| Is It Really Over? | | | | migraine. Whether it's having a glass of wine |
| I have learned that the key for me in managing | | | | before dining or eating a particular food you need |
| my migraine headaches is to identify the triggers | | | | to continue to be careful. |
| that caused my headaches migraines and try to | | | | - Take a few minutes and used focused breathing |
| avoid or minimize them. Unfortunately, no matter | | | | periodically to help relax during the day. Send time |
| what I do occasionally I still have migraine | | | | focusing as you exhale, allowing the tension in |
| episodes. After my migraine stops, I still have a | | | | your body to be released. |
| few after effects for a while. Sometimes it feels | | | | - Continue to focus on the areas of your body |
| almost like a hangover, sometimes still like a | | | | where you hold tension. Scan your body to |
| headache but "dimmer." Some people say they | | | | understand where you hold tension and take |
| feel kind of a high. This is probably because your | | | | steps to relax those muscles through a |
| body has produced endorphins to help protect | | | | combination of focused breathing and body |
| itself against the pain and you get the positive | | | | awareness techniques. |
| effect after the pain has stopped. | | | | - Spend some time allowing your body and mind |
| Time to be Careful! | | | | to rest and recover. This is a good time to make |
| I don't know about you but I am just relieved, | | | | an entry in your headache diary while the episode |
| relieved that it's over. I have learned - through | | | | is still fresh. Focus on the events leading up to |
| experience- that you still need to be careful for a | | | | your headache so you can learn to identify your |
| while. Just as there frequently is a 24-25 hour | | | | triggers and take steps to minimize them or take |
| period that leads up to a migraine there is a cool | | | | actions to counter act their affect. |
| down period afterward when you are very | | | | In summary, the period after you have a migraine |
| susceptible to triggering another episode. | | | | is a time to continue to be very careful; you are |
| Action Steps to Take | | | | particularly susceptible to triggering another |
| - When you are in this phase you need to take | | | | episode. Use some of the same prevention |
| some of the same actions that you might take | | | | techniques that you have learned to manage an |
| when you first begin to feel a migraine about to | | | | early stage migraine to manage the wind down |
| begin: | | | | phase. |
| - Continue to avoid the triggers that can cause a | | | | |