Did you know this past weekend was a full moon? Do you subscribe to the theory that things just get completely whacked during the full moon phase? I sure do.
I have the full-on migraine to prove it. A headache that no amount of coffee can cure. Now ya know that’s just serious.
The past 3 and a half days have been real doozies. I’d tell ya all about it - except you wouldn’t believe me. Seriously.
Desperately seeking sanity.
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11:11 am on January 17th, 2006
Yes I’m very much affected by the full moon. I don’t know if it is because I’m bipolar or what. But this full moon was very much a doozy. My daughter’s birthday was on the 14th and it was also the 1 month anniversary of my mom’s death. So a lot of highs and lows and everything in between.
4:46 pm on January 17th, 2006
Nowt wrong with a full moon, makes for easier night walking *grin* (not that you’d want to be walking around here at night…
9:58 pm on February 14th, 2006
How amazing. I have had migraines forever, and have long thought they were related to the full moon. When I mentioned it to my doctor, he said that’s impossible. No amount of medication has taken my headache away, since last Thursday. This evening is the first time I ever thought of putting “migraines” and “full moon” in a search. I’ve been afraid to sleep thinking that was the cause. Thanks for your affirmation. Maybe I’m not crazy!
8:56 pm on March 6th, 2006
i full agree that moon brings on pressure on the earth that causes migranes. i have had them since i was 11years and i have tried all medicines possible nothing has work. 2 years ago my doc told me track down what i eat every day to see if that had any effect. i found that spices food, cheese, high sodium products & chocolate would trigger my headache. when i took those items off my diet i still would have really bad headaches i notice on every full moon i could never go to sleep till 5 or 6 am when it was sunrise. from their on i kept track when would me migraine attack would come and i saw the pattern with the moon’s cycle. i my headache would start around the first quarter with just little pain and it was worst at the full moon and would fade away at the last qaurter.
4:01 am on May 15th, 2006
Hi
I also have v intense headaches around the full moon. I have been suffering for the past 5 days and now it has moved into the new quarter, my headache has mysteriously disappeared. There is definitely something in it.
Glad to hear it’s not just me!
Katie
Nottingham, UK
4:38 pm on May 29th, 2006
I visited the orthopedist and he told me it was stress, the family doctor told me it was the food, the ear nose and throat doctor told me it was sinus, the neurologist charged me $1000 for an MRI and told me nothing, the dentist extracted three molars and I still have a headache for at least 5 days every month, six months ago I realized it was the full moon. I told my girlfriend about it and she is still laughing at me.
What is the solution for these full-moon-headaches? A voodoo priest? Santeria? An aluminum foil hat during full moon? Please tell me!!!!!!
Pedro Arteaga
San Salvador, El Salvador
P.S. We should found the Werewolf-headache club.
9:07 pm on January 2nd, 2007
Very interesting to run across this. I’ve had occasional migraines for years. Finally, I decided to do a journal to figure out what was triggering them. I kept track of food, sleep, etc on the calendar. After a few months I noticed the coincidence with the full moon symbol!!! Any doctor I mentioned it to just gave me an odd look. But yesterday I had a killer headache and sure enough — look at the sky!
3:24 am on March 3rd, 2007
I am another migraine sufferer experiencing full moon insomnia…it’s 2:21 a.m. I had not put the two together until I googled full moon sleeplessness and a bunch of migraine info came up. I had a migraine last night and can’t sleep tonight! Has anyone come up with any ideas to counteract the effects?
4:44 am on March 28th, 2007
Let me tell you about my husband..he doesnt suffer migrains but a personality change from a week before the full moon up untill the full moon ..then he is ok again. We have been married for nearly 30 years so I no what Ime talking about. I mark it on the calender. Normally he is a quiet, lovely man, but afew days before the full moon..which is right now in the UK, he becomes argumentative, angry, iritable,everything apart from sprout hairs, he will not leave the house for love nor money. He just totaly loses the plot. I put it down to the moons pull on the earth..it affects the tides so why not some people..after all we are made up of 90% water..so I believe. Is there anyone else out there like my hubby.
6:59 pm on June 1st, 2007
I do not think anyone is crazy. I have had Migrane Headaches since I was 17 years old. Thank God for Imitrex and Maxalt. When the moon is full I always have a full blown migrane. I woke up Tuesday morning with a headache and still battling today Friday.
11:50 am on June 7th, 2007
Joanne (9) i am just like your husband, i am usually that calmest most laid back person in the world, but full moons make me really angry at everything/nothing. Does he get headaches a few hours before thunder storms too?
4:40 pm on August 7th, 2007
I have looked at the effects of positive ions in the air and my migraines, but did not realise they were connected to the full moon. I have always been a headachy person, but the last 10 year (I’m 54) they have gone from bad to worse and I suffer migraines every week or so. I will be keeping track of the moon to see if they correspond.
But what to do about them if they do?????
1:11 am on August 27th, 2007
I live in Spring, TX and it’s 1:16am, full moon right now, and I’m suffering from if not my worst headache I’ve ever experienced in my life. Not fun at all.
