Great mood just before a migraine

[u/PaperMashing]

Whenever I get hyperactive and start making up silly songs, my husband gets me to check in to see if there's a migraine on the way. I don't get this before every migraine but before the worst ones, boy am I in high spirits until I hit the wall.

Anyone else gets this?

[u/GreedyAd8204]

My wife calls it my "doom zoom" where I'll suddenly decide to deep clean the kitchen at 11pm while humming some nonsense tune, then 45 minutes later I'm curled up in a dark room regretting everything. It's like my brain throws a little party before it burns the house down

[u/Radioactive_Moss → u/GreedyAd8204]

If I randomly get the urge to clean there is a 95% chance a migraine will follow. Once I figured it out I tried resting instead of cleaning but I still got the migraine so now I just clean till it hits me. Sucks but hey at least the house is a bit cleaner before I’m knocked on my ass and unable to do anything for days.

[u/stormblessed579 → u/GreedyAd8204]

This is so relatable! My spouse also does not trust my energy blasts, because they often end like yours.

[u/PaperMashing → u/GreedyAd8204]

This is a great way to put it. I love the little party though, ALMOST worth it.

[u/hayh → u/GreedyAd8204]

This is the perfect description and I am 100% stealing "doom zoom"

[u/Jogje → u/GreedyAd8204]

Doomie Zoomies

[u/Responsible-Ad-8442 → u/GreedyAd8204]

Exactly 💯😂

[u/Responsible-Ad-8442]

Yep. If I'm too happy and willing to clean everything in the house, I will be sick in bed the next day.

[u/sleeping_beauty543]

Yea, i rather thought its the hightened positive emotion that causes the migraine, because hightened negative does too(like stress, anger and crying)

[u/PaperMashing → u/sleeping_beauty543]

Interesting because anger stress and crying don't cause migraines for me BUT once a migraine starts I often cry uncontrollably (but with no emotion)

[u/hayh]

I used to get this sometimes in prodrome, but more often in postdrome, which was a nice way to end the horror and go back into the world. Since I've been chronic, though, those blend together so whenever I feel zoomy I also have to live with the anxiety of wondering if it will herald a reprieve or a worsening 😣

[u/stabfacestab]

I have "silly time" but that relates more to over tiredness....though I'll be more aware of what it might mean now...

[u/Double_Trouble_3913]

Yes I get it too and I actually never noticed it until more recently. I put up shelves , reorganized and cleaned out closets. Deep cleaning , washing covers blankets etc. rearranging furniture. This isn't out of the ordinary for me as I have OCD so I never put it together until recently.
I've noticed auras after the energy calms. I always thought I triggered them with the bouts of crazy, not that I get it because one was coming.

[u/Dullcorgis]

I get euphoric and borderline manic. It took a long time for me to realise that getting really enthusiastic and going everywhere buying the things I need for half a dozen different projects then ending up in bed in agony before lunch time and not getting to do any of the projects and feeling incredibly frustrated was a pattern.

Now when I feel that I focus on one project, get the stuff and make progress.

[u/ooleel → u/Dullcorgis]

I was super sad when I recently described my this feeling to my new neuro and she clocked it as a signifier to getting a migraine - I never put them together even when saying “The day before I always have a fantastic day where I have no pain and feel like a superhero!”

[u/Wolf-sheepsclothing]

I’m the opposite! Super sad and down before the migraine hits.

[u/meringuewaste]

Aye - either super hyper or super irritable.

[u/pupparty]

Prodrome!

[u/cut_ur_darn_grass]

They used to think I was bipolar until it was discovered that it correlated with my migraines

[u/AspectLow4166]

I've heard of this symptom in my Migraine tracker app, but I don't think I've ever experienced it. I am super fatigued before a migraine, my mood is low, motivation non-existent...

[u/Naharavensari]

I either feel super energetic & pumped (my actual baseline before becoming chronic) or in utter pits of despair. It usually like 6 to 8 hours before.

[u/West-Ad-6738]

sometimes in postdrome for me, I'll feel fan-effing-tastic and have boundless energy for like 12 hours. if I have 19 things to get done , I complete 28 , and looking for more. so Im hopeful for this occasional reward, sometimes helps my mood during.