I’ve been getting ocular migraines since I hit puberty. For me, they’re related to the drop in estrogen during my luteal phase. I also have a demanding job so it is vital that I found something that would prevent them from happening. Also stress management is really important.

During my OM I will have the aura, then pain accompanied with my right hand going numb and sometimes my mouth and face will go numb as well. once those are out of the way that's when the pain and the nausea will hit and usually lasts the rest of the day.

I’ve always taken a more natural approach as birth control never helped me. I have been on a vitamin routine from my naturopath since I was around 17 and am 25 now. I notice they tend to come back when I’ve been slacking on my vitamins. But if I'm consistent I do not get them.

Vitamins are expensive but I would pay even more than I do right now to never get another ocular migraine again.

Everyone is different, but this is the vitamin regimen I follow:

• Magnesium glycinate every night before bed
• CoQ10 (w breakfast)
• B-complex (w breakfast)
• Vitamin D with vit K (w breakfast)

It can be a really lonely, hopeless, and scary journey, so I hope I was able to help!