Friday Night Migraines
The two most prominant times to get migraines are Monday morning and, believe it or not, Friday night, as mentioned here is a BBC report on migraines. This happens mainly to people who work the traditional Monday-Friday gig. Why do people get migraines at a time when they are usually relaxing?
Sometimes Stress Is Good
Remember the movie The Blues Brothers? Specifically, their ex-cop car? It did all sorts of incredible cross-country stunts and only fell apart when it didn’t have to go anywhere any more. This is very much what happens to those with Friday night migraines, or who get migraines when everything has come out for the best after a bad patch.
Say you’d been under a lot of stress becuase of the work week. You survived the week, and now can kick back. Your body has been stressed out for five days and in a constant fight-or-flight mode. Now, suddenly, all the stress is over. It’s as if the body can’t beleive it and has a Friday night migraine in order to compensate.
Treatment
Sometimes Friday night migraines are called “weekend migraines”. Treatment does not mean being stressed all of the time — that would lead to other dangerous health issues. What you need to do is see what your Friday night routine is. Do you stay up really late, hit the booze and party or perhaps eat a lot of really fattening food? The triggers for the weekend migraines might actually be the sudden change in sleeping and eating pattens and not just because you are relaxing.
Treating a weekend migraine is the same as treating any migraine — do whatever it takes to get rid of the pain. If you consistently get Friday night migraines, then perhaps you should take any migraine medicine before you even leave work. And try to keep to your usual sleep schedule — it’ll be less of a shock to your body.
Hope this helps. And good luck this weekend, everyone!
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