I have a question about a particular migraine trigger.

Thanks so much for your question! Weather can certainly be a challenging trigger to manage and avoid! Here are two articles that you may find helpful to review -

https://migraine.com/living-migraine/triggered-by-weather-this-medication-may-help/

https://migraine.com/blog/migraine-triggers-weather-changes/

Take good care,
Joanna (Migraine.com Team)

Weather is the worst trigger for me because there is NOTHING I can do to avoid it. I live in the southwest, so it's mainly cold fronts and low pressure systems I have to worry about. Sometimes if a low doesn't bring rain, I am magically okay. But most of the time, I'm toast.

All I can do is plan to have a migraine that day, and/or try to make sure I do not do anything "extra" that could get me closer to my headache threshold limit. Like I never expose myself to bad foods or light/sound, but the day weather is coming might be one I voluntarily give up things I know hurt but do anyway for short periods (like using my eyes to read text) that day to see if I can avoid the migraine. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

I've noticed that my weather-related migraines start differently from other migraines I have had. With weather migraines, for me, the start is always a feeling of fullness - unbearable fullness inside my head. Then an hour or 2 or 3 later, the migraine starts. I also get this feeling when I travel by plane. It seems connected to changes in barometric pressure.

I've had some success by taking benedryl (diphenhydramine). Non-sedating anti-histamines don't help me, but the diphenhydramine does so long as I take it as soon as I notice that full feeling inside my head, ie before the migraine starts. I usually stick the pill under my tongue for about a minute, to get it in my system asap. They used to make diphenhydramine in dissolvable strips available otc, but I cant find them any more. Yes, it makes my mouth feel weird and numb, but seems to work for me.