Migraine Treatment In
Tulsa, OK

In the time before the migraine, sometimes for days before, you may experience a period of altered brain chemistry, which you may notice as an unusual mood, low energy or interest, and other symptoms. This is called the prodrome. Most migraines occur in response to some type of trigger, of which dozens are known. During the beginning of the migraine attack, the aura, if you experience it, there is a wave of changes in brain activity that passes over the brain, which makes the brain susceptible to adverse stimuli. In response to this change in the brain, or, possibly, independent of it for those who don’t experience an aura with their migraine, the trigeminal nerve begins to send pain signals to the brain that set off another attack in the brain, the exact nature of which is not understood. It may be related to the swelling of blood vessels (the vasodilator CRGP, which expands blood vessels, is found in high levels in the brain during and after a migraine). Or the trigeminal nerve may directly stimulate the pain centers of the brain, resulting in the migraine pain. Migraines can last 4-72 hours. For a day or more after the migraine, people may experience the postdrome, similar to a migraine hangover.