Migraine Triggers

Migraine triggers or trigger factors are rarely stand alone causes for migraines but they can help to bring about an attack. Triggers are highly individual and even the most common ones may not be detrimental to you at all. We now talk about the ‘migraine threshold” when a person can build up a battalion of possible triggers throughout the day leading them over their threshold and triggering a migraine. So a stressful day at work could mean you are not hydrating properly, eating irregularly and the glass of red wine you have to unwind when you get home could send you over your “migraine threshold” and trigger an attack. So maybe reassessing your work-life balance, adopting a more healthy lifestyle and looking at stress reduction techniques and regular exercise could have better outcomes in terms of reducing your migraines in the long run.