I train with an age group team. Our normal Saturday practices are in a pool around 85º and for 2 hours. The practices may not be hugely high in yardage but very high in intensity. I normally have chronic headaches and lately I've been getting migraines after these Sat practices. I don't know if it's the heat of the pool for the long time or the intensity. I talked to the coach today about getting out after 90 min as I find that helps. He mentioned upping my fluid and nutrition intake. What should I up and what else can I do to avoid the migraines? They are making for very boring weekends for my family as I lay on the couch in pain.
When I was a kid I got ones where all I could do was put covers over my head and cyclically vomit for 8 hours. I think I might be getting one right now thinking about my mother coming in and turning on the lights to check on me - oohhhh the pain. My utmost sympathy to those that now suffer from these.
Don't think I had the aura with the headaches at least nothing like I got later. The visual ones I got later had no headache at all. I read these were more common in people that used to get the migraine headaches. They seem harmless but can cause a serious panic attack. Even though I am now confident I will come out the other side eventually they still scare the crap out of me.
They have some pretty cool video simulations of these. Most of them don't look quite like mine, but this one is pretty close:
www.youtube.com/watch Aura - what does a migraine headache aura look like? - YouTube
When I was a kid I got ones where all I could do was put covers over my head and cyclically vomit for 8 hours. I think I might be getting one right now thinking about my mother coming in and turning on the lights to check on me - oohhhh the pain. My utmost sympathy to those that now suffer from these.
Don't think I had the aura with the headaches at least nothing like I got later. The visual ones I got later had no headache at all. I read these were more common in people that used to get the migraine headaches. They seem harmless but can cause a serious panic attack. Even though I am now confident I will come out the other side eventually they still scare the crap out of me.
They have some pretty cool video simulations of these. Most of them don't look quite like mine, but this one is pretty close:
www.youtube.com/watch Aura - what does a migraine headache aura look like? - YouTube
