Just headaches or migranes?

Question:

Yesterday, I had a terrible headache while I was at work. It was hurting so bad I was nearly in tears. I got back to my boyfriend's house and he said I might have a migrane because I couldn't stand the light in his house. I've never had a migrane in my life, but I can't compare that last headache to anything I've had before. The sensitivity to light went away after I took two Extra Strength Tylenol, but the headache didn't leave until I went to bed.

I have two main things that do give me headaches: heat and my jaw problem. It might have just been my jaw problem because the pain radiated down to my jaw joints, but I also had very loud ringing in my ears. It was also very hot yesterday.

So was this just a really bad headache, or was it a migrane?

Answers:
Sounds like it might have been a migraine that could have been triggered by the heat. Typically, they cause sensitivity to light and sound, disturbances such as the ringing in your ears, nausea and even vomiting. Also, migraines tend not to be in the back of the neck, but rather almost behind the eyes or in a random spot. Talk to your doctor; there are so many types of migraines, it's usually hard to distinguish.

Migraine which is what most people call a really bad headache.

Sounds like a migraine to me. The next time you get one try loading up on caffeine (like a Starbuck's bottled frappacino). Caffeine kills my migraines faster that prescription meds.

Just headaches or migranes?

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