Your migraine at home
Here are some easy steps you can take at home to help prevent a migraine attack:
- Try to drink 1 - 2 litres of water each day. Dehydration can be a key trigger for an attack.
- Make sure that you don't go longer than 3 or 4 hours without food during the day, or 13 hours overnight. Breakfast is a really important meal and other additional snacks during the day help to keep your blood sugars steady.
- Have a good night's sleep (at least 8 - 10 hours a night) - tiredness can trigger a migraine attack.
- Take a break after 45 minutes of TV, games console or using your computer. The eye strain and / or flickering of the screen can trigger an attack. Make sure you don't do this for more than 3 hours a day and stop at least an hour before you go to bed.
- Fresh air and exercise are important so try to play some sports regularly with your friends.
If you are in pain, talk to your parents / carers about taking some painkillers such as paracetamol and ibuprofen. Painkillers are best taken as soon as you start to get a headache.
Information for you at home
Click on the links below to download information to help your migraine at home:
- Adventure booklet - learn more about migraine.
- Migraine diary sheets - these can be used to write down all your migraine symptoms and will help you to identify your triggers. Your migraine diary will also help your doctor when you go for appointments.
- Plan of action sheet - you can write down things you need to remember to help manage your migraine.
- Migraine chatterbox game - create your own story and help your friends understand what happens when you have a migraine.
- Toby Tortoise's word search - see if you can find Toby Tortoise and his friends in this word search
- Migraine Snakes & Ladders - every migraine is different; there are things that help, things that don't help, and things that can cause them. Each snake and ladder will help you to learn more about migraine triggers and lifestyle tips.
- Fundraise for Migraine Action - get involved and raise awareness of migraine. (coming soon).
- Get your migraine story in a newspaper - if you would like to talk to the media about your migraine, become a media volunteer by filling out this form.
- Join Migraine Action - become a member and get all the latest news. This is free to migraineurs under 18 years.
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