Middle of the night migraines
Question:
Would someone explain to me why most migraines occur in the midle of the night? Mine occur around 1-2 PM. I am up for approx. one hour deciding whether it is "really" a migraine. Then I take my medication( Frova plus one vioxx). Then I wait 2 hours for it to kick in. Does this sound familiar? Pat Stanton
Response:
My acupuncturist offered an explanation having something to do with the liver for why my migraines mostly occured at 4 AM (I assume you meant AM in your post & not PM?), but it didn’t make much sense to me. In any event, when migraines start in the middle of the night, it often is critical that they wake you up early in the cycle so you can medicate. Otherwise, they can get too big a head start & become killers. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Mine occur around 1-2 PM. I am up for approx. one hour deciding whether it is "really" a migraine. Then I take my medication( Frova plus one vioxx). Then I wait 2 hours for it to kick in. Does this sound familiar? Pat Stanton
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being as it’s 4 AM here,, been up all night with one just to bad to get to sleep,,yet not quite bad enough to go in for a shot,,,, Relpax didn’t touch it,, yea,, sounds familiar no idea why they do that,, I was sleeping nicely before it hit Bear – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Would someone explain to me why most migraines occur in the midle of the night? Mine occur around 1-2 PM. I am up for approx. one hour deciding whether it is "really" a migraine. Then I take my medication( Frova plus one vioxx). Then I wait 2 hours for it to kick in. Does this sound familiar? Pat Stanton
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My therapist suggests it’s because during sleep, the blood vessels relax allowing the blood to go pounding through. She wants me to do relaxation *before* sleep to bypass this. I have managed to postpone the headaches to early morning – 6 or 7 a.m. Not sure how to explain that, though. Phyllis
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Would someone explain to me why most migraines occur in the midle of the night? Mine occur around 1-2 PM. I am up for approx. one hour deciding whether it is "really" a migraine. Then I take my medication( Frova plus one vioxx). Then I wait 2 hours for it to kick in. Does this sound familiar? Pat Stanton
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One possibility might be Jim Boyd’s bruxism mechanism. Teeth clenching is almost entirely a sleeping phenomenon.
but I have no teeth to clench,, I put them in the soaker overnight Bear
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As it was explained to me, being of the 4AM migraine persuasion, it is usually related to hormone changes, especially seratonin. People with seratonin issues usually suffer from syndromes like fibromyalgia, IBS, interstitial cystitis (IC), and migraine. I would usually take a Maxalt MLT, then fall back asleep. I used to work 7 AM to 3:30 PM, so falling back asleep was not a good thing. I am currently on SDI and doing several forms of physical therapy. If the therapies work and things go as planned, I will return to work in July. Have gone from daily migraines to just one every two to three weeks. Started treatment for IC and upped my intake of magnesium and feverfew, plus added riboflavin. Karen in San Diego – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Would someone explain to me why most migraines occur in the midle of the night? Mine occur around 1-2 PM. I am up for approx. one hour deciding whether it is "really" a migraine. Then I take my medication( Frova plus one vioxx). Then I wait 2 hours for it to kick in. Does this sound familiar? Pat Stanton
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Mine don’t always occur in the middle of the night but most often in the early (5-7 a.m.) morning. No matter when they happen, I usually take a Fioricet. I can feel it working within about 10 minutes if it’s going to work at all. Sassy
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Would someone explain to me why most migraines occur in the midle of the night? Mine occur around 1-2 PM. I am up for approx. one hour deciding whether it is "really" a migraine. Then I take my medication( Frova plus one vioxx). Then I wait 2 hours for it to kick in. Does this sound familiar? Pat Stanton
1am – 2 am Migraines this week for me as well…….this happens every so often to me and I do the same. Get up, first take some advil (hah! like that will work), then get back up and take a triptan and xanax(.5mg)….cause I usually can’t get back to sleep, either. Sometimes I wake up, look at the clock, and lay there…..waiting to see if I’ll go back to sleep or if it will go away…usually doesn’t, I should know better by now. Jackie Rainy, rainy Rochester, NY
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Would someone explain to me why most migraines occur in the midle of the night? Mine occur around 1-2 PM. I am up for approx. one hour deciding whether it is "really" a migraine. Then I take my medication( Frova plus one vioxx). Then I wait 2 hours for it to kick in. Does this sound familiar? Pat Stanton
One possibility might be Jim Boyd’s bruxism mechanism. Teeth clenching is almost entirely a sleeping phenomenon.
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Pat, how often do you get them in the middle of the night? Do you know what triggers them? Funny, if you knew, you’d probably avoid it, huh 
Michelle
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