The blinding headaches are poorly understood — a mouse study suggests that the content of spinal fluid is a trigger for pain.
  • caseyweederman
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    4 months ago

    Same experience here. I’ve gone through many superstitions regarding it, like living near heavy pesticide use, eating potatoes, refined sugars, brain tumor…

    • Balder@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I think the common shared experience of all of us is none of us can tell with absolute sure what triggers it, but we all naturally look for patterns.

    • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Mine were all very connected to relaxing after a stressful time. Most weekends after working an unnecessarily stressful job. I’ve since changed careers and now they are much less common, and also a bit more random, or it’s possible I’m not identifying stressors in my life as well now.