Knowledge Base
Migraine knowledge base
Plain-language guides to understanding migraine — what it is, how attacks unfold, the common triggers, how treatment works, and when symptoms need a doctor.
Topic hubs
Start with a migraine center
Diagnosis
Symptoms, types, aura, differential guides, and red flags.
Treatment
Acute relief, prevention, medication safety, and appointment prep.
Children
Pediatric migraine, teens, puberty, school, boys, and girls.
Comorbidities
Anxiety, sleep, gut symptoms, chronic migraine, and overlapping patterns.
Triggers
Food, caffeine, sleep, weather, hormones, and trigger tracking.
Medications
Triptans, gepants, preventive medication, and overuse risk.
Life with migraine
Work, school, loved ones, diaries, and practical playbooks.
Emergency
Red flags, severe symptoms, vomiting, and urgent-care decisions.
Comparison tables
Side-by-side tables for headache types, medication classes, and tracking.
Basics
What is a migraine?
Migraine is a neurologic disease with attacks that can include head pain, nausea, light and sound sensitivity, aura, and post-attack symptoms.
Migraine symptoms and red flags
Common migraine symptoms, aura symptoms, and warning signs that need urgent medical assessment.
The phases of a migraine attack
Migraine attacks can include prodrome, aura, headache, and postdrome phases, though not everyone has every phase.
Migraine with aura
Aura is a temporary neurologic symptom pattern that can happen before or during migraine, but new aura-like symptoms need caution.
Migraine vs. headache
How migraine differs from common headache patterns, and why symptom tracking helps clinicians tell them apart.
Migraine red flags
Warning signs that should not be assumed to be migraine and should prompt urgent or emergency medical care.
Types of migraine
Plain-language overview of migraine without aura, migraine with aura, chronic migraine, menstrual migraine, and vestibular migraine.
Questions
Migraine FAQ
Short answers to frequent migraine questions about attacks, aura, triggers, medication, prevention, and care.
Common migraine questions
Practical answers to questions people often have about diagnosis, triggers, attacks, tracking, and treatment plans.
Common migraine myths
Evidence-based corrections to common misconceptions about migraine, triggers, aura, medication, imaging, and willpower.
Migraine glossary
Short definitions for common migraine terms used in clinics, research, and tracking.
Relief
Remedies during a migraine attack
Practical, evidence-aligned steps that may ease an attack while respecting medication plans and urgent-care red flags.
Medication safety for migraine
Acute versus preventive treatment, medication-overuse headache risk, and safer questions to ask a clinician.
Complementary approaches for migraine
Supplements, acupuncture, relaxation, and biofeedback may help some people, but evidence and safety vary.
Acute vs. preventive migraine medication
Acute treatment is used during attacks; preventive treatment aims to reduce how often attacks happen or how disabling they are.
Medication-overuse headache
Frequent use of acute headache medicine can worsen headache patterns and should prompt a clinician-guided treatment review.
Prevention
Migraine prevention best practices
Lifestyle and care-plan habits that can reduce migraine burden without blaming the person who has migraine.
Tracking and appointment prep
What to record in a migraine diary and how to turn it into a useful clinician conversation.
Common migraine triggers
Commonly reported migraine triggers include sleep changes, skipped meals, stress, hormones, alcohol, caffeine changes, light, smells, and weather.
Chronic migraine
Chronic migraine means headache on at least 15 days per month with migraine features on at least 8 days, and it needs clinician-guided care.
Food, hydration, and caffeine
Skipped meals, dehydration, alcohol, and caffeine changes can affect migraine for some people, but broad restriction is rarely the first step.
Hormones and migraine
Menstrual cycles, pregnancy, postpartum changes, menopause, and hormonal medicines can affect migraine and should be discussed with a clinician.
Support
Helping a loved one with migraine
How to support an adult with migraine during attacks, between attacks, and in care planning without minimizing symptoms.
Helping children with migraine
How migraine can look in children, how parents can help, and when pediatric headache symptoms need medical care.
Migraine at work or school
Practical, non-legal guidance for reducing migraine barriers at work, school, and recurring obligations.
How to prepare for a migraine doctor visit
What to bring, what to summarize, and what to ask when seeing a clinician about migraine.
Search guides
How to help your child with migraines
A practical parent guide to recognizing childhood migraine, supporting a child during an attack, school planning, and when to call a clinician.
How to help your girlfriend with migraines
Practical ways to support a girlfriend or partner with migraine without minimizing symptoms or giving unwanted medical advice.
How to deal with migraines
A practical guide to managing migraine attacks, building a prevention routine, tracking patterns, and knowing when symptoms need medical care.
Do migraines go away?
Migraine can improve, worsen, or change over time; some people have long quiet periods, but others need ongoing treatment and tracking.
Can you grow out of migraines?
Some children improve or outgrow migraine after puberty, but puberty can also change migraine patterns and does not guarantee migraine will disappear.
How long do migraines last?
Migraine attacks can last from a few hours to a few days, with early warning symptoms before and recovery symptoms afterward.
Migraine vs sinus headache
Sinus pressure, facial pain, and congestion can overlap with migraine; learn how clinicians tell migraine and sinus headache apart.
Migraine vs tension headache
Migraine and tension-type headache can both cause head pain, but symptoms, disability, and treatment needs often differ.
Why do I keep getting migraines?
Repeated migraines can be linked to genetics, hormones, sleep changes, stress, triggers, medication overuse, or an undertreated migraine pattern.
What triggers migraines?
Migraine triggers vary by person and can include sleep changes, skipped meals, stress, hormones, alcohol, caffeine changes, weather, and light.
How to stop a migraine fast
What may help early in a migraine attack, what to avoid, and when fast self-care is not enough.
