Posted by Dinah on June 12, 2003, at 2:06:23
In reply to free association on migraines, childhood, zoloft, posted by bookgurl99 on June 10, 2003, at 1:31:13
I used to faint as a teen. But it was usually related to my period, and I fortunately outgrew it. They did a lot of tests, and found nothing major. A bit of anemia, but not enough really to cause it. They figured it had something to do with the emotional problems I was having at the time, coupled with a desire to not grow up (yes, that was actually written by my pediatrician in my chart). However, the fainting spells went on past the bad emotional period to a time when I felt better than I ever had in my life. They didn't end till I was about twenty.
I later developed migraines. Oddly, the first migraines were optical migraines only. No pain, just splotches of blurry vision in the vision field. I had those for a few months, then started getting migraines with pain but no vision problems. I've only had one optical migraine since starting the sort with pain.
Do you notice your migraines run in groups? I have a whole week or two where I get one nearly every day, from the slightest of triggers (flickering fluorescent light, sunlight) and then whole weeks will go by when not even the most obvious trigger will cause one. I've tried correlating it to my emotional state (with some but by no means complete correlation) or to my menstrual cycle (with no luck at all).
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