| symptom |
% of members (num votes) |
| pounding head |
94% (629)
|
| Nagging Pain in one side of head |
93% (649)
|
| nausea |
90% (643)
|
| Fatigue |
91% (584)
|
| trouble concentrating |
93% (482)
|
| Sensitivity to flashing lights |
89% (524)
|
| irritability |
88% (564)
|
| neck pain |
84% (529)
|
| Pulsating, Intractable Pain |
82% (565)
|
| Photophobia (sensitivity to light) |
80% (625)
|
| feel like my head is going to explode |
83% (477)
|
| Neck muscle stiffness |
79% (402)
|
| Intense throbbing on either sides of head |
80% (312)
|
| Can't think or answer questions, get confused and irritated when somebody tries to communicate with me during migraine |
79% (346)
|
| Extreme pressure & throbbing behind eyes |
75% (410)
|
| Dizziness |
69% (548)
|
| sinus pressure |
69% (559)
|
| one migraine melds into another without ever stopping |
68% (486)
|
| Phonophobia (sensitivity to sound) |
65% (572)
|
| Mood swing |
66% (465)
|
| Blurred Vision |
63% (545)
|
| Uncoordinated, stumbling, dropping things, unsteady |
65% (455)
|
| head feels like it needs to explode |
71% (202)
|
| vomiting |
59% (540)
|
| Stinging pain on one side of head right above my eye |
60% (440)
|
| Shoulder/back pain |
62% (360)
|
| anxiety |
59% (442)
|
| sinuses |
57% (552)
|
| Aura / See flashes of light |
55% (600)
|
| Vertigo / Dizziness |
55% (557)
|
| short term memory loss |
53% (571)
|
| Chocolate and/or Sugar Craving |
53% (565)
|
| Bad pain in back of head (not side) |
54% (424)
|
| Sensation of blood rushing and pumping in my head |
55% (373)
|
| pain /tenderness over occipital bones |
57% (302)
|
| headache starts several hours before major weather change, like a snowstorm |
58% (238)
|
| Extreme fatigue preceding a migraine |
52% (408)
|
| 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 |
51% (466)
|
| Sore spots on head |
52% (395)
|
| Carbohydrate cravings |
51% (457)
|
| Disorientation |
50% (428)
|
| headache starts 24 hours or more before major barometric change |
53% (232)
|
| numb or tingling fingers or hands |
49% (358)
|
| excessive yawning |
46% (556)
|
| head feels "tight" all over |
50% (297)
|
| perfumes/hand lotions/smoke - very short time frame for me to get away from these smells before I get a migraine |
54% (162)
|
| Icepick/lightning headache |
52% (181)
|
| head pain upon waking |
79% (29)
|
| Tinnitus / Hear repeating sounds in ears |
42% (531)
|
| slurring words |
44% (419)
|
| feel like if I could cut out front upper quartile of my head I'd be just fine |
52% (150)
|
| rebound headache after taking analgesics too frequently |
48% (232)
|
| Having head squeezed, compressed feels good |
51% (160)
|
| Blindspots in vision |
40% (435)
|
| Eye Drooping |
38% (507)
|
| jaw pain (TMJ) |
41% (325)
|
| aphasia |
38% (528)
|
| Olfactory Hallucinations |
36% (533)
|
| excessive pain in left eye |
38% (305)
|
| Vivid dreams |
36% (365)
|
| diarrhea or bowel incontinence |
34% (441)
|
| Allodynia |
33% (491)
|
| Excessive Urination |
33% (529)
|
| Head itches |
33% (483)
|
| flu-like feeling all over |
35% (292)
|
| mind racing |
33% (411)
|
| tightness above both eyes |
34% (255)
|
| Pins and needles on one side of scalp/face |
31% (421)
|
| eye with the pain over or behind it twitches |
34% (230)
|
| Eyes want to shut, as though one has been crying for months |
30% (420)
|
| Craving trigger foods |
29% (473)
|
| Hormonal Imbalances |
30% (375)
|
| 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. |
32% (240)
|
| losing all facial colour and hands get clammy |
35% (135)
|
| Right before the migraine, there is blotchy vision , like when looking into the sun and away. Blotches look similar to snowy television screen |
35% (122)
|
| I know when I see tiny dots all around, a migraine is coming |
29% (283)
|
| stuffy nose |
38% (69)
|
| sensitive molars when chewing food during an attack |
27% (365)
|
| Extreme sensitivity to rubber and diesel odors causing severe nauseousness |
28% (248)
|
| pain moves from one side of head to other side |
28% (268)
|
| body aches several hours before migraine |
24% (430)
|
| Lips tingle |
24% (453)
|
| Near-Syncope |
22% (564)
|
| Pressure/hurting nose before migraine |
23% (429)
|
| Daily headache that gets worse during day and eventually acts like migraine. |