5:06 pm on September 1st, 2007
I am so glad I came across this site. A fisherman friend of mine said, “I can always count on you getting a migraine on the full moon.” I, in fact had not noticed this phenomonon and yes, he was right. I can understand some people thinking this notion odd but fact is fact.
I will now try to work on a solution but I am not a scientist. I would love to be able to help others overcome this great burden.
9:04 am on September 30th, 2007
I too am very glad to have come across this site.
I have since the age of 12 suffered from migraines. My Dad gets them aswell and we often kid each other about which one of us will grow fur first when the full moon hits (kidding). I honestly don’t believe there is a “cure”, However some things I find helpful are: watching the moon cycles and monitoring my caffeine/chocolate intake, as they seem to be headache triggers for me. Meditation is quite helpful too
8:47 pm on October 9th, 2007
At last, but unfortunately, I realise I am not alone suffering with migraines for the last 20 years around 3 days before full moon and new moon times. Some signs I get the day before a migraine strikes are - sugar cravings, sore eyes, dog tired, intense hunger. This is when I start taking medication, namely Cafergot tablets which really helps. My sister also suffers this strange afflication at the same time as me.
Best wishes to all
Thanks for this interesting webpage! Feel like I am now part of an elite club!
8:55 pm on October 9th, 2007
So glad I found this website…I am not crazy after all! Always suffer with a migraine about 3 days before a full and new moon - for the last 20 years!! Cafergot tablets help a lot but I hate always having to take medication. Any other suggestions anyone? Seems like a lot of people are suffering out there. Sorry didn’t think the first comment went through so you got me twice!
8:02 pm on October 14th, 2007
I always like to help anyone I can with this dreaded complaint. One thing that gives me some relief is a wet squeezed out washer put in the microwave for around 1 min 30 secs. The hot steam on the painful areas gives some releif if only temporary. Migrasticks containing a mix of lavender and peppermint essential oil also offer some relief
Judi Heckendorf Australia
2:00 pm on January 26th, 2008
I’m a firm believer in the effects that the full and new moons have on humans. I too have noticed that I have bad headaches during these lunar phases. And unfortunately, I have seen the way that it brings out anger and violence in some people. My ex-boyfriend had that “Moon Madness” and it is not pretty at all. Now my daughter has a boyfriend that is showing the same effects of reactions to the full moon. Now she is doing her own research on this matter. I wish someone could come up with a way to help us all….. Do you know of any websites that hit on this particular subject of making humans more angry and irritated?? I would be interested to read more about it. Thanks, Melisa (Tennessee)
10:59 pm on February 7th, 2008
Well, last night was a new moon, and did I ever have a headache. Even after a Naproxen, I’m not entirely better. Like a damned psychic meat grinder.
11:30 pm on February 7th, 2008
Yeah, I felt it last night when I was doing my homework up late, couldn’t finish it and just went to bed (took awhile to fall asleep). The headache carried on the next day of my Calculas test……BLAH!!
9:28 pm on February 19th, 2008
Haaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! it’s starting again, full moon will be Feb. 21 and the pain is already here. Morfin anybody???
9:39 pm on February 19th, 2008
Yeah, I feel a little bit of a headache, like as if i was upside down with my head on the floor feeling
11:38 pm on February 21st, 2008
The headache is massive right now,UGH!!!!
9:58 pm on March 17th, 2008
Is there a full moon this week?
10:03 pm on March 19th, 2008
Willie — duh!!! Must be, because I have a damn headache. And there is this big yellow thing out there in the sky.
If you’re blind, you can find a full moon calender on the internet. Just Google “full moon 2008″
11:30 pm on March 19th, 2008
it was cloudy the past three days, only today that i actually noticed the moon, it’s almost full…….
11:42 pm on March 19th, 2008
My calendar has the full moon phases on it. But I don’t pay much attention until I have a headache.
Here’s a handy list of full moons for several years:
http://www.moonphases.info/full_moon_calendar_dates.html
This is an interesting web page about the NAMES of the full moons:
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/080118-ns-moon-names.html
4:03 pm on March 23rd, 2008
For me the full moons are always difficult. It’s not so much headaches as depression and mood swings… to the extreme. Constantly changing from one hour to the next. They start several days before the full moon and end several days after. I have a hard time concentrating on anything long enough to complete a thought. I never look at the calendar to know when the next full moon is going to happen, but I always know because of my extreme moods. I go from extreme depression and not wanting to live to anger and hating the world… everything changes from one minute to the next.
7:37 am on June 13th, 2008
Always leading up to a full moon - two or three days before or on the actual day, I get a migraine. I have mentioned this to people and they say its just a self fulfilling prophesy but there are some months when I don’t notice the moon, cloud or inside, etc. but I still get a migraine and I haven’t been anticipating it.
3:47 pm on June 26th, 2008
Yes, I suffer from Migraines as well….. And have been tracking them for years…… And about a year ago noticed that they occurred most often during the new and full moons…. So, I told my doctor… And he gave me a blank stare and then laughed…. Glad to have made his day! But of course I did…. I am a Registered Nurse…… I work with Psychiatric Patients… And we all know that Psychiatric problems are contagious, right?
Anyway…… I have been lucky so far…. Topamax 50mg has worked for me for 2 months now and with no side effects that I can tell…. Wish me luck….