As I got ready to fill in my daily Migraine Self-Care Diary (get your own for free here) on my crowded nightstand before going to bed, I realized that I had gone 12 whole days without a migraine attack! 🙌

In a good week, I might have at least one migraine attack that I can