“In a word, my most frustrating migraine symptom is ______.”

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   By not found

   September 17, 2011

   <p>Aura!</p>

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2. 

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   September 17, 2011

   <p>Severe prolonged unbearable pain.</p>

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3. 

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   September 17, 2011

   <p>Dull pain on one side of my forehead! ;0(</p>

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   September 17, 2011

   <p>light sensitivity!</p>

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   September 17, 2011

   <p>Unrelenting pain</p>

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   By not found

   September 17, 2011

   <p>AURA (THAT IS MY ONE WORD BUT I CAN STAND THE HEAD ACHE LIGHT AND SOUND SENSITIVITY AND UPSET STOMACH. THE ONE TH.<br> AT BOTHERS ME MOST IS FLASHING LIGHTS AND ZIGZAGING LINES AND BEING HALF BLIND. YOU CAN SEE A WORD AND ONLY SEE HALF OF IT. WHEN I WAS 16 AND HAD MY FIRST AURA MIGRAINE I THAOGHT I WAS DIEING BECAUSE OF THE FLASHES OF LIGHTS.</p>

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   September 17, 2011

   <p>smelling food cooking, light, noise, all these things.</p>

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   September 17, 2011

   <p>the aura with the stroke-like symtoms! No ability to function there! It is the worst!</p>

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9. 

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   September 17, 2011

   <p>Phantom smells.</p>

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10. 

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    September 17, 2011

    <p>bright lights!</p>

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    By not found

    September 17, 2011

    <p>Aura....(visual spots, numbness & weakness on one side of body, temple stabbling pains).</p>

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12. 

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    September 17, 2011

    <p>excruciating head pain (nausea is a close second).</p>

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13. 

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    September 17, 2011

    <p>unrelenting pain......seems to control so much of my life.</p>

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14. 

    By not found

    September 17, 2011

    <p>Light sensitivity.</p>

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15. 

    By not found

    September 17, 2011

    <p>Eyes flashing</p>

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       September 18, 2011

       <p>Be glad when you get back to doctor here...</p>

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    2. 

       By not found

       September 18, 2011

       <p>Me too!</p>

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    September 17, 2011

    <p>Pounding head, sensitivity to light and sounds, aura.</p>

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17. 

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    September 17, 2011

    <p>pain</p>

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18. 

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    September 17, 2011

    <p>SOUND</p>

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19. 

    By not found

    September 17, 2011

    <p>Not being able to form words or thoughts. Numbness on the right side of my face and body and pieces of vision missing more scary than frustrating.</p>

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20. 

    By not found

    September 17, 2011

    <p>Bone-crunching anxiety</p>

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21. 

    By not found

    September 17, 2011

    <p>I'm not sure which is worse... The random smells or the sensitivity to sound.</p>

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22. 

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    September 17, 2011

    <p>Tinnitus...the constant ringing, humming, and buzzing all day drives me insane!</p>

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23. 

    By not found

    September 17, 2011

    <p>light or noise.</p>

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24. 

    By not found

    September 17, 2011

    <p>throbbing pain with light sensitivity!</p>

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25. 

    By not found

    September 17, 2011

    <p>phonophobia (sensitivity to sound). Some mornings, just eating cereal is too "loud."</p>

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       By not found

       September 18, 2011

       <p>iIhave two: the unrelenting pain and the inablity to be able to concentrate due to the pain. With other types of pain, often one is able to push beyond the pain and still be able to function. Not so with Migraine.</p>

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       By not found

       September 18, 2011

       <p>Of all the things I've lost, I miss my brain the most -</p>

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    By not found

    September 17, 2011

    <p>all of the usual awful pains and unpleasantness, but most of all, the downtime, time lost with each migraine, days lost, isolation, I barely have a life, getting these 3 or 4 times a week and because I awake with them in process I seldom can abort them. No treatment for prevention works for me either, my body doesn't tolerate them and/or I can't take them do to siezures, glaucoma, etc..Yeah, Isolation, non-productivity....Migraines are a Thief.</p>

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    By not found

    September 17, 2011

    <p>The fact that I become a recluse and I can't be myself because I am irritable and super sensitive to lights, sounds, smells, and motion.</p>

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28. 

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    September 17, 2011

    <p>throbbing</p>

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29. 

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    September 18, 2011

    <p>dizzy spells</p>

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30. 

    By not found

    September 18, 2011

    <p>Recurrence! I could handle the pain, the nausea, the aphasia, the loss of coordination, the restricted diet, and social stigmas that go with migraine disorder if it were just once. But when it keeps happening, that is the most frustrating of all!</p>

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31. 

    By not found

    September 18, 2011

    <p>nausea &#128577;</p>

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32. 

    By not found

    September 18, 2011

    <p>Pain!</p>

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33. 

