Migraines?

[Walking Circles]

Every so often I get a terrible headache, it's typically confined to one side of my head, usually the left. It's mostly near the temple area and will settle down some so long as I am still, but any movement makes it worse. Light and sound don't seem to make it worse or better. I notice that when it happens my neck is typically all jacked up too. Ibuprofen and Tylenol barely seem to put a dent in it.

The weird thing is that the day afterward I kind of have a headache hangover, where I still have some lingering tenderness in my head and light general pain.

Does this sound like a migraine? I thought it was really rare for men to have them? Any of the gents here have migraines?

 

[bin_tenn]

I've never heard that it's rare for men to have migraines. I personally know lots of men who have them, and I have them as well. Yes, IMO it sounds like a migraine. It also sounds like tension plays a part in yours, as it does for mine. Same thing, OTC pain relievers often don't touch the pain for me either.

One of the most effective methods I've found to combat them is to lie in a dark, quiet room for 30min-1hr. That cures mine almost completely, almost every time.

 

[Walking Circles]

I've never heard that it's rare for men to have migraines. I personally know lots of men who have them, and I have them as well. Yes, IMO it sounds like a migraine. It also sounds like tension plays a part in yours, as it does for mine. Same thing, OTC pain relievers often don't touch the pain for me either.

One of the most effective methods I've found to combat them is to lie in a dark, quiet room for 30min-1hr. That cures mine almost completely, almost every time.

Yeah, by the official numbers only between 6-10 percent of men have them. Though it could be a case of under reporting. Do you have some light residual pain the day after one?

 

[bin_tenn]

I agree it's probably underreported. Light residual pain is likely tension, IMO.

 

[Phillies Phan]

Absolutely under reporting. I’ve had ocular migraines for 30 years..no pain just visual auras. Sounds like you have classic migraine. Agree with Binn on treating them, or you could ask a doc. I believe there’s a Rx called Imitrex.

 

[Lanchparty7]

Absolutely under reporting. I’ve had ocular migraines for 30 years..no pain just visual auras. Sounds like you have classic migraine. Agree with Binn on treating them, or you could ask a doc. I believe there’s a Rx called Imitrex.

Yes…it is Imitrex and I highly recommend looking into it. Taken it for years and it has worked for me. You only take at the onset of the headache and for me, it usually kicks in within a hour or so. I tried the Execdrin Migraine and some other over the counter migraine meds and none worked for me. I do however sometimes still deal with the “migraine hangover“ effects for awhile after the headache is gone but, for me at least, they are mostly minor compared to the headache pain. Usually just tired and kind of groggy.

 

[Belizz]

Migraines are quite interesting and I think everyone experiences different migraine symptoms.
I had mine once a year 3 years in a row, in the exact same month for 5 days. No aura, but lots of brain fog prior to it.
Just starts with tender tear duct, then next day and following 5 days moderate to severe non-stop headache. Even during sleep.
I was so surprised to hear from my dr that they were migraines.

 

[Lanchparty7]

I find my some of my worst migraines have been hormone related..i.e. several days before that time of the month, I get them. Also, I have discovered the weather also has an impact on me. High humdity, drastic changes in temps…like when a front comes through and extreme cold (and heat)…more cold though in my locale....all of these have been triggers for me.

 

[Walking Circles]

I decided to bump this old thread instead of making a new one. Guess I had another migraine again, same set up as last time. Mostly confined to the left side of my head. Still some residual head pain a couple of days later. Started after dozing on the couch with my neck sort of angled down toward my chest.

Does anyone else have migraines that focus largely on one side or spot when the pain starts? Just afraid because I seem to be having migraines a bit more often now.

Just sort of freaks me out because I read about a fairly rare genetic disorder called CADASIL where the migraines are caused by deterioration of the small blood vessels in the brain. Supposedly symptoms typically start in the 30's (I'm 32 and had these for a few years now) and lead eventually to strokes and vascular dementia by your 50's. Apparently it effects 2 to 5 out 100,000 people. Though I know that in general migraines are far more common than that.