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...poisoning (can’t remember another) was a curry where a few hours later I woke up with big yellow spots/splodges across my vision - somewhat migraine-like with the aura thing except turmeric yellow and across more of eye (whereas aura is light and starts at edge before spreading across vision)...

...leak which made us all sleepy one day at Uni. I’ve had food poisoning which means spending a lot of time in the bathroom. When I have a migraine I feel awful, but I know that it isn’t poisoning because I know what a migraine is. If I didn’t know, would I describe it as being poisoned...

...and the other food intolerances I experience. The effects of alcohol on me are less predictable than other intolerances: Gluten - get a migraine almost exactly 24 hours after consumption as well as worsening of any general PEM symptoms and then IBS symptoms Coco cola - get a migraine 6...

...to describe PEM, before MECFS I had some experiences that are as the closest thing to my worst PEM - really awful dehydration and severe migraine from a nasty bacterial stomach infection, instances where I’ve been doing taxing activities in the hot sun in humid climates and not drank enough...

That’s fascinating. Apparently people just report that they have one sided light sensitivity (according to this paper: Unilateral Photophobia or Phonophobia in Migraine Compared With Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias)

I think my light sensitivity may be one sided when I have a migraine. Worse on the head pain side, but there on both sides.

The main issue for me is that alcohol causes me to get migraines and it doesn't take very much so I don't drink at all. Edited to add: I've had ME/CFS since I was 17 (1983). I don't know if alcohol would have still caused me to get migraines if I didn't have ME/CFS. ME/CFS made my migraine...

...how much was down to the wine and how much the exertion of the social situation. A bottle of wheat beer on one occasion was followed by a migraine, but was this a gluten issue as my gluten intolerance is consistent unlike any alcohol intolerance? So I say I am alcohol intolerant, and now...

I just meant it's fairly common in conditions like migraine, 'flu, hangovers, etc. The level of sensitivity will vary, but most adults can probably remember a time when they wanted to draw the curtains against bright sunlight, or found noise from a construction site made them feel more ill even...

That's interesting - I've not been aware of having this symptom except when I'm in the run-up to a migraine or already have one. I didn't have this even when I was 95% confined to bed. From what I've read, I thought it was only something that affected the most severely ill patients. That's an...

I have clear food triggers with a predictable time lapse between consumption and the headache onset. But also migraine type headaches are a symptom of my PEM. I only now get food triggered migraines if I eat something that contains the trigger foods unbeknownst to me. Also though restricting my...

Me too.

If chocolate coffee and orange caused my migraines I’d be in a permanent migraine!

I have very clear food triggers. I can reliably give myself a migraine by eating certain things. I really wish I couldn't! :)

Interesting considering the conversation around PEM triggers

Title: Insights from triggers and prodromal symptoms on how migraine attacks start: The threshold hypothesis Authors: Sebastianelli G, Atalar AÇ, Cetta I, et al. Abstract Background The prodrome or premonitory phase is the initial phase of a migraine attack, and it is considered as a...

...Assessment of ME/CFS (MCAM) study - Fall et al. 2024 Data from the MCAM study shows that 48.1% of ME/CFS patients has chronic headache/migraine. Other pain conditions such as fibromyalgia (45%), chronic low back pain (33.1%) and irritable bowel syndrome (31.6%) were also common. Article |...

...forced mental overexertion) and it comes like a vice, invisibly winding in on both sides to squeeze my brain 24 hours later and create a migraine which only loosens its grip 24 hours after that. Naturally I try to avoid causing PEM now as it is disproportionately painful. Since covid I can...