    By not found

    September 18, 2011

    <p>Light sensitivity</p>

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    1. 

       By not found

       September 18, 2011

       <p>i feel you. i have them too.</p>

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34. 

    By not found

    September 18, 2011

    <p>Fatigue and fuzzy brain!</p>

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35. 

    By not found

    September 18, 2011

    <p>Aphasia.</p>

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36. 

    By dmaloney

    September 18, 2011

    <p>My 31 yr. son is suffering with a continual dibilitating migraine that is now 9 months long with no relief in sight. Local neurologist says she knows of no surgical proceedure that will help. His only med. assis. is thru PA state short term disability and GOD only knows how long that will help..Cleveland Clinic will not see him because of ins. even tho they tested him when he was young for same. Headache came his first winter after moving back to PA from living in southern (warmer climates) states for 10 yrs. We are feeling desperate and alone.</p>

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37. 

    By not found

    September 18, 2011

    <p>on my son's health..all of above.</p>

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38. 

    By not found

    September 19, 2011

    <p>feeling like I have an ice pick in my head.</p>

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    1. 

       By not found

       September 19, 2011

       <p>...is like having my head in a vice!</p>

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       By not found

       September 20, 2011

       <p>I usually get a "change of season" headache. It can last for 21 days. I take Tylonel Sinus or Advid Sinus,..and it takes care of it. I leave the medicine next to my bed with a glass of water,..got to catch it early. If i let the headache brew,..it takes longer to go away. I hope yours doesnt last too long.....they are awful</p>

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    By not found

    September 19, 2011

    <p>When my brain won't connect to what I see, hear, etc. I guess you could sort of say lack of concentration, but that not exactly it.</p>

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    1. 

       By not found

       September 19, 2011

       <p>Sounds like every woman I know.....</p>

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40. 

    By not found

    September 19, 2011

    <p>other then the pain, it would have to be unable to withstand sounds or smells or light.</p>

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41. 

    By jessica77

    September 20, 2011

    <p>its hard to answer this with one word but these are some of the top frustrating symptoms : excruciating head pain, nausea and/or vomiting.</p>

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42. 

    By not found

    September 20, 2011

    <p>lost time</p>

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43. 

    By not found

    September 20, 2011

    <p>its hard to answer this with one word but these are some of the top frustrating symptoms : excruciating head pain, nausea and/or vomiting.</p>

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44. 

    By not found

    September 21, 2011

    <p>There is not "a" word that I can pinpoint that is the most frustrating! It is all frustrating. But I guess the pain factor is first. The miserable all over body pain is second. Followed in order by inability to interact with family, fuzzy thinking, nausea, shakes, numbness/tingling, vision, and days of yuck afterwards.</p>

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45. 

    By not found

    September 22, 2011

    <p>Brainfog.</p>

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46. 

    By not found

    September 22, 2011

    <p>I don't get alot of pain, but I get the visual and sensory aura, which scares me to death. First the visual, that passes in 15 minutes, then my arm and fingers, then my tongue and then I find it difficult to speak or read words for about 15 minutes. I am worried that others will think I am having a stroke and worried that I will get one as they have found a connection.l.</p>

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47. 

    By not found

    September 22, 2011

    <p>Kathleen, I agree...Aphasia is most frightening. So scared of that happening that I it is stopping me from leading as good a life as I could.</p>

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    By not found

    September 22, 2011

    <p>sound sensitivity.</p>

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    1. 

       By not found

       September 23, 2011

       <p>vomiting</p>

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    2. 

       By not found

       September 23, 2011

       <p>Don't ya just love when you comment on a blog and your comment gets published on FB - unknowingly!</p>

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49. 

    By not found

    September 22, 2011

    <p>photophobia.</p>

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50. 

    By not found

    September 22, 2011

    <p>Aphasia</p>

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51. 

    By not found

    September 23, 2011

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52. 

    By crochetlover11

    September 24, 2011

    <p>Confusion. I hate the disorientation that goes along with the migraine aura.</p>

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53. 

    By not found

    September 24, 2011

    <p>Ever since a migraine was triggered by headlights, I'm now ducking and dodging lights when I drive or am a passenger. I'm going to ask my opthamologist if I can add Blue Blocker to my regular glasses.</p>

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    By not found

    September 25, 2011

    <p>Aphasia</p>

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55. 

    By not found

    September 25, 2011

    <p>Helpless to help the one you love..frustration.</p>

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56. 

    By not found

    September 27, 2011

    <p>Scary and very depressing I feel helpless and crazy.</p>

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57. 

    By not found

    September 28, 2011

    <p>hemiperisis (aura) and indescribably anxiety.</p>

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    By not found

    September 29, 2011

    <p>pain</p>

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