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How I Reduced My Migraine Headaches By 90%

Mary Oluonye
5 min readApr 29, 2020

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Non-Medical Migraine Relief & More Headache Free Days

Sometimes my migraine headache begins with a slight headache that lurks around my left temple, or my right temple. It’s one or the other. Never both. At first I think, then hope, then pray that it’s a sinus headache, because sometimes it’s just that. A sinus headache.

But then, in a matter of hours, the pain intensifies to an insistent painful throbbing at the temple, but now there is the added sensation of being stabbed in one or both eyes.

At other times, the headache comes on fast and hard. I have a 30-second to one minute warning. During this short time, black dots bounce around in my line of vision and my peripheral vision is practically non-existent. Worse yet, there are jagged wavy lines around the edges of everything. This is the aura that precedes some migraines right before it hits. When there is an aura, I know that the oncoming migraine is going to be particularly vicious.

Sounds terrible? It is. I’m not alone. According to the Migraine Research Foundation, 39 million Americans suffer from migraine headaches. Worldwide, the number is closer to a billion.

I have lived with migraines for most of my life. Some lasting for hours, others for days. I can tell you that life is…

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Mary Oluonye
Mary Oluonye

Written by Mary Oluonye

Writer| Editor| Africa Travel Specialist| I write about writing, travel, valuing self and others & self-improvement. Best way to reach me: mary@maryoluonye.com

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