That sounds like classical migraines. I'm not a doctor, and even if I were, I couldn't diagnose you from a distance. But it sounds exactly like what a migraine is.
I've had migraines for as long as I can remember. I was diagnosed somewhere around age 3. I figure after I had the verbal skills to talk about my headaches and my parents had enough time to recognize the pattern and seek a diagnosis.
I can tell you that migraines can massively vary in severity. It's the severe ones that get the attention, and I'm glad of that. Too many people have severely debilitating migraines and people shrug it off, not understanding. Sometimes my migraines do force me to lie down in a dark room and do nothing but squirm in agony. They can be unspeakably awful. And people need to know that.
But they can also be mild. You can even have a full migraine and no head pain. It's not common, but a migraine is a cluster of symptoms, and not all of them are there all the time. I don't usually throw up when I get a migraine, but sometimes I do. It's just as much a migraine when I don't throw up. Likewise, I usually get severe head pain, but if I had all of the other symptoms, I'd know i had a migraine without a headache. So, you can certainly get a migraine with a less severe headache.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2006-09-03 12:49 am (UTC)I've had migraines for as long as I can remember. I was diagnosed somewhere around age 3. I figure after I had the verbal skills to talk about my headaches and my parents had enough time to recognize the pattern and seek a diagnosis.
I can tell you that migraines can massively vary in severity. It's the severe ones that get the attention, and I'm glad of that. Too many people have severely debilitating migraines and people shrug it off, not understanding. Sometimes my migraines do force me to lie down in a dark room and do nothing but squirm in agony. They can be unspeakably awful. And people need to know that.
But they can also be mild. You can even have a full migraine and no head pain. It's not common, but a migraine is a cluster of symptoms, and not all of them are there all the time. I don't usually throw up when I get a migraine, but sometimes I do. It's just as much a migraine when I don't throw up. Likewise, I usually get severe head pain, but if I had all of the other symptoms, I'd know i had a migraine without a headache. So, you can certainly get a migraine with a less severe headache.