I used to get them with far too much regularity. Now I seem to only get a few a year, and I've bumped most headaches down to just a bad regular type headache. My "regular" headaches very much correlate with the weather & spring/fall. There is something that buds out each year that I'm allergic to, that causes a migraine. I just can't be bothered to see an allergist to find out what it is - I know of 1 thing that I react to with headaches & that's canola once it's in full bloom, but there is something else in the spring. In the autumn, I think it's the uptick in mould from the leaves once they start falling & are sitting around mouldering. I have a couple of known food/drink triggers, but I stay away from them, so I haven't had a food/drink triggered migraine in years. I also am a "woman of a certain age" and so the drop off in migraines may also be attributed to a lack of hormones that used to cause problems.
One thing you can try, is vitamin B2. We only found out it's used for migraines during the past few months while our geneticist is working toward a final diagnosis for our daughter. Due to the metabolic disorder they're leaning toward, her levels of certain vitamins that would normally be produced and passed along, are very low almost to the point of being non-existent. Vitamin B2 was one of them.
During that discussion & a subsequent discussion with a GI doc, they told us, offhand, that a lot of people see a decrease in migraines by starting on B2. I got some for my son to take, as he has had migraines since he was 5. He feels it's helping. The frequency & severity have really dropped off since he started the B2.
I also got everyone a Contigo water bottle and everyone has increased their daily hydration with those. If I start to feel even the mildest bit under the weather, I increase my daily water intake, because my body likes to dehydrate super quick when I feel even a bit ill. If I'm lucky and time it just right, I can fend off the bad headaches by drinking a mug of strong coffee along with taking 2 advil liquijels. Those are the things that have worked for me/us, YMMV.
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