100% (4)
|
| only one side of nose runs |
25% (226)
|
| Elation, Intense Energy |
22% (532)
|
| Burning Eyes- can hardly keep them open |
25% (213)
|
| 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 |
25% (175)
|
| Scotoma / Blindspots in vision |
21% (469)
|
| I feel like my neurons go crazy and are pumping inside |
21% (397)
|
| Tingling in neck/shoulder |
24% (198)
|
| extreme pain behind right eye, always behind right eye-never varies |
23% (250)
|
| tunnel vision |
21% (379)
|
| feelings of detachment before headache onset |
26% (124)
|
| certain noises "repeat" over and over in ears |
22% (295)
|
| see a bright shadow coming out of words, or can't focus |
21% (359)
|
| Weakness, like my arms and legs can't be lifted |
25% (125)
|
| Weird dreams where I move around a lot and I feel like I'm constantly in motion. |
20% (394)
|
| pain in my front teeth |
46% (13)
|
| deadness and numbness on side of face near templebefore and/or after migraine |
20% (347)
|
| My migraines always last at least a week regardless of treatments tried. |
22% (193)
|
| Unquenchable thirst |
24% (127)
|
| Sensation that legs are not part of body when walking |
18% (419)
|
| metallic taste prior to or at start of migraine |
21% (185)
|
| single pupil dialation |
17% (527)
|
| Vertigo within 10 minutes of lying down. |
18% (391)
|
| Face droops on migraine side |
17% (383)
|
| feel like face is deformed |
18% (323)
|
| Severe inner ear pain like a very bad ear infection |
18% (261)
|
| Wake up sensitive to odors that don't usually trigger a migraine |
32% (22)
|
| Pain starts in right should blade typically with knots in that area, runs up the right side of neck and to right side of head |
20% (129)
|
| Vertigo, weakness during driving |
19% (124)
|
| Head feels heavy like a duck sitting on top of my head |
23% (56)
|
| Double Vision in the eye on the same side as the migraine. |
15% (356)
|
| One complete side of body goes numb and tingles |
15% (416)
|
| Ascending numbness..from hands to arm to head face lips and tongue. |
15% (390)
|
| crackling inside my head and when I press around my forehead and temples it crackles even more and it feels good to press my head there |
16% (197)
|
| headache comes on when in the "lawnchair" position while reading or watching TV |
16% (198)
|
| Constant burning sensation inside one area of my head. |
14% (381)
|
| R facial tightness up to 24 hours before pain begins |
13% (434)
|
| Thyroid |
14% (390)
|
| Begins with dull ache at top of head |
17% (100)
|
| temporary paralysis |
12% (511)
|
| The physical act of eating makes the pain temporarily go away but not a big appetite. |
16% (102)
|
| Left eye feels extremely dry, like it needs eye drops |
14% (199)
|
| trouble breathing |
13% (266)
|
| Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) |
11% (392)
|
| "echo" head feeling upon onset |
11% (267)
|
| Alice in Wonderland Syndrome |
11% (267)
|
| Lack of taste to food for about 24 hours preceding onset of migraine |
11% (172)
|
| essential tremor |
10% (222)
|
| seems to be triggered sometimes by eating carbohydrates (cookies, donuts) right before bedtime |
10% (174)
|
| Shards of broken glass pushing from the insde of your head out on the left side |
10% (199)
|
| starts out feeling like an earache |
11% (107)
|
| One complete side of body has severe pain, including same side of face and head |
13% (54)
|
| synesthesia gets more noticeable before headache |
10% (120)
|
| Prior to a migraine I often have excessive ear wax. |
8% (248)
|
| basal temperature drops - has dropped to 93. Severity of headache coincides with how fast and low temp goes. |
7% (227)
|
| Headache has been in right templ for 20 years but in the last 6 months I now also get pain above my right eye and on the top of the right side of my skull. |
8% (169)
|
| Vivid dreams causing me to wake up screaming |
8% (156)
|
| Like smooth round stones from a Great Lake clacking together inside your head |
7% (195)
|
| Burning coal sensation under left eye |
7% (196)
|
| Immediately prior to migraine (24 hrs) nasal mucus changes consistency and forms into half inch across almost clear spheres |
5% (311)
|
| my arm doesn't look like it's mine |
5% (363)
|
| seizures |
3% (283)
|
| can not eat chicken |
3% (262)
|
