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Can Anxiety Symptoms Cause Migraines

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Written by Wendy Brausch

Sunday, 04 May 2008

by WendyBrausch

Those people that suffer with the very powerful headaches often referred to as 'a migraine' may well have started having them when they were in their childhood or around puberty. Left untreated, an attack can force the person to have bed rest but normally the intense pain starts to subside within a few hours. Not only is the victim in pain but they can be physically exhausted after the attack.

One thing that is still unknown is why some people have much more frequent attacks than others. Some symptoms seem to be consistent with most victims; those of a feeling like those associated with cold or influenza and a problem with bright lights. Migraine is most prevalent in people between the ages of ten to forty years old; in almost every instance however, attacks usually diminish or end in later adult life usually once the person is over 50 years old.

It is quite common for members of the same family group to suffer with migraine attacks; even though there may be a link, so far it has eluded medical science.

Sufferers may acquire sensitivity to a medical condition that brings about inflammation in the blood vessels and nerves near the brain, resulting to pain. There are three women to each man that suffer with this condition; only one in twelve men will experience an attack in their lives.

Migraine with aura is a symptom where some sufferers are able to predict an attack up to half an hour before it happens. There are many warning indicators of the attack:

Nausea

Enlarged blind spots

Reduction in the sensations of taste

Reduced sensation in sufferers extremities

Many other symptoms exist but these appear to common with most people. Migraine without aura however, is the most prevalent type and may take place only in one area of the head; this condition can escalate and is made worse by any movement, loud noises and bright lights which can cause the person to vomit.

The exact reason for having migraine is not clear and yet to be discovered but one assumption is that the blood vessels in areas of the brain become narrower which may be the explanation for the aura.

If the blood vessels then expand suddenly, this may cause the intense headache; those who are afflicted say the headache is often so intense that it impedes with regular routinely daily activity and may even keep them awake. The range of possible triggers that create an attack is huge; the most common are listed below:

Bad weather

Anxiety symptoms

Symptoms of anxiety

Traveling in a plane

Certain groups of drink

Powerful bright lighting

Irregular or missed meals

Stress caused by personal problems

Only by carefully documenting everything that was going on prior to the attack can the victim hope to find out what starts the attacks off.

About the Author:

Wendy Brausch has her own anxiety symptoms website where she talks openly about panic and panic attack symptoms, and talks about her own experiences of how best to overcome them.

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