In the beginning, spots or lines or colored lights may dance before your eyes. Soon a whole plethora of symptoms may ensue; redness, swelling, tearing, muscle contraction, hallucinations, irritability, depression, numbness, constipation or diarrhea and sometimes even a feeling of well-being. this is your warning.

Then the pain hits! It can range from minor discomfort to immobilizing agony and can last from minutes to days. The pain most likely occurs on only one side of the head along with nausea and vomiting.

This is the classic migraine that millions of people, including children live with.¹ The majority of sufferers are women.²

not a tension headache

The migraine is different from more common tension headaches that usually involve the whole head, come on suddenly and only include nausea and vomiting if they are very severe.

the cluster headache

Cluster headache attacks come on the abruptly, with intense throbbing pain arising high in one nostril and spreading behind.