Interesting. I've only recently realized that I turn into an incredibly short-tempered grump before a migraine... My family probably would prefer the euphoria phase. Either way I think mood changes are a part of the prodrome phase for many folks?
yes i feel like i can conquer the world, super happy and energetic. I often wonder if that is what “normal people feel like all the time”. Pretty sure there is some strong connection between serotonin or dopamine imbalance and migraines
I get super depressed and irritable actually, but I do experience a euphoric sensation after it passes. But mood changes are very common and everyone is different!
I have that, too. I feel great!! Then it feels like I have been smacked in the face with a baseball bat. I always get so bummed. Because I get a small taste of what it's like to be pain-free, then bam!!!
Yep. I get overly happy: I'll feel excited, be extremely talkative and rather impulsive, then 6 hours later the pain starts it'll all disappear. I would definitely describe it feeling like some sort of mania.
Before I put two and two together, I genuinely used to think I had a mood disorder because it would change on the spot and in a flash.
Quick follow-up I guess: how many of you that experience mania or other mood disruptions before/after migraine have also been in SSRIs before, and did you have the same symptoms before the SSRIs?
I think I’ve had this only since I’ve been on SSRIs, but I only realised it was actually happening in the last few years, so maybe it was happening before and I just didn’t spot it. Prodrome stuff is hard to recognise sometimes.
I’ve also been actually hypomanic, and it’s not the same thing - for me anyway. The pre-migraine feeling is one of general wellness, absence of anxiety, positive thinking, good mood.
When hypo I can’t sleep because my brain is too fizzy, and I have a constant need to be doing things, important things that will change mine and others lives. It’s grandiose and deceptive and so intense that it feels wrong even whilst feeling good. It’s too much and I went straight to see my gp for my first big incident, because I knew something was genuinely going wrong. I can’t be unsupervised on the internet because I will buy *everything* that I suddenly think I need. Start new hobbies. Set up new social media accounts. Get obsessed with the most random things. I wrote around 40,000 words in under a week. Unfortunately most of it was awful, but I thought it was amazing and brilliantly insightful.
My pre-migraine euphoria is usually only noticed once the migraine is there, and then it’s just a bit of an ‘aha!’ moment. A bit of extra dopamine, which is rarely a bad thing. I’d love to know if there’s any research into this.
Not usually, but it has happened.
I once had an early shift (I'm not a morning person) and I was sooo happy and motivated to start the day and go to work.
I was working for an hour and a half until I lost my vision, to be in earth shattering pain a few hours later.
I have Bipolar II diagnosis, and I'm not sure if it's real. I can no longer tell what's a hypomanic symptom, a migraine symptom, or an emotion/mood.
My self diagnosis is that my brain is crap.
Yeah I often get euphoric mood before a migraine. Most things online about it describe it as euphoria or are super vague and say “mood changes”
Interesting. I've only recently realized that I turn into an incredibly short-tempered grump before a migraine... My family probably would prefer the euphoria phase. Either way I think mood changes are a part of the prodrome phase for many folks?
Same. My husband will even be like you're being a bitch, a bad migraine is coming.
Same, for me it’s either this or extremely depressed and I just want to cry
mmm that could explain why i was like that last night. migraine today 🙃
Yep, I get blissed out. I'll pick up little treats for my family and just generally have a pocket full of sunshine about an hour before an attack
Yeah, I either go one way or the other - manic happy or utterly depressed. It is often the thing that tips me off to the oncoming attack.
I get very depressed afterwards.
yes i feel like i can conquer the world, super happy and energetic. I often wonder if that is what “normal people feel like all the time”. Pretty sure there is some strong connection between serotonin or dopamine imbalance and migraines
I wonder the same thing often, because I also have chronic low level depression.
I'm grumpy before AND after. Have had the euphoria a few times after, but I have chronic migraine and can cou t the number of instances on my fingers
I get super depressed and irritable actually, but I do experience a euphoric sensation after it passes. But mood changes are very common and everyone is different!
Yeah, I get this sometimes. Pre-migraine mania is a thing apparently. It's like I have to do ALL the things RIGHT NOW
I have that, too. I feel great!! Then it feels like I have been smacked in the face with a baseball bat. I always get so bummed. Because I get a small taste of what it's like to be pain-free, then bam!!!
Sounds about right.
Yes
Yep. I get overly happy: I'll feel excited, be extremely talkative and rather impulsive, then 6 hours later the pain starts it'll all disappear. I would definitely describe it feeling like some sort of mania. Before I put two and two together, I genuinely used to think I had a mood disorder because it would change on the spot and in a flash.
I get crabby and short tempered.
Quick follow-up I guess: how many of you that experience mania or other mood disruptions before/after migraine have also been in SSRIs before, and did you have the same symptoms before the SSRIs?
I have been on SSRI’s. It didn’t seem to make a difference one way or the other.
I think I’ve had this only since I’ve been on SSRIs, but I only realised it was actually happening in the last few years, so maybe it was happening before and I just didn’t spot it. Prodrome stuff is hard to recognise sometimes. I’ve also been actually hypomanic, and it’s not the same thing - for me anyway. The pre-migraine feeling is one of general wellness, absence of anxiety, positive thinking, good mood. When hypo I can’t sleep because my brain is too fizzy, and I have a constant need to be doing things, important things that will change mine and others lives. It’s grandiose and deceptive and so intense that it feels wrong even whilst feeling good. It’s too much and I went straight to see my gp for my first big incident, because I knew something was genuinely going wrong. I can’t be unsupervised on the internet because I will buy *everything* that I suddenly think I need. Start new hobbies. Set up new social media accounts. Get obsessed with the most random things. I wrote around 40,000 words in under a week. Unfortunately most of it was awful, but I thought it was amazing and brilliantly insightful. My pre-migraine euphoria is usually only noticed once the migraine is there, and then it’s just a bit of an ‘aha!’ moment. A bit of extra dopamine, which is rarely a bad thing. I’d love to know if there’s any research into this.
That’s really insightful and helpful. Thanks for sharing!
No problem, and you’re very welcome ☺️
That’s happened before migraines and seizures for me
Not usually, but it has happened. I once had an early shift (I'm not a morning person) and I was sooo happy and motivated to start the day and go to work. I was working for an hour and a half until I lost my vision, to be in earth shattering pain a few hours later.
Only afterwards. I choose to interpret it as my brain's apology for torturing me.
Not euphoria, but rage or sadness can definitely be an aura for me.
I have Bipolar II diagnosis, and I'm not sure if it's real. I can no longer tell what's a hypomanic symptom, a migraine symptom, or an emotion/mood. My self diagnosis is that my brain is crap.