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  • orange sparkles like a scintillating scotoma migraine aura
    Migraine,  Migraine With Aura,  Retinal Migraine (Ocular),  Silent Migraine

    Ocular Migraine – Bringing Facts Into Focus

    October 15, 2020

    Migraine aura can be a visual symptom that accompanies a migraine attack. Maybe you have heard of scintillating scotoma? Perhaps you heard of this term for migraine aura while you were browsing a website, or maybe your doctor mentioned it to you. What is it? What does it look like? Can it cause permanent vision loss? Is it an ocular migraine? If you are looking for answers to questions like these, you have come to the right place. Let’s dive into it.

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🌿 {NEW BLOG} We have a new article out today by 🌿 {NEW BLOG} We have a new article out today by  @the.balanced.butterfly  discussing hair loss that came with her chronic vestibular migraine diagnosis. Migraine can take so much from us and for some of us, that includes our hair.  🌿 Due to the stress and the toll being in constant pain or dizziness can take on our bodies, medication side effects or other factors, some of us experience hair loss or thinning. As promised after our IG discussion, check out the article to learn strategies to help stop the fallout and return your hair back to health.  🌿 Have you experienced an increase in hair thinning? Let us know your experience and favorite strategies to fight the fallout below. We love to hear your thoughts.  🌿 Link in bio or <migrainestrong.com>  ——————————
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💊 And yes, medication is absolutely treatment. 💊 And yes, medication is absolutely treatment. But, most of us know it takes many strategies and lifestyle changes alongside our medication to gain the most control over this disabling neurological disease.  💉 Please keep it going. What treatment is your go to for relief? Let us know in comments below.  🌳 *Graphic inspired by the lovely @jenfindsgems  ——————————
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💪 May you continue to overcome the things you o 💪 May you continue to overcome the things you once thought you couldn’t.  *Photo credit @teresasumerfieldphotography 💙💙💙  ——————————
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⚡️ Hemiplegic migraine is an under discussed, ⚡️ Hemiplegic migraine is an under discussed, complex migraine variant that mimics a stroke or seizure. It’s very important to receive a diagnosis for HM to receive proper treatment. For instance, triptans are best avoided during the aura phase of HM.  ⚡️ Because HM is so rare and mimics other disease, seek medical attention immediately if you experience any of the above symptoms.  ⚡️ Amanda Ingrassia @justbreathemia , the Editor in Chief of My Chronic Brain, shared her hemiplegic migraine experience in our most recent article post. See <link in bio> to learn more.  ⚡️ Have you been diagnosed with hemiplegic migraine? How long did it take you to get diagnosed? Is there something we missed on our graphic that you think others should know? Please share you experience below.  ——————————
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☄️ {NEW BLOG!} We are SO excited to share our ☄️ {NEW BLOG!} We are SO excited to share our latest article written by guest writer @justbreathemia on everything she’s learned since being diagnosed with hemiplegic migraine a bit more than a year ago. This topic is gravely under discussed in the migraine community making us so grateful Amanda has shared her expertise here for all of us.  ☄️ Amanda (Mia) Ingrassia is the Editor in Chief of @mychronicbrain a magazine devoted to helping Chronic Migraine sufferers live their exceptional lives. She has had Chronic Migraine for over 15 years, and was diagnosed with Hemiplegic Migraine in 2019. She lives in North Carolina with her sweet service dog Genius. You can connect with her on Twitter @breathemia or Instagram @justbreathemia.  ☄️ Have you been diagnosed with hemiplegic migraine? Do you have questions or information you’d like to share? Let us know below.  ☄️ Link in bio or <migrainestrong.com>  ——————————
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🍗 Are you beginning or have you re-committed to 🍗 Are you beginning or have you re-committed to a migraine elimination diet? Here are a few tips we hope help!  🥬 First eliminate all of the common triggers listed on the diet you select. Don’t try to avoid a few random foods you think “could be” a trigger. That’s called an avoidance diet vs an elimination diet & they’re typically not successful.  🌽 Follow your diet for at least four months or until you reach baseline. If you’re experiencing chronic symptoms it can take much longer to reach baseline. Many with chronic vestibular migraine dizziness report needing much longer...around 9 months to one year mark. 
🌶 Expect to make some mistakes along the way. Mistakes don’t mean throwing in the towel. Just get back on the horse and go again. 😉  🍔 Do your best to keep healthy perspective. Try not to develop fears around foods on the no list. Eliminating common triggers does NOT mean these foods are dangerous or will be a personal trigger for you.  🫑 Once you reach baseline, you’re ready to start reintroducing foods to test them as personal triggers for you. To do this start with the foods you miss the most. Eat that food everyday for five days. 5 days is important because tolerance of a dietary trigger will vary from day to day depending on the amount of “other” triggers happening such as hormone fluctuations or weather systems rolling through.  Time of day may be a factor as well.  When I began introducing foods I introduced just one a week and kept a diary to help track responses.  🍅 Another thing to note is the age of the foods you eat. You may be able to tolerate cheeses aged less than three months, but not older cheeses or bananas and avocado with a bit of green, but not once they show browning.  🍷 If you reintroduce alcohol, vodka and white wine seem to be less risky than other choices.  🫐 Most importantly remember an elimination diet is not forever. It’s designed to help you identify whether or not you have any personal food triggers. Migraine triggers tend to rise and fall. We can be REALLY sensitive one day and get away with things another so plan to be flexible and adjust your compliance according to your personal needs.  🍉 Continued in comments...
