Learn about migraine
Short, source-backed answers to the questions that come up between attacks. Every article says where the evidence stops.
Can you have migraine aura without a headache?
Yes — the ICHD-3 classification has a name for it. What typical aura without headache is, how long aura normally lasts, and when a visual disturbance is a reason to be seen rather than logged.
Is weather really a migraine trigger?
Weather is one of the most commonly reported migraine triggers and one of the hardest to prove. Why the research is mixed, why recall is unreliable here, and what your own log can settle.
Medication-overuse headache: when the treatment becomes the pattern
Taking acute migraine medication too often can itself sustain headaches. The ICHD-3 day thresholds, why they are easy to cross without noticing, and why counting matters more than remembering.
Menstrual migraine: why attacks cluster around your period
Attacks concentrated in the days around menstruation have a specific definition in ICHD-3 and a specific suspected mechanism. What the pattern is, and why two or three cycles of records are needed to see it.
Sleep and migraine: which one is driving the other?
Short sleep, disrupted sleep and even long lie-ins are commonly reported around migraine — and the relationship runs both ways. Why direction is hard to establish, and what a log can separate.
What to bring to a neurology appointment for migraine
Appointments are short and migraine history is detailed. The specific facts clinicians tend to ask for, why recall under-reports them, and how to arrive with answers rather than estimates.