| Symptoms where people often differ |
% of members |
| Dizziness |
71% (452)
|
| sinus pressure |
69% (450)
|
| Extreme pressure & throbbing behind eyes |
73% (309)
|
| one migraine melds into another without ever stopping |
69% (371)
|
| Blurred Vision |
64% (449)
|
| Mood swing |
66% (372)
|
| Phonophobia |
63% (431)
|
| Uncoordinated, stumbling, dropping things, unsteady |
63% (353)
|
| sinuses |
59% (450)
|
| Stinging pain on one side of head right above my eye |
61% (336)
|
| vomiting |
58% (444)
|
| Shoulder/back pain |
62% (271)
|
| anxiety |
59% (345)
|
| Vertigo |
55% (454)
|
| aura |
54% (469)
|
| Chocolate and/or Sugar Craving |
54% (465)
|
| short term memory loss |
53% (466)
|
| Bad pain in back of head (not side) |
56% (325)
|
| see flashes of light |
52% (451)
|
| headache starts several hours before major weather change, like a snowstorm |
63% (146)
|
| pain /tenderness over occipital bones |
59% (204)
|
| my personal thermostat goes nuts -- I get hot, then cold... back and forth. Lots of numbness in my limbs, especially arms. Very cold hands & feet then very hot hands and feet. And my eyes water like I am crying, which makes my nose run like crazy... often |
52% (366)
|
| Carbohydrate cravings |
51% (366)
|
| Extreme fatigue preceding a migraine |
52% (317)
|
| Sensation of blood rushing and pumping in my head |
53% (274)
|
| headache starts 24 hours or more before major barometric change |
59% (143)
|
| Sore spots on head |
51% (297)
|
| Disorientation |
49% (339)
|
| excessive yawning |
46% (453)
|
| head feels "tight" all over |
52% (211)
|
| rebound headache after taking analgesics too frequently |
54% (145)
|
| numb or tingling fingers or hands |
47% (256)
|
| Tinnitus |
42% (428)
|
| slurring words |
43% (322)
|
| aphasia |
40% (426)
|
| Eye Drooping |
40% (402)
|
| Having head squeezed, compressed feels good |
54% (69)
|
| Olfactory Hallucinations |
37% (435)
|
| Icepick/lightning headache |
51% (80)
|
| Blindspots in vision |
38% (343)
|
| jaw pain (TMJ) |
40% (233)
|
| Allodynia |
36% (399)
|
| perfumes/hand lotions/smoke - very short time frame for me to get away from these smells before I get a migraine |
52% (60)
|
| Vivid dreams |
35% (281)
|
| diarrhea or bowel incontinence |
33% (346)
|
| mind racing |
33% (325)
|
| Head itches |
32% (382)
|
| feel like if I could cut out front upper quartile of my head I'd be just fine |
47% (55)
|
| Excessive Urination |
31% (432)
|
| headache pain starts in one side of the head for a couple of days and then moves to the other. sometimes after that, the pain moves to both sides. |
37% (152)
|
| tightness above both eyes |
36% (173)
|
| Pins and needles on one side of scalp/face |
32% (328)
|
| excessive pain in left eye |
34% (202)
|
| eye with the pain over or behind it twitches |
36% (142)
|
| Craving trigger foods |
30% (375)
|
| near blackouts |
29% (444)
|
| flu-like feeling all over |
33% (205)
|
| Hormonal Imbalances |
31% (287)
|
| Eyes want to shut, as though one has been crying for months |
30% (330)
|
| wandering migraine moves around |
31% (180)
|
| Extreme sensitivity to rubber and diesel odors causing severe nauseousness |
31% (162)
|
| sensitive molars when chewing food during an attack |
27% (279)
|
| I know when I see tiny dots all around, a migraine is coming |
28% (195)
|
| Pressure/hurting nose before migraine |
25% (338)
|
| losing all facial colour and hands get clammy |
38% (45)
|
| Right before the migraine, there is blotchy vision , like when looking into the sun and away. Blotches look similar to snowy television screen |
38% (39)
|
| Burning Eyes- can hardly keep them open |
28% (125)
|
| Tingling in neck/shoulder |
28% (112)
|
| Pattern has changed over the years. When I was in my 20s it only started when I woke up in the morning, now in my 40s it can start anytime during the day or night |
27% (90)
|
| Unquenchable thirst |
32% (41)
|
| feelings of detachment before headache onset |
28% (39)
|
| Weakness, like my arms and legs can't be lifted |
26% (38)
|
| The physical act of eating makes the pain temporarily go away but not a big appetite. |
25% (16)
|