🍔 Let’s talk about diets that can help migrai 🍔 Let’s talk about diets that can help migraine. ✨  Heal Your Headache & Charleston: 🍐🍑🍗🍞🥦🥚🥩  🍔 We talk about the Heal Your Headache diet a lot. It is a low tyramine and lowish histamine diet. Following this diet can help our brains calm down and let our preventives work better. Many of us have had great success on this diet. We highly recommend it and are happy to help with ideas, tip and tricks for helping anyone who chooses to try it be more successful. Charleston is very similar, but a bit more restrictive.  Keto: 🍗🥑🥦🥚🧀🥓🥩  🍔 We also talk about the Ketogenic diet which has become more popular in the last 5-10 years. This diet has many foods available that are avoided on the HYH diet. While this can be confusing, the keto diet uses ketones as fuel instead of glucose, which is what your body uses when your diet has sugar and grains in it. These ketones sort of bathe the brain and quiet it down. These ketones make it so that many of us can eat foods not typically allowed on the HYH diet (avocado, bacon, cheese, sour cream etc.) ✨  🍔 The new year often inspires many of us to recommit to a diet or to commit for the first time. Have you tried a migraine diet? Which one did you try and how did it work for you? Let us know below.  ——————————
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🌿 Check out our guest post on @amfmigraine all 🌿 Check out our guest post on @amfmigraine all about showing grace while living with migraine disease.  🌿 Share your thoughts on how you show grace to yourself or others when things aren’t going as planned in comments below.  🌿 Link in bio or <migrainestrong.com>  ——————————
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🎉 {NEW BLOG} We have a new article out today by 🎉 {NEW BLOG} We have a new article out today by @crashingmigraine that is packed with everything you need to know about using Timolol eye drops to relieve symptoms of migraine.  🎉 You’ll find our interview with one of the lead researchers on the use of Timolol eye drops for migraine, ophthalmologist Dr. John C. Hagen.  🎉 Want to know if they’re better used as a preventative or an abortive? Have you heard about the nasal spray or their sublingual use? Check out our link in bio for those answers and more.  🎉 Have Timolol eye drops helped improve your migraine symptoms? Tell us your experience below!  🎉 Link in bio or <migrainestrong.com>  ——————————
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⚡️We are all unicorns. 🦄 Not everyone wi ⚡️We are all unicorns.  🦄 Not everyone with migraine has the same triggers, but there are many common offenders that can spark an attack in those with migraine disease. Figuring out your personal triggers can help you to reduce the frequency, severity or intensity of your attacks.  ⚡️You can do this by keeping a migraine journal, tracking your attacks in an app or starting an elimination diet.  ⚡️What are your most troubling triggers? Did we miss yours on our list? Please let us know below. 
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Good morning! Meet Migraine Strong founder Eileen. Good morning! Meet Migraine Strong founder Eileen...
✨Hi all! I’m Eileen, one of the women who writes for and manages Migraine Strong. I live in Ohio with my husband, our two kids and our dog, Crash. @migrainenutritionist and I, together, coach others with migraine and help them reduce the frequency and severity of their attacks. I am also the Guide in the Migraine @Healthline app where I host live migraine specific text chats Sunday - Thursday at 8pmET/5pmPT. You can also find me on my personal account @crashingmigraine.🥰  ✨I was diagnosed with chronic migraine almost 3 decades ago. I was intractable for 18 years having daily migraine attacks while raising my kids. It was super challenging to have attacks each day and not be able to medicate for them without risk of rebound. I know so many of you are in the same boat. I see you. 👀  ✨I have an amazingly supportive family including my in-laws. They have always helped me with the kids when I was having a bad migraine day, cooking with special ingredients to support my migraine diets and just letting me know that they are there for me. 💕  ✨What I have learned is migraine is a thief and a liar. It steals our time and joy and tries to convince us that there is no end in sight. That we are alone and no one will ever understand. 👎  ✨But we are here. We get you and want to help in any way we can. You are not alone!! I can’t wait to get to know all of you better!! 🥰  ✨If you have any topics you would like to me to cover in an upcoming article, drop it below. 👇  ✨Who has been the most supportive of you and your migraine journey? Tag them below! 👇💜
📚 Listening to books on Audible is one of my fa 📚 Listening to books on Audible is one of my favorite activities while I’m cleaning house or working in the garden, so I hate that I let my audible book credits stack up last year. I’m determined to use them up and start listening to books again. They’re such a great distraction from stress and low level pain too.  📚 I’m currently listening to #theguestlist by @lucyfoleyauthor and it’s great so far!  📚 Please comment below and tell me what you’re currently reading or recommend a book you think I should add to my list.  📚 Photo by @ink_and_ash give her page a peek!  ——————————————————————
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