Written By: Sandhya Raghavan | Updated: November 7, 2017, 4:03 PM
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The less said about migraine the better, because the thought alone can be painful. Millions of sufferers worldwide know the ordeal of having to live with this problem. Yet, the general population seems somewhat clueless as to what migraine entails, mistaking it for the garden-variety headache that can be cured with a cup of hot chai. Here are some sad things only a person suffering from migraine will understand.
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Darkness is comforting: When migraine strikes, its best to take the refuge in darkness and pray for it to be gone. Sudden flashes of light makes the pain a hundred times worse than before. This means, you have to give up on the computer, television and your smart phone till the pain gets better.
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Silence is golden: Migraine makes you sensitive to all kinds of noises. Even the sweet chirping of birds in the morning can seem like a dozen dynamites going off. You want to be cocooned for a while, free from all the sights and sounds of the real world.
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Tea and coffee don't help everyone. So stop saying, Have a cup of hot chai and everything will be ok. In some cases, caffeine can help. But in others, it only makes the pain worse.
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Applying balm on the forehead during migraine is like splashing a bucket of water to douse a burning building. It can superficially dim the pain, and only for a little while.
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Sometimes you pass out from all the vomiting. That's right. Migraine rarely comes alone. It is usually accompanied by its equally troublesome friend nausea.
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Foods don't excite you: You don't need any extra motivation to hit the chaat counter otherwise. But when you have migraine, certain spicy foods that you usually can't have enough of seem like torture.
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Your always carry painkillers, NSAIDs or Paracetamol in your purse, because you never know when the pain can strike. So it is always better to stay prepared with your trusted migraine meds.
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You are always jittery a few days before and after your periods, because that's when migraine strikes the most. The hormonal fluctuations around the time of menses are a legitimate migraine trigger, which makes women more wary of their periods than before.
