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originally posted by: johndeere2020
originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: johndeere2020
I also suffer from migraines with an aura.
I have diabetes and have noted a direct correlation between hypos and migraines.
I also have found that, for me, heat is a trigger.
I seem to have a higher metabolic rate when afflicted and my wife comments that I radiate heat, but otherwise don't show other fever-like symptoms.
In New Zealand, we have volcanic hot pools and every time I have partaken of a soak in the hot pools, I have afterwards suffered severe migraine. The heat and the sulphur smell are strong triggers.
I barely had migraines (only one or two) when I lived in NZ for two years.
Cold climate definitely helps a lot! I only took a dip in the hot pools of Rotorua twice which smelled like sulfur, one in "kerosene creek".
Then I got booted out of NZ, Immigration says I'm not qualified (skilled) enough to renew my visa.
Back to my home in the Philippines hot as hell compared to NZ, I was having migraines twice a month!
I think when I went to NZ my body adapted to the cold climate so when I returned to my hot and humid cold country, my migraine problems worsened.
originally posted by: chr0naut
Yeah, I'm an immigrant here in NZ. Originally from sunny Sydney, and have had far fewer and milder migraines here in NZ.
Cooler climate, less constant stress (have had a few ups & downs,though) and a quite 'rural' lifestyle!