My Senses Trigger My Migraine

[MUSIC PLAYING] The main sensorial triggers of my migraines usually are smells, odors. For instance, some perfumes I would be wearing in the past I can't wear anymore.

Some light-- you look at luminous things and they bother you. They hurt your eyes-- as well as sound.

If I do not have a hat on or a visor, which I wear pretty much 24/7, the sun will beat me down and trigger a migraine.

I also am very easily triggered by red wine.

Smoke from cigarettes-- so I will try to avoid going to bars that people are smoking because it would trigger a migraine for me.

It's very uncomfortable because you never know-- at night, when I'm driving, I never look at the incoming headlights because I know that if I do, I might get a migraine while I'm driving.

I really avoid a lot of things. We don't have a doorbell. My phone never rings. We don't have a home phone. We don't have, really, television or cable. I don't like a lot of sounds.

And I think part of it is trying to not make it-- so be aware to avoid it but not to take over what you end up doing every day so you can live a normal life, not always obsessing about those things.