Tell us about your symptoms and treatment experience. Take our survey here.

Weird Remission Story

I started getting migraines back in 5th grade. I am a 17-year-old male. Both of my parents suffer from migraines. My mother suffers from migraines without aura. My father suffers from migraines with aura. I suffer from migraines with aura. I found that there were no potential triggers; they seemed to come at random. I usually get only 10 migraines a year. However, 2020 was weird. Starting around March, nothing. I seemed to go into remission with absolutely no migraine attacks.

Identifying migraine triggers

Thanksgiving came around. I got my first migraine attack since March. Then, 8 days later, yet another attack. I am writing this 3 days after that attack. There was really one possible trigger as of now: my humidifier. I kept a humidifier in my room up starting a month ago until a few days ago when I took it out of my room and replaced it with a heater (heat was all I really needed). One would assume that since I am attending school virtually, that the prolonged amount of screen-time I have will be the trigger. However, I had equal amounts of screen-time from March-June. These attacks are usually happening around 7:00 pm. I still do not have a definite trigger, if there is one.

Migraine symptoms

I will try to update if I get another migraine. I am currently keeping a journal of my attacks. For anyone who wants to diagnose me with the type of migraine since there are so many, here are my symptoms: I get an aura warning that lasts roughly 20 minutes followed by neck pain in the back-left side, then followed by pain on the left side of my head that lasts for 4 hours with a loss of appetite (not necessarily nausea). The head pain usually goes away completely after a day or two.

If there is anyone reading this with a similar story to mine?

I would love to hear them if you have any.

By providing your email address, you are agreeing to our privacy policy.

This article represents the opinions, thoughts, and experiences of the author; none of this content has been paid for by any advertiser. The Migraine.com team does not recommend or endorse any products or treatments discussed herein. Learn more about how we maintain editorial integrity here.

Join the conversation

Please read our rules before commenting.

Community Poll

Have you taken our In America Survey yet?