Hi Sammas,
My symptoms have changed so much over the years. When I was younger it used to be excutiating banging pain which got worse the more I panicked and got upset over it. I found I have to try and control the pain through keeping calm but they would go on for hours. I'd have to go to bed and hide away and normally after some sleep it'd be gone.
The one that put me in hospital was a sudden, completely out of the blue, instant blinding headache. My eyesight went blurry, I was sick and was very upset. I got to the chemist and got some migraleve which calmed it a bit but didn't stop it. I had to be taken home to bed. When it did calm down it was still there is the background for a few days before I was admitted. Then 3 days later I had the same again. I spent a week in hospital having tests (including a lumber puncture) and my blood pressure was dangerously high. After that they gave me propanynol which I stayed on for about a year. Once I was off it the headaches/migraines weren't anywhere near as bad as they used to be (or maybe I have learnt to deal with them better over the years).
I was told to take 3 disolvable aspirins on the onset of the migraine but sometimes it's difficult to know when it is going to be one and when it's just a very bad headache. I used to get a strange smell when they were about to start but don't any more. And I used to be quite agitated before one too, probably still are. But I find it much harder to know which it's going to be so after I've tried other meds (paracetamol, ibuprofen, nurofen etc) I try sinus tablets and hayfever tablets (although I'm not a hayfever sufferer I do sometimes have problems with my sinuses). If all else fails I have aspirin which is now prescribed for me. I'm lucky in the fact that I seem to be growing out of the them.
Hope this helps.
Sarah x
