| I'm sitting here on my couch and it's three in the | | | | is on the horizon. |
| morning. I feel horrible, as the pain in my head is | | | | Migraine fatigue will also happen during a migraine, |
| throbbing to the beat of my worst nightmare. | | | | partly because you're in immense pain. You may |
| The pain won't go away, no matter what I take. | | | | put yourself in a completely dark and quiet room, |
| This headache is destroying my life, and migraine | | | | but it doesn't mean you'll be able to sleep. The |
| fatigue is having an impact on job and my family. | | | | pain and throbbing make it very difficult and hard |
| This migraine fatigue bothers me before and | | | | to relax. When looking for a medication to deal |
| during the headache. Fatigue is a trigger for a | | | | with the pain, make sure none of the side effects |
| migraine, as well as a symptom of the ailment. | | | | label insomnia as a possible problem. Talk to your |
| Fatigue can happen because of stress in your life | | | | doctor about the fatigue issues, as he or she can |
| or because you struggle with insomnia. When | | | | help you work through the problem. If it's a |
| you're not getting enough sleep, the blood vessels | | | | trigger for a migraine, then see how you can |
| constrict on the brain's surface and cause these | | | | work around it. If it's job related or because you |
| active nerve cells to send out messages to the | | | | have a newborn in your house, they can't be |
| blood vessels. This causes them to clamp down | | | | taken away, but there are ways to work around |
| or constrict, followed by the expanding and | | | | it. |
| releasing of substances that cause the throbbing | | | | Pros: |
| to be painful. This trigger of excessive fatigue | | | | * Finding an emotional release or defense |
| then causes this severe headache to come into | | | | mechanism like exercise can help combat stress |
| being. Changing your sleeping pattern can also be | | | | and eventually a migraine. |
| a trigger for a migraine. | | | | * Trying to relax and having a routine can help |
| Fatigue can happen because of an emotional | | | | you sleep at night. |
| stressor, as you lay awake thinking about the | | | | * Using a medication to help with the fatigue. |
| problem. During stressful events, chemicals are | | | | Cons: |
| released in the brain to combat the situation and | | | | * The fatigue is causing the migraine to take |
| then create changes in the brain that cause the | | | | place. |
| migraine. These repressed emotions can cause | | | | * You're very tired because fatigue is one of |
| migraine fatigue and create anxiety and worry. | | | | your triggers and you also can't sleep during a |
| The muscle tension and increased blood vessels | | | | migraine. |
| will then intensify and the migraine will grow more | | | | If you deal with migraine fatigue as a trigger for a |
| severe. If you're going through a stressful time, | | | | painful headache, make sure you find ways to |
| make sure you take time for yourself. Find an | | | | relax and that you get enough sleep - it's the best |
| emotional release, because if you don't, a migraine | | | | way stop being fatigued full stop. |