There's straight up pain migraines, but there's also aura migraines. Then you see or hear things. Women with aura migraines can't take birth control pills. I get the straight up pain ones, and if it gets bad then it feels like someone is pulling out my eye with a melon baller
I get just pain migraines (light sensitivity and noise) but I also get them sometimes to where I'm extremely nauseous.
I mistake sinus headaches with the beginning of a migraine and that's just hell too...because treating the pain doesn't work without actually taking sinus medication. I'm sorry you have a migraine :(
I usually realize it's a sinus headache when I take migraine meds and they don't work. The sinus headaches (for me) don't have extreme pressure in my sinuses. A friend of mine just offered me some sinus medication once when I couldn't get my headache to go away and it immediately worked. I'd had that headache for days.
I've grown up with migraines. I've been taking meds to prevent them for years. Genetically I should outgrow them in my mid-20's. I've also developed mild depression, which is probably caused by this chronic condition
All I know is it kinda feels like my head is gonna explode and I'm sensitive to light
I've never had an aura migraine
I mistake sinus headaches with the beginning of a migraine and that's just hell too...because treating the pain doesn't work without actually taking sinus medication. I'm sorry you have a migraine :(