Migraine nausea and vomiting
Nausea and vomiting are common migraine symptoms and can make oral medication, hydration, and recovery harder.
Migraine aura without headache
Aura can happen without head pain, but new or unusual aura-like symptoms should be checked because other conditions can mimic migraine.
Ocular migraine vs migraine aura
Ocular migraine is often used loosely; learn how migraine aura differs from one-eye vision symptoms that need medical attention.
Silent migraine
Silent migraine is a common term for migraine aura or other migraine symptoms without significant head pain.
Migraine before period
Migraine can cluster before menstruation because of hormone changes; tracking cycle timing helps guide treatment conversations.
Migraine after period
Migraine can happen after a period as part of a menstrual pattern, iron loss, sleep disruption, stress, or unrelated trigger stacking.
When to take migraine medication
Acute migraine medication often works best early, but timing, repeat doses, nausea plans, and monthly limits should come from a clinician.
Triptans for migraine
Triptans are migraine-specific acute medicines for some attacks, but they are not right for everyone and should be used with clinician guidance.
Gepants for migraine
Gepants are CGRP-targeting migraine medicines used for acute treatment or prevention, depending on the specific drug and prescription.
Migraine preventive medication
Preventive migraine medication aims to reduce attack frequency, severity, duration, or disability when attacks are frequent or hard to control.
Rebound headache vs migraine
Rebound headache, also called medication-overuse headache, can make migraine patterns more frequent and harder to treat.
Migraine diary template
A migraine diary template for tracking attack timing, symptoms, medication, triggers, disability, and appointment-ready summaries.
What to track for migraines
Track migraine days, symptoms, medication days, sleep, meals, hydration, hormones, triggers, and disability to make care decisions easier.
Migraine food triggers
Food triggers vary by person; skipped meals, alcohol, caffeine changes, and some foods may matter, but broad restriction can backfire.
Caffeine and migraines
Caffeine can help some headaches, trigger migraine in some people, and cause withdrawal headaches when intake changes suddenly.
Sleep and migraines
Too little sleep, too much sleep, irregular sleep, and disrupted routines can trigger migraine for some people.
Weather and migraines
Weather and barometric pressure changes can be reported migraine triggers, but the practical response is preparation and tracking.
How to help your wife with migraines
Practical partner support for a wife with migraine, including attack help, household planning, communication, and red flags.
How to help your husband with migraines
Practical partner support for a husband with migraine, including attack help, planning, stigma, and when symptoms need urgent care.
Teenage migraines
Migraine can change during the teenage years, especially around puberty, school stress, sleep, hormones, and independence with medication.
Migraines in girls after puberty
Migraine becomes more common in girls after puberty, and menstrual hormone changes can affect attack patterns.
Migraines in boys
Boys can have migraine, and some improve after puberty, but every child still needs appropriate care and school support.
Migraine at school
School migraine plans can help children and teens manage attacks, medication, hydration, rest, light sensitivity, and missed work.
Migraine work accommodations
Practical, non-legal examples of migraine workplace accommodations, documentation, and conversations with managers or HR.
Diagnosis
Migraine diagnostic criteria in plain English
A plain-language guide to the symptom pattern clinicians look for when deciding whether recurrent headaches fit migraine.
When is imaging needed for migraine?
A practical guide to when CT, MRI, or other tests may be discussed for headache or migraine symptoms.
Migraine aura vs stroke symptoms
How migraine aura can overlap with stroke-like symptoms, and why sudden neurologic symptoms should be treated as urgent.
Medication
OTC migraine medication basics
What to know about over-the-counter pain relievers for migraine, including timing, tracking, and medication-overuse risk.
Anti-nausea medication for migraine
Why nausea and vomiting matter in migraine treatment plans, and what to track before asking a clinician about anti-nausea options.
What to do when triptans do not work
Practical next steps to discuss with a clinician when a triptan gives partial relief, wears off, or does not help migraine attacks.
Life stages
Migraine during pregnancy
What to track and discuss with a clinician when migraine changes during pregnancy or after childbirth.
Migraine and menopause
How perimenopause and menopause can affect migraine patterns, and what to track before discussing treatment options.
Migraine with aura and birth control
Why migraine with aura matters in contraception conversations, and what details to bring to a clinician.
Comorbidities
Migraine and anxiety
How migraine and anxiety can interact, what to track, and when to ask for support for both conditions.
Migraine and sleep disorders
Why sleep timing, sleep quality, insomnia, and possible sleep apnea matter for migraine tracking.
Migraine and IBS symptoms
How gut symptoms, nausea, bowel changes, food patterns, and migraine can overlap without over-restricting your diet.
Triggers
Alcohol and migraine
How alcohol can fit into a migraine trigger stack, what to track, and how to avoid over-interpreting one bad night.
Exercise and migraine
How exercise can trigger attacks for some people, help prevention for others, and what to track before changing your routine.
Screen time and migraine
Practical ways to track screens, light sensitivity, posture, work patterns, and migraine attacks without blaming every screen session.
Practical playbooks
Migraine emergency kit checklist
A practical migraine kit checklist for work, school, travel, and severe attacks, with safety reminders.
Migraine travel checklist
A practical migraine travel checklist for medication, sleep, hydration, food, light sensitivity, and emergency planning.
How to explain migraine to your boss
A practical, non-legal script for explaining migraine impact at work without oversharing medical details.
Put it into practice
Tips & tricks for tracking
How to log a migraine attack in seconds
Capture an attack the moment it starts with one-tap Attack Mode, then fill in the details once symptoms ease.
How to find your migraine triggers
Track context consistently to spot the foods, sleep, weather, stress, and hormonal patterns that may set off your migraines.
How to track migraine medication safely
Keep an accurate medication log to avoid medication-overuse headache and give your clinician the full picture.