All That Triggers

Last week I told you about my visit to the doctor and started talking about my plan to identify possible food triggers.

I already know about many physical and environmental triggers that I have:

• Fatigue
• Light (especially florescent lights)
• Loud noises
• Neck pain
• TMJ
• Allergies
• Dehydration
• Skipping meals
• Hormones
• Changes in weather (heat and storms)
• Exercising in extreme heat
• Excessive caffeine
• Tension
• Stress
• Extreme emotion
• Hair accessories/hats

And then there are the physical symptoms that both preceed and/or show up during my headaches/migraines. I get the majority of these symptoms every time. And yes, some of these sypmtoms mirror my triggers, begging the question, "Which comes first - the chicken or the egg?"

Good times, eh?

No.

• Fatigue
• Sensitivity to light
• Sensitivity to sound
• Neck pain
• TMJ
• Dizziness/vertigo
• Nausea
• Sensitive to strong scents (newer issue)
• Shaky
• Irritability
• Increased pain with normal physical activities
• Sensitive scalp
• Yawning
• Confusion
• Nasal congestion
• Fever (rare)
• Aura - wavy lines/pulsating lights (rare)
• Speech problems (rare)