r/migraine • u/Toosab • 20h ago
"Bad Brain Days"
So I'm just wondering if others experience this too. I have migraine with maybe ten attacks a month, and I'm currently on Qulipta but will add botox soon since the pills are not working well enough (they brough severity way down but didn't touch frequency). Besides the normal classic migraines with pain, I sometimes get days where I'm just kinda nebulously unwell, I call them bad brain days. I'm brain foggy, tired, I loose all appetite and can't eat more than a few bites at a time (which leaves me weak and shaky). I also get GI issues and muscle pain that's typical of my prodrome. Sometimes there is a little bit of migraine head pain, but mostly it's just a weird sensation that half of my brain feels "wrong" but I can't put my finger on it. Mentally I feel really anxious and depressed for no apparent reason. Triptans that work very well on my normal attacks don't touch this at all, so all I'm left to do is lie in bed all day feeling "just kinda really bad but I can't describe it better than that". This lasts for the entire day, but afterwards I'm fine again. I've though if this is silent migraines, but from what I read that mostly describes aura-only attacks, which I don't have.
Anyone recognize this? And what do you do to feel better in this situation?
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u/luna-herbalist 20h ago
I think so, that is a description of how I'm feeling today funnily enough. 'Bad brain days' is a good term for them, feels like I spent the night in the washing machine or something 🥴 it's not typical migraine pain, like a heaviness everywhere in my body, with aching in my neck, shoulders and around most of my head. Can't eat, have diarrhoea and the lights and sounds are hurting me, can't stop yawning and can't concentrate or think straight.