It’s Saturday morning. Sun’s peeking through the curtains, coffee’s brewing, and you’re finally ready to enjoy your weekend — until that all-too-familiar throbbing sets in. Yep, the dreaded weekend migraine. I used to think it was just bad luck until I started connecting the dots. Turns out, there are legit reasons why our bodies rebel…
Let me tell you, if you’ve ever found yourself curled up in a dark room, squinting through the pain, trying to remember if it was the garlic bread or your three hours of sleep that brought on your latest migraine—you’re not alone. I’ve been there, and honestly, keeping track of these episodes used to feel…
If you’ve ever wrapped up a long night shift and felt like your head was about to split in two — you’re not alone. Working nights messes with more than just your sleep; it can seriously mess with your brain. I’ve done back-to-back graveyard shifts in the past, and let me tell you, the throbbing…
If you’ve ever reached for a nasal spray to clear up congestion and ended up with a pounding migraine not long after, you’re definitely not alone. I’ve been there—what started as a quick fix to breathe better somehow turned into hours of throbbing pain behind my eyes. The connection between nasal sprays and migraines isn’t…
Let me tell you something weird that happened a few months ago. I skipped breakfast, got caught in a back-to-back meeting frenzy, and by 2 PM I was not just hangry — I had this pounding migraine that blurred my vision and made even soft light unbearable. A granola bar and some juice later, the…
If you’ve ever found yourself checking the weather forecast not for weekend plans but to mentally prep for a migraine, welcome to the club. For years, I thought it was just me overreacting—until I noticed how predictable the pattern became. Every time the barometer dipped, my head throbbed like an overinflated balloon. This isn’t just…
So the other night, my partner nudged me awake and said I was talking in my sleep again. “You were muttering about lights and pain,” she said. I didn’t think much of it—until the next morning, when a migraine knocked me sideways before I even had my first coffee. This isn’t the first time that’s…
It started off as a mild annoyance. A faint pulsing behind my eyes, maybe due to a lack of sleep or too much caffeine. But before I knew it, I was losing my train of thought mid-conversation, struggling to remember basic things like where I left my phone or why I walked into a room….
For years, I shrugged off my occasional migraines as nothing more than a stress response—until my late 40s hit. Suddenly, those rare, dull headaches turned into full-blown migraine episodes with light sensitivity, throbbing pain, and nausea that sent me straight to a dark room for hours. I couldn’t help but ask: is this what perimenopause…
