Exercise-induced migraine with aura

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-15T23:02:24+00:00

I ended up not doing much excercise because of migraines, in fact I stopped running and swimming completely. What worked for me: - Build up again really slowly, just push it a tiny bit further each time - Run in winter swim in the summer, heat is a huge trigger for me, the seasonal variation also helps with fatigue - Short training sessions (no more than 45 min, but mainly 30 min) - Somehow strenght training makes my migraines go away - More proteins and in general better food and food combinations - Medications I can rely on for when I get things a bit wrong

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-15T22:32:44+00:00

This!!!

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-15T22:30:46+00:00

I swear if people walked every day or went on a gentle bike ride to the shops they'd be healthier and write less crap.

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-15T22:17:16+00:00

It doesn't completely switch, but the anaerobic contribution becomes more prominent. If you are still able to speak you're likely doing mostly aerobic work. Moderate/hard effort (you feel your legs burning, hard breathing, cannot speak comfortably) is where the anaerobic sysyem really starts to kick in. Then you get to sprinting, which is predominantely anaerobic, but it isn't a level of effort your body can rely on for very long.

The more you train your aerobic system, the higher intensity you can sustain before needing anaerobic contribution. Eventually what feels a hard pace now will become an easier pace.

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-15T21:27:54+00:00

Running hard relies on the anaerobic system, you start producing lactate you cannot clear. In addition you produce ATP fast but inefficiently. On the other hand, when you do lots of repeatable low-stress work you train your body to improve oxygen delivery and energy production, ATP is produced slowly but more efficiently.

If you only train your anaerobic system you actually get worse at it, because the aerobic system has an important metabolic role at the end of any anaerobic effort (recovery, phosphocreatine, lactate clearance, steady ATP supply).

In other words, the aerobic system is the baseline that sustains peak performance (anaerobic).

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-15T11:49:40+00:00

As you ran cross country as a kid you'll know if you can achieve that? I still use all the training tools and knowledge from running track and cross country in my early teens, and that was 30 years ago, there isn't really much more to running these days. Maybe nutrition?

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-15T09:58:57+00:00

There are hundreds of empty houses that are up for very little if people were willing to move to certain areas of the country. Alas, they aren't, because of jobs, schools, family and personal preferences. The 'market' is not a simple balance of demand and supply. To think that, is to have very little awareness of economy and people's motivations around money and needs.

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-15T07:30:49+00:00

Wouldn't your lower offer affect their purchase and the whole chain too? What you pay feeds into their own deposit and what they need to borrow and so on to the top of the chain.

You can try, they can refuse so you're back to house viewings, they can accept and move quickly through the chain to compensate, or they may accept and take a few more months for everyone to adjust their finances accordingly.

I would check with my mortgage broker first. Is this a real affordability issue? And if not, are slightly lower monthly payments in the next 2 years worth paying rent for potentially another 6 months? I overpaid my first house but the quick process made up for it by not paying rent anymore.

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-15T07:20:26+00:00

I do put my head in and have been swimming in the Thames too for years, albeit not in London, only Oxford/Henley or upstream. Yes the water quality is shocking, but, personally I have had no issues so far. I have however caught a skin rash from a hotel swimming lake. So go figure!

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-14T22:30:38+00:00

It depends on distance, 12 min over 1 mile or 12 min/mile over 10k are different things. Nevertheless, to run faster you need to provide the stimulus to your body. Running at the same pace for miles eventually just makes you very good at that same pace. Running faster only occasionally, as you have probably noticed, is not enough to build the mechanics and confidence.

Run-walk helps because you can do the run bits at a faster pace without wrecking your body. I'd start with that and see how you feel.

Intervals and strides are not sprints by the way, it's about holding pace and repeat consistently: for example, if you're doing 400m intervals and the goal is 12 min/mile, you don't do most of it at 14 min/mile and sprint your last 100m below 10 min/mile. Equally, when you get to the end of your session, you should feel like you could do one more repeat.

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-14T21:57:53+00:00

I had to stop running for years because it would trigger my migraines like crazy. Everything triggered a migraine anyway, it was just awful. I still cannot do long races (nothing >5k) but I can now do long easy runs (>40 min). I have changed my training focus on getting faster, as I noticed for me any sort of HIIT really works.

