Moods that predict coming migraine headaches
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain
- Vol. 20 (4) , 385-396
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3959(84)90115-5
Abstract
The relationship between mood change and migraine headache has often been reported anecdotally, but these observations have not been followed up empirically. Seventeen migraine sufferers recorded headache occurrence and intensity using 10 mood indicators 3 times daily for periods ranging from 21-75 days. Headaches were correlated with mood states during the headache and for periods ranging from 12-36 h prior to the headache. Feelings of constraint and fatigue produced the highest correlations with headaches. The ability to predict migraine episodes from mood changes offers possibilities for controlling headaches and lessening their impact on patients'' lives.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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