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rbkc12345 t1_j9vbiwz wrote

I can't tell from the article whether they think this is some universal trigger? I have migraines but no insulin resistance issues at all, have not found any food that causes migraines.

Relaxation after stress is a trigger, and menstrual periods were for sure. Though fasting is a slight (not always) trigger, it seems more related to dehydration not blood sugar, electrolytes in water do help prevent fasting migraine.

So I don't think this is the only or even most common migraine trigger, but I can't tell from the article if this is their claim.

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snub-nosedmonkey t1_j9vffg1 wrote

Relaxation after stress or fatigue is my biggest trigger.

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hodler41c t1_j9vyld8 wrote

Man nothing sucks worse than having a stressful week just looking forward to the weekend and then capping it off with a migraine on Saturday. I feel your pain.

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Cdf12345 t1_j9y5jts wrote

That’s really interesting. After I relax on Saturday, I sometimes get one Sunday afternoons. I wasn’t drinking caffeine on Saturday and sleeping in, I always assumed it was that it was triggered by 36 hours of caffeine withdrawal. But I wonder if it actually isn’t.

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b00basaurus t1_j9z4hmu wrote

Could be both or either. Caffeine withdrawal feels more painful in the crown area, bit different from right side migraines imo

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halffullofthoughts t1_j9y79jm wrote

I get the worst ones couple of hours after having too much fun at the gym. My body loves to punish me for heavy exercise.

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ProteinStain t1_j9vutzm wrote

So, from reading it's clear that they are only just scratching the surface of the genetic correlation.
You are absolutely correct in that migraines are caused by many different factors, the glyaecemic connection they found is just one of them.

I know for me drinking water pretty much all day (not excessive amounts, but just being sure I'm drinking it all day long) has had a massive impact on reducing my migraines.

So ya, the article is only really talking about this food/blood sugar connection, and this is simply more data that will help those who suffer from migraines with those types of triggers.

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whyohwhythis t1_j9weleu wrote

Oh I’ve never heard or made the connection that relaxation after stress can trigger a migraine. How interesting. Mine definitely can be triggered by stress but haven’t noticed the stress/relaxed connection for myself.

I have multiple causes too, back/neck, strong scents, bright lights, wine, stress too much information to absorb around me (information overload), hair tied back, oversleeping and intense dreams.

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Crom1171 t1_j9x9lwc wrote

I can’t seem to nail down any 100% triggers but when I’m really stressing about something, particularly at work is when I generally will get them.

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Mokyzoky t1_j9y2vfl wrote

For me they are kinda rare but when I do get them they aren’t the mean ones, usually I’ll end up in a sorta euphoria and will have an odd compulsion to eat snacks the sweeter the better and as much as I can as fast as I can, kinda like the munchies.

The first couple times it happened I thought it had something to do with diabetes because both of my grandfathers had it but nope the doctors weren’t sure.

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hrmfll t1_ja0pcg3 wrote

The call them let-down migraines, when your cortisol drops drastically and triggers a migraine. I use to get them every weekend so my doctor made me schedule mildly stressful activities to do on my days off which worked surprisingly well.

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