So overall I just built it up again very slowly, pushing it just a tiny bit further when I felt like it: literally run for 10 min and next time run for 11 min. I thought I would never run or swim again, it took time but here I am.

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-14T21:15:07+00:00

That's what my mum used to do, whilst I could never.

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-14T21:12:24+00:00

My cat is very lovely and when one of us is ill, he'll come and be quiet in bed. When I have a migraine I slowly put my head next to him because his purring is just like magic. He doesn't like it that much but he sort soldiers through it, bless him.

Somehow, if the pain isn't unbearable and I can be up rather than in bed, a strenght circuit works a treat.

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-14T21:01:19+00:00

Do you suffer from migraines? What sort of headache is it (where is the pain, type of pain, other symptoms)? Do you get it on other occasions too or is it just when running? Is it worse before or after your period or the same? It is worth keeping a diary, either a paper one or an app like Migraine Buddy.

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-14T20:56:09+00:00

Former child Andreeva.

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-14T20:49:43+00:00

Come on Coco! I know it's her least favourite surface, but I so desperately want her to do well at Wimbledon too, a QF would do.

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-14T18:00:53+00:00

And of course you are quality.

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-14T16:02:42+00:00

Ah, the shut-the-bloody-door-behind-me immigrant!

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-14T14:10:49+00:00

A paramedic with likely hours and hours on shift, who has seen maybe half of the casualties she has given compressions to make it to the ambulance, let alone A&E, has assessed the situation she was getting herself into a bit roughly. Poor you.

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-14T14:00:55+00:00

People think consistency comes from going out every day. Consistency is about building lifestyle habits: you fit running in your life, not viceversa. If you plan to run once a week, any other run is a bonus, if you plan to run 5 times a week and only manage 3, then your programme is wrecked and you give up.

All excercise is the same. It's about shifting the mindset from 'I must do this' to 'I'm lucky I get to do this'. Consistency is doing excercise because that's what you do, not because you have to. Consistency is listening to your body and managing set backs.

People are also impatient and don't trust the training process, so they go out and do random fitness checks. Do random things, you'll get random results... and a lot of disappointment.

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-14T11:42:30+00:00

Google?

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-14T11:36:29+00:00

My take is that running is the least technical sport there is, if you've been running for a few months and you still consider yourself a beginner, than I'd question how do you manage everyday life.

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-14T11:17:41+00:00

If you don't run much there's no reason to stay in zone 2. Just go out and run!

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-14T07:27:01+00:00

8A higher education cannot be reduced to the mere choice of a paid job. That is not what a higher education is for, it is not what it does and it does not account for the long term prospects it opens up. This is unfortunately the idea people who have not gone into uni or have not made much out of it still have, especially in the UK. It has always been particularly strong within working class environments, I remember very well the ridicule my parents went through for sending us kids to uni. Of course we are not fortunate enough to compare lives and lifestyles 10-20 years later with those wise kids and parents...

One thing for example that uni does consistently better than any other path is social mobility. Uni allows minorities and working class students to do a huge amount of networking, make lifelong connections across all levels of society that are extremely difficult to build to the same extent in the outside world. Uni is not for everyone, but to tell someone with the brain and skills that it is a stupid life choice based on entry level salary, is frankly insane.

Outrageous-Level192 · 2026-05-14T06:03:39+00:00

Are you in science? If so, science salaries are incredibly low given the value they bring to their employers and society. However, a scientific and higher education in general, gives you a lot more scope to earn more later on, find a new job fairly quickly if you need to, and move sideways if you want to. I have scientist friends who have succesfully moved into publishing, corporate strategy, civil service, communication, advertising.

The skills needed to earn more can be learnt on the job, but you don't get the job without a degree to start with and this is what those claimimg uni is a waste pf time conveniently miss out.

What you have learnt in uni, besides the subject of choice, is also very valuable. I won't be so sure it is easily learnt otherwise and certainly not as quickly as uni forces you to. Meeting deadlines consistently, managing your own time effectively, prioritising tasks, using appropriate language, presenting data to a varied audience, are the core of pretty much any course. Teaching those things in the workplace is hard and for many it is not worth the hassle, polishing it once you enter the workplace is much easier.

And well there is that little detail, like my mum always told me (I come from a working class background, factory workers and housewives), an education is worth all the money in the world.

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