First, I'd like to say I really like this forum, even if I don't necessarily post all that much and I'm a newbie.
But, about my experience/question(please move if this is not the right spot): I get migraines. However, they aren't regular migraines. I don't get auras, medicines do not work, and they seem to have little or no warning. I also get weird smells and tastes in my mouth when I get them and frequently have very vivid, "waking" dreams if you will when I have them. I have had these from a very young age--originally abdominal migraines, same weird issues, they just migrated upward. These odd dreams I have frequently occur before something nasty happens in my life or the outside world, though they don't seem to be "visions" or anything. They have also inspired all the best creative works(I write) I've come up with and frequently cause those around me to feel like crap also.
I probably sound like a super-nut or a huge idiot, since I'm not the most informed on this topc, but I'd really like to do some reading on it or discuss it with people. Or, even better, find someone who has the same issue. Thanks to those who read it and hopefully I can get some good information!

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I have heard of what you are explaining .. a friend experiences the same type of thing, except with her it's not migraines, it centers on her stomach. She becomes ill, then she has the 'waking' dreams ... says that she completely hates when this happens, because it tends to be a premonition .. something bad. Unlike you, she hasn't experienced this type of thing very long .. it came on all of a sudden. I hope you find more info on this topic, you've come to the right place for discussion on the paranormal and the mysteries of the mind.

my gf claims to experience ghosts in connection with her migraines so I would say you are not alone, whatever it is that is happening.

Welcome to UM! Having had mirgraines for a long time, mine was medical though, my heart goes out to you. I truly wish I had some answers or could direct you somewhere. Hopefully someone will answer that can give you some advice.

Have you seen a doctor to rule out any possibly life threatening causes? If not, I'd suggest doing so just to put your mind at ease.

Personally, I've never had a migraine *knocks on wood* (just mild headaches at times) so I can't even imagine what you're going through on the pain level, sorry.

Oh, and welcome to the forum As someone else said in another post somewhere - "keep your hands inside the ride at all times" and enjoy.

I know alot about migraines but can't help you out much with the paranormal aspect. Considering each person has unique triggers, often environmental - sometimes as benign as smells, it doesn't seem too far fetched. Don't spirits change the environment?

Whatever is triggering them, you should really find yourself a good nurologist to figure out how to eliminate them. I expect you've had an MRI? If not you should. I used to get them nearly daily but they have flux'ed through the years. Now with the right preventative meds and abortives I can keep them down to 3-4 mild migraines a week and the abortives work well to eliminate them if I take them early. If triptans like Imitrex don't work, there are other things you can try!! Find a good neuro and keep working at it until you find something that works for you. It is a hassle, but dealing with migraine pain is much worse.

I've had migraines for many years. I'm 50 years old now and had the first one when I was 19. The migraine aura isn't always visual. Some people will experience odors or unusual tastes as a precursor to a migraine. Myself, I smell roses, sometimes for a few hours before they start. Severe migraines can sometimes cause hallucinations as well. Most migraines typically last around 3 days. They start on one side of the head, switching to the other side normally within 24 hours. It can switch from one side to other several times. Migraines are usually accompanied by nausea and/or vomiting and dizziness. They cause light sensitivity in the eyes as well.

I've never personally experienced anything paranormal that was directly related to my migraines, so that is not a subject I know much about. Sorry. I do agree with the others though, that all possible medical causes should be ruled out first.

Thanks for all the great replies! I should clarify that I have been going to a neurologist since I was nine, about a year after they started. None of the medications they seem to have right now work,at least the majority of the time. Relpax(a newer one) works occasionally, if I can catch it as soon as I start to get that weird copper taste in my mouth. So, they've ruled out anything life threatening, but they haven't managed to figure out what is actually the difficulty. Some think hormones, due to my age(I'm 20). A few think it's stress because of the heavy course load I've always had in school.
Maybe I'm hallucinating. I hadn't thought about it, but pain can make people hallucinate. Especially if it's in the head. But, since it isn't life threatening, I am going to try out some things on my own--like trying to write down exactly what I see in these waking dreams and writing down all the foods I eat to see if something is triggering these. They seem to be getting shorter, but much more itense and another visit to the M.D. will be in order if nothing gets better. But I'd rather not spend that money if I can avoid it.
It sort of surprised me to see so many people with migraines. I really feel for all of you, I wouldn't wish one on my worst enemy.

