Migraines

Having a family member or yourself diagnosed with severe migraines is hard. Some of the ways someone can get a migraine are: smells, light, sound, and stress. Sometimes people can get migraines while at school or work due to the stress of all the work and the sound of a lot of people talking. I was diagnosed with migraines when I was five years old and one of the major effects for me was smell, bright lights, and loud noises because I was an all-star cheerleader. My migraines have been bad to where I couldn’t focus good in school or even be able to drive because the lights where to bright or the sun was too bright, even with sunglasses on. Along with school, doing two sports could be hard to handle because sometimes the migraines can be bad to where you can’t go to school or to the sports practice, so you miss out on anything they do. Some of the symptoms can be dizziness, numbness, distorted vision, nausea, and vomiting. The headaches can be between frequent and throbbing. Some ways that you can relieve a headache are: heating pads, hot showers/baths, taking Tylenol, and having a cold rag on your forehead. Having migraines can cause you to miss so much in life and not be able to do a lot of stuff that a kid, teen, or adult would do that doesn’t have migraines. Getting it treated early can help you realize what to do and try to stop one from happening. Sometimes when you go to get treatment, they can give you medication to help relieve the pain and help to prevent one. Two ways that can be useful to not get a migraine is getting enough sleep and trying to stay away from any stressful situations. Some people don’t realize the difference between a migraine and a headache. The difference is that migraines is a throbbing headache that affects one side of head and can cause nausea to the person and a headache is where the pain is in any part of the head and it can occur in one or both sides of the head. So sometimes when people say they have migraines, they really mean that they have a headache. Knowing the difference can be helpful when you are with someone and you can help them take the medication they need, transport them where they need to go, and help them not be so stressed and stay calm.