Learn To Recognize The Symptoms Of Migraine Early So You Could Take Steps To Prevent It
Migraine is a terrible affliction which affects more women than men. The symptoms of migraine include severe pain in the head, sensitivity to light and sound, slurred speech, high degree of irritability, nausea which could develop into vomiting, inability to sleep and a mounting feeling of anxiety and depression.
Prevention Is Always Better Than Cure
It is very rare that migraines attack suddenly. The symptoms of migraine build up gradually sometimes over a week and if you were able to read the signs early enough you would be able to take measures and prevent the problem. It is therefore very important that you document everything you feel causes the migraine or pre-empts it. In order for this plan to work well, you need to carry with you all the time a small notepad and a pen or a Dictaphone (from which you could transcribe the notes later) where you could enter all the details as you discover them.
For example, do you find that certain smells triggers your migraine? Be careful about each and every thing around you that could be a trigger for migraine. At the same time, try your best to document the first symptoms of migraine. Initially, this might be difficult but after a few attacks you would be able to read the signs quite accurately.
These early symptoms of migraine would include signs of irritability, the need to cry, restlessness that results in lack of sleep, anxiety for no apparent reasons, a constant throbbing in the head, lack of appetite, craving for chocolate for sweets, inability to socialize normally with friends and family members and a constant feeling of nausea.
There are many preventive medicines both allopathic and herbal which could prevent a full blown migraine attack, provided you are able to foresee it well in advance. This is why it is so important that you find out which are the factors that trigger your migraine attack and what are the stages through which it develops.
Recognizing the early symptoms of migraine is perhaps the best tool you could use against this affliction. In due course of time you would be able to predict the oncoming migraines accurately enough to deflect them before it would paralyze you with pain.
Other very effective methods for preventing migraine are exercise, meditation and taking active steps in reducing stress in your day to day life. You also need to watch your diet and ensure that you have at least six hour of sleep every night.
