hour on a very small breakfast, so the fuel hypothesis could also be correct. My mum told me a friend of her's takes glucose when she starts getting the visual aura and that often heads off the headache. I've yet to try it.

I suffered with migraines for years and they would often knock me out for 3 days. Finally realized milk was a trigger for me. Switched to soy milk and have only had one migraine in the past 2 years. I still keep my prescription meds just in case . . .

I have a bad history with migraines. I've gotten lots of different kinds of hallucinations, including the type that Trent linked to as a simulation way back when. I used to get cluster migraines, where I wouldn't get them for a few months and then I'd have 1 or 2 per week for a few months. The worst was going blind for 2 weeks in high school, with varying degrees of hallucinations from multiple migraines over the span. At least the headaches were almost tolerable. I don't take medication for them anymore. Too many miracle cures that have worse side effects than the migraine. (The worse side effect being an inability to breathe and having to be rushed to the ER for a jab from a needle the size of my arm.) My biggest triggers were stress and caffeine. I took caffeine completely out of my diet, and I learned to handle stress better, coupled with a few years of a daily dose of verapamil (generic form of Kalan I think?). The side effect of verapamil (which is one of the main reasons other people take it) is to lower blood pressure though, so I got off that as soon as I could, which often meant the migraines came back but after a few years I only get a few migraines now and then and the headaches are nothing compared to what I used to get as a kid. Now the only time I have caffeine is when I start hallucinating from the aura (coupled with a high dose of ibuprofen) which makes my stomach feel crappy but can speed up the hallucinations and headache so that they only last for an hour or so instead of for half the day.

Another migraine sufferer here too. I get auras (visua, as well as the sensitivity to light and sound) and I just want to curl up in a cool, dark, quiet room and close my eyes. I do occasionally get them on long runs, and they do seem to be triggered by gu and gel. I actually get headaches from too much sugar quite often, and eating foods high in salt and/or protein help ease my symptoms. I don't run well when suffering from a migraine either. They make me nauseated and dizzy, which are 2 very bad things when running. My biggest trigger for migraines is my menstrual cycle though. I can always tell when Auntie Flo is coming for a visit, because I get a terrible migraine the day before.