Yes, interesting indeed.
I have never had migraines, I and hope I never do. I have however had
what might be described as auras. I never had a name for the
sensations, which have occurred as infrequent, brief visual
disturbances, until I described the phenomenon to someone who suffers
from migraine headaches. That person became quite disturbed and asked
me not to say anymore, as if merely talking about an aura might elicit
a migraine for her.
The "migraine and dopamine" material posted earlier by "M. Schild"
<[log in to unmask]> seems to have terminated in mid sentence, at
least on my email program. Is it possible to get the rest of it?
("POSSIBLE DOPAMINERGIC MECHANISMS IN THE MIGRAINE ATTACK
Although headache remains the nucleus of migraine episodes, five
distinct
migrainous phases have been proposed by Blau: prodrome, aura, headache,
resolution, postdrome (recovery). The symptoms of each phase have their
own
characteristics and the tempo of symptoms during each phase suggests
d"???????)
Nancy K. Porter
On Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 01:56 PM, Rayilyn Brown wrote:
> very interesting - I used to have migraines - headaches
> stopped in my
> 30's, but not the auras. my g-father had migraines and PD. always
> thought
> there might be a connection, but suppose there are plenty of PWP who
> never had
> them. Ray
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