Comments on: Why is a Migraine so different to a headache?

By: Bullz_ eye

Bullz_ eye — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:20:22 +0000

A migraine is a symptom of the beginning of side vision loss. With a migraine you will experience a drain of energy and sensitivity to light and sound. It will begin slowly, but be forceful and can last a very few minutes to days at a time.

A headache will come very fast, and can be a dull throbbing pain in your head that can last a few hours.

By: unity

unity — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:28:36 +0000

Migraine.. makes me vomit and my tummy is upset at the same time, I see bright fuzzy lights and my hearing is no good either.
A headache, to me is a numbness in my temples..

By: drchadius

drchadius — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:50:25 +0000

Headaches are usually caused by external factors such as caffeine, smoking, poor diet, stress. As a result the brain doesn’t get enough oxygen from the blood because all those things make it harder for blood to move through the blood vessels. But they will eventually work their way out of your system. A true migraine is the result of blood vessels that are formed to small and the body cannot fix that on its own so it gives you more severe symptoms to make you take notice of that fact

By: VidaUK

VidaUK — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:01:28 +0000

Migraines are a neurological condition – the headache pain is only one symptom of them. You are likely to have visual disturbance (caused by sudden constriction and dilation of the blood vessels behind the eye) with blind spots or zig zags,double vision, your liver stops processing as it should up to 24 hours before your headache arrives, you may have vertigo, paralysis, vomit, mental confusion, can’t bear any light and a whole host of other symptoms – all quite serious and debilitating. Some rarer types of migraine (basilar) can make you more likely to be a victim of a stroke.

The upside is that migraneurs are sensitive and highly intelligent individuals and that is evident on the comments posted by migraneurs versus the non migraneurs on this page!

By: yuan

yuan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:52:14 +0000

There is a big difference between migraine and headache…First, migraine is experienced after being into stress or tiring activities,while headaches usually has its onset during the course of activity.Second, headaches can be easily trimmed down by taking pain relievers…with migraine,pain relievers cannot work alone,rather rest, a cold compress, and a lot of water intake…most of people experiencing migraine has the disease known as migraine equivalence…such symptoms are as follows: 1.) tremors, 2.) striking head pain 3.) wanting to vommit 4.) eye strain and 5.) feeling of hotness…now, be able to differentiate the two…

By: Wow!guitar

Wow!guitar — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:57:42 +0000

Obviously some of these people have NEVER had a migraine so they don’t know the difference . There is a huge difference between a migraine and a normal headache! Give me a headache over a migraine any day. It has nothing to do with being a wimp . It is a medical condition. I go to a neurologist who finally came up with the right course of treatment for me. They are horrible.And extremely painful . Don ‘t make fun of someone because they have them,its just because you never have ,be thankful. And no ,its nothing like a regular headache. You need to be seen by your neurologist to explain to you about your migraine and get a course of treatment to lessen your pain.It won’t totally control the migraines ,but it will lesson the intensity and the amount of or the frequency of the times you have them.

By: dareena q

dareena q — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:04:54 +0000

Migraines are worse because they can last longer and you can feel awful eg sick pains in eyes, i have headaches like this and the only way to get rid of headache was to be sick IE vomit, i don’t know what it does to our brains as im not a doctor or anyone who masters in the brain, i can only tell my experiences with them, they can be triggered by alot of stress as well.

By: Kendeas H

Kendeas H — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:24:09 +0000

Just want to say to those idios out there that think a migraine is a bad headache. i have had migraines since i was a kid. first what would happen is that i get a blurry spot in my eye, then i wouldnt know where i am or what i was doing and even wouldnt reckonise people. i would then have extreme numbness down one side of my body including toes and tongue, then a massive headache with vomiting every 20 mins even though i didnt need to. i lie bed crying with pain in my teens untill 24 hours had passed. now i go through everyday worrying about getting another one making myself depressed and ill. So the F*ucking idiots out there dont answer if you dont know what your talking about, Hope to god one day they find a proper cure.

By: tayjenk

tayjenk — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:51:34 +0000

Migraines are a type of headache- a vascular headache. They are also more common in women. There are many different types of headaches including:
Tension headache
Migraine
Ictal headache
Brain freeze (also known as: ice cream headache)
Thunderclap headache
Vascular headache
Toxic headache
Coital cephalalgia (also known as: *** headache)
Sinus headache
Hemicrania continua
Rebound headache (also called medication overuse headache, abbreviated MOH)
Red Wine Headache
Which all are some sort of headache, going into a group as either vascular, muscular/myogenic, cervicogenic or traction and inflammatory.

Migraine headaches are usually characterized by severe pain on one or both sides of the head. Absent serious head injuries, stroke, and tumors, the recurring severity of the pain indicates a vascular headache rather than a tension headache. Migraines are often accompanied by photophobia (hypersensitivity to light), phonophobia (hypersensitivity to sound) and nausea.

By: Cinthia R

Cinthia R — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:32:26 +0000

I’ve never wished anyone a migraine before, but the now I do to Paul and Wayne! You punks have obviously never experienced a migraine. It is an excrutiating pain that debilitates the person to the point that you may wish you were dead! It also affects your stomach and your eye sight. Over the counter medicine will not help, only prescription medicine IF you take it as soon as the pain has started. Otherwise, you will be stuck with the migraine possibly for days!