I can really relate to this I have experienced migraines since I was 14 some doctors put it down to chocolate(no!) some stress some hormones, I experienced hallucinations when they were really bad. I don't get them so much now I'm 23 now but occasio9nally I get them I think from severe stress I dunno know if this helps or not but you are nbot alone hang in there and hopefully they will ease up

That is quite possible, just like a person who is suffering from a high temp .. they tend to have hallucinations.

I get migraines with aura. The visual disturbances and the muddled thinking are bad enough without throwing the paranormal in there! I am on new meds too but I've not had a migraine since I started them. I feel for you too!

I read somewhere that there are now over 800 meds used to treat migraines.... I guess considering all the different varieties, it might not be that far off. Food diaries are a great idea, it definately helped me!! Getting older also helped, at least with the intensity if not the frequency. Some people swear by herbs and vitamins, it's a cheap fix and could help. My auras are boring, just yellow overcast and squigglies, but I've heard some interesting stories. Have you tried any preventatives, Niamh? There are some mild options out there that could be worth a shot. I take Topomax. It's not exactly mild, but it helps me to lead a somewhat normal life. There are some good forums out there that I like to use to keep up to date. This is a pretty good one and there are alot of well informed posters.


I'll have what she's having!

I have to strongly say that Migraines is not paranormal related. I've only suffered one full blown migraine in my life, ok I know its only once but it was bad enough that it really funked with my vision and I had to stay in a dark room and have the dr called out to me, was throwing up with it as well. I really do feel for those that suffer migraines regulary, they are so debilitating.

My point is though that the amount of pain and distress a migraine causes does not correlate with spirit experience. Spirit energy/presence, whatever will not impose that kind of reaction on someone. The sensories triggered by migraines are to do with the migraine nothing else.

I absolutely agree with this.

I never had anything paranormal with migraines, just the normal nausea, sensitivity to light, smells and aruas. But once I had just got off work. I was housekeeper and I was walking down the hall to the main lobby when everything started to go gray, it kept getting harder to see so I sat in a chair in the lobby before I walked into something. As i sat it got darker and darker tell I was totaly blind. I sat for perhaps 3 mins in complete darkness and was just ready to start screaming help me I'm blind when light started to slowly come back. Another 4 or 5 mins I could see fully again. 15 minutes later wham the worst migraine I ever had.

my_psychosis that's horrible! I've always had bad visual disturbances with my migraines, but never going completely blind!!

Yes. I was terrified. It only happened once thank god. I was pregnant with my first child at the time. He is 19 now so it was years ago.

Oddly, during all 4 of my pregnancies my migraines went away completely for the full nine months. None of the medications or herbal remedies I've tried have ever done much for them, but pregnancy did!

Mine just have come and gone with stress, pregnant or not. That was my worst however.

someone tell this to my gf.

on the other hand, the "info" she got from one of the "ghosts" was about something she had never heard of prior to the "exchange" and was verifiable via a look-up of archives at the library.

What was this info?

Now it appears I have more serious things to worry about than the paranormal.

Really... I had one that was so bad it damaged a nerve in my inner ear and made me "seasick" so bad I couldn't get out of bed for a few days and was woozy for a couple weeks. Vestibular Neuritis. I'd take a ghostie over that any day of the week.

That's horrid. Yeah, I'm thinking I'll take what's behind door number 2 instead of that.

I get what we think are stress migranes because I only get them when someone around me is fighting! It makes me really angry at people really annoying and I just have to deal with them usually they'll happen daily for a few weeks---but it hasn't happened in awhile (except today but I just think it's a normal headache) I know how bad they can be--what helps me is Excedrin tension headache

Some people believe that some paranormal experiences such as precognition are linked to activity in the pituitary and pinal glands in the brain. So they are linked to brain activity. So, your migraines may be causing abnormal brain activity which leads to precognitive experiences, or the other way around. Precognitive experiences may be leading to migraines. So you could be having true precongitive experiences.


Or you could be hallucinating.

Maybe you should try accupunture or accupressure. They might work.

Aight, here is what i have to say about this.

In 2012 we will be "upgraded". Our DNA will be activated and we will have 12 active strands. Currently our bodies have to work out problems and such. This could be the cause of said migraines. I get them as well. Poeple have different symptoms, such as rapid weight loss/gain, constant nausea, muscle aches/pains, constant drowsyness, and some other things.

Im not telling you this is the answer per se... and im not forcing anything upon you... But this could be your answer. Look around for stuff on 2012 and the ascension process, you may get something like this. And now, time for skeptics to disprove this! (no offense to skeptics)

Migraines and the paranormal?

People who claim they have paranormal powers.. really give me a headache.

What in the world makes you believe this?

I don't think there's any such thing as a 'regular migraine'. Each sufferer has variations of symptoms. I've had migraines since my late teens. And no two were ever exactly the same. I've had 'mild' ones to such violent ones that I contemplated jumping out the window because the pain was so unbearable. I have some where I have to lie absolutely still, some I can't lie still & have to rock back & forth all the time. During some I get constant vomiting fits, at other times I don't.

Back to the topic: When I have a severe one, my mind seems to disjoint itself somehow, and I get the strangest visions, images & sceneries going on in my head. Distracted by the pain, you can't think clearly anyway, but these images seem completely otherwordly. I think though that there is nothing supernatural going on, at least not in my case, just the brain going into total overdrive, neurons firing off crazed signals. Other physical somatic functions are altered too; totally exaggerated sense of smell & sound, loss of balance, or spacial awareness, blood pressure goes through the roof, racing pulse, palpitations, muscle spasms, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea...

Question to other migraine sufferers: When I have a bad one, it positively feels like the actual process of thinking hurts. It sounds weird, I know, but I can't describe it any better. Anyone experienced something similar?

With regards to causes: After many years of searching, I realized that subconsciously I had the feeling 'ingrained' that I couldn't, or wasn't allowed to say no to other people's demands on me & that their needs always came first. When things got too much, the migraine said no for me, i.e. it gave a justification for being 'out of order', unavailable. Once I learned to take my power back, realized that I was a free agent & could say no, the migraines became much less frequent & severe. At the worst times, I got one every 2-3 weeks. Now I get 2-3 a year.

One more question: As a child, I suffered from 'Alice in Wonderland Syndrome'. It appears many people who have this, also get migraines. Any 'Alices' amongst you?

With mine, thinking hurts in a sense, so I know what you mean. I get confused and I can't form the words that I know are on the tip of my tongue.

Here's a definition of Alice In Wonderland syndrome for those of you wondering. And no, I don't get that with my migraines.

Thanks Ethyl I was just going to ask that.

"Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS), or micropsia, is a disorienting neurological condition which affects human visual perception.

Subjects perceive humans, parts of humans, animals, and inanimate objects as substantially smaller than in reality. Generally, the object perceived appears far away or extremely close at the same time. For example, a family pet, such as a dog, may appear the size of a mouse, or a normal car may look shrunk to scale. "
Hmm interesting. Sometimes when I am having an A.S.P. episode I feel like I am microscopic in size but big as the universe at the same time. Its hard to explain but it always scares the #@$% out of me.

I occasionally have SEVERE migraines (about 2 a year), and I get auras, abdominal pains, vomiting, splitting headache and delusions. In the morning it is, in a way, as if a different entity possessed me the night before. I CAN remember what I did, but it's very hazy and I'm never completely sure if certain things were real, dreams or delusions. Although migraines do some definite messing about with your brain, so...

Really?? Wow, that's amazing! I have horrible migraines but I never discussed it much with my old doctor because he always dismissed me (that is when I could actually get him to stay in the room for more than 90 seconds!) I have since changed doctors but luckily I haven't had a migraine in awhile. I also moved cities, in my old hometown I was also plagued w/ bad asthma and allergies and now it's amazing, I rarely ever sneeze or wheeze LOL but when I have gotten the migraines, I get really sick to my stomach, have to be in a dark room w/o any noise at all and hope to fall asleep for awhile. I usually wake up and it's gone.

What, so that you can pick it apart? Nuh uh, no way!

Or wait.... Im gunna start a new thread.

Pick it apart there, so that i may try to defend what i belive and know, YET AGAIN! I hope I can.

Just curious, Has anybody else ever lost vision completely?

Yes, I know what you mean. It's not just thinking. It's also any sort of stimuli. That's why for me lying down in a very quiet, darkened room, and going to sleep if possible, helps.




I can't say I'm an Alice. But during severe migraine episodes I sometimes have difficulty recognizing familar objects. For instance, I can look at a cup and know that i should know what it is, but I can't remember. This goes away as the pain subsides. I also at times see what I call psychadelic swirling flowers, but that has only happened during migraines that were so severe that I had to be hospitalized.

After several months of visits and tests with a neurologist about 15 years ago, it was concluded that my 3 main triggers are hormonal fluctuations (I used to have one once a month), changes in the barometric pressure, and sleep loss. Now that I'm in menopause I get far fewer migraines than I used to, thank goodness!!!

Sort of... not like that though. You know when you stand up too fast and everything goes black, kind of like it would if you were about to pass out? If I get a really bad migraine and get up fast that happens, but I'm usually smart enough to take things slow. It never lasts for 3 minutes, it's always less than a minute.


I know what to do with the cup, but can't remember what it's called.

And that lasted a second. I was just asking a question anyway, Mr. Defensive. Calm down.



I get these spots in front of my eyes that make it nearly impossible to see, but I've never totally lost vision. The auras that I get are like looking at the sun or a really bright light and then looking away. They frustrate me to no end.

Hey, i didnt think to check for other 2012 threads! And i started smoking and i got my braces on. At the age of 17. bah, you understand.

But yea, my mom has suffered from migranes all her life. And doctors cannot figure out the problem. But she has fallen and had some damage done. But to prove my point, and not lean toward skepticism, It was a plan for her. I mean who is to say it is not?

Me, i have had headaches and migranes all my life as well. Never been analyzed, because I never saw the need, or had the money.

Thats it for now.

That's a good way of describing it. Thats mostly what mine look like, really yellow and kinda blotchy. They don't really bother me though, but then they aren't that intense usually. I'm really kind of glad I get them because they are a good cue for me to take the meds early before the pain gets serious.

I guess with all the funky migraine symptoms, it would be very easy to link them with something paranormal. Especially if they are a new experience. All this discussion is quite interesting, maybe UM needs a health section... plenty of unexplainable stuff in that field!!

What?



Yeah it is a good warning to take the meds, but I can't see to do anything because they encompass my entire vision. I can't read my perscription, so I have to have help and that sucks. And that's about the time I start getting loopy too.

UM medical section would be great, but then a bunch of nutjobs would try and give out medical advice and somebody would poke an eye out.

LOL true. There would have to be too many "no eye poking" disclaimers.

That's wild, mine doesn't get nearly bad enough that I can't read. That would drive me batty!!

Yes it's horrible. Sometimes the aura takes up my entire vision and sometimes it's just a speck. I hate migraines.

I'm not absolutely positive about the facts--but my librarian told me that we aren't allowed to use wikipedia for research because it contians absolute B.S. (she didn't say bs--but you know what I mean) Anyway--she said that anyone (like you or me) could log on to wiki- and post that stuff---just sayin'

That is very true, Katkandoo_kw. It probably wouldn't be advised to use it for a research paper, especially with the definitions changing so often. However, it's a pretty good source for generic information, as long as you back it up with more research if you need to be sure. I like it because things change so much with the times, and users can add their own input - kind of like the urbandictionary.

Note that if a definition is in dispute for an extended period of time, wiki will usually put a warning on the page, for instance: fibromyalgia.

Wiki can be edited yes, but if you check it with other sources and you know what you're talking about, then it should be fine. Usually if the source can't be verified they use a disclaimer.

Thanks for the warning.