• DarkThoughts
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    320 hours ago

    I’ve had migraines from my early teens, but only decades later I experienced my first migraine aura when I noticed sort of a dead spot in my eye in form of an arc. I knew about them already, so I wasn’t too worried, but it was always hard for me to imagine them based on descriptions. Ironically the aura came without much other migraine symptoms, so it was more annoying than anything else, since it sort of sat almost in the center of my view.

    • @[email protected]
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      219 hours ago

      this is exactly what mine look like.
      mine fade in from a small point to a large dead spot and then fade back out to clear vision. when my vision is totally clear I know that I have about 20 to 30 minutes before the pain comes. it starts out as a dull ache and then gets to the point where I’d rather be dead over the course of half an hour or so. they typically last 3 to 4 hours.
      like another user said I found that just going to sleep is the best option.

      I never had a migraine until I was almost 30. I used to get regular headaches when I was younger but they weren’t bad at all.
      now I get these fucking migraines. lol
      at least they give me a little bit of warning though, I guess.

      • DarkThoughts
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        119 hours ago

        I had regular headaches as a kid too but they kinda completely went away after I got migraines (not sure if exactly then, or shortly after). Now it’s just migraines, which I usually feel coming when my stomach starts to turn and the eye pressure kicks in. Luckily, pain meds like Ibuprofen work fairly well for me.