I just started getting those auras about a year ago - didn't realize it was happening to others or that they were associated with migraines.
Actually - my catalyst seems to be allergy season. Right now we're having sand storms filled with pollen and crap from the coast that ends up out here in the desert. Being at my kids' ballgames 4-5 nights a week doesn't help either (geez I need a bubble!) but as soon as the sinus cavities start filling (I can actually FEEL them) - about an hour or so later the auras start - then about 2-3 hours later it's migraine time. Dark room, cool cloth on the forehead and absolute silence. It was so bad over the weekend that I snapped at my kid for chomping oatmeal too loudly. Oatmeal? Loud?
What usually works for me is that new Excedrin dissolve tab things - the caffeine kicks ass. I take 3 instead of 2 and I am medicine-phobic (allergic to aspirin and just about everything) the rest of the time so they work very well. It still takes about 6 hours for the whole thing to cycle, but these things generally only last a couple weeks on and off and then I won't see them again until Fall. *knock on wood*
Would love to see a naturopath - sounds like that's just what I need. What I've been doing so far for 33 years hasn't worked. Time to try something new.
