If you’ve ever experienced a migraine that felt like more than just a headache—like your body short-circuited in a bizarre, unexplainable way—you might’ve run into something called a brainstem aura migraine. I remember the first time it happened to me, and I genuinely thought I was having a stroke. It started with vertigo so intense…
Ever heard a strange ringing, buzzing, or even music—just before a migraine hits? I used to brush it off as my imagination, until it started happening too often to ignore. That’s when I stumbled into the baffling world of auditory aura migraine symptoms. Most people know about visual auras—those flashing lights or zigzag lines—but fewer…
Ever woken up with a migraine pounding behind your eye and your hand feeling like it’s half asleep? I have. It’s one of those weird migraine symptoms that makes you pause—like, wait, is my hand supposed to be tingling like this? The first time it happened to me, I thought I was having a mini…
Not long ago, I was sitting in my dimly lit living room, clutching my head with one hand and trying to focus on the flickering images on the TV with the other. What started as a dull pressure behind my eyes quickly escalated into full-blown *optic neuritis* — and if that wasn’t bad enough, it…
Ever stared at a screen too long and suddenly noticed flickering lights, zigzag patterns, or shimmering shapes that just wouldn’t go away? Yeah, I’ve been there. The first time it happened, I assumed it was stress or lack of sleep. But when it kept happening—long after the migraine pain subsided—I realized it wasn’t just my…
It started in my early twenties—sharp, pounding headaches that seemed to sync perfectly with the tiny pink pill I took every morning. At first, I thought it was stress, maybe dehydration or lack of sleep. But the more consistent the pill routine got, the more frequent the migraines became. If you’ve ever experienced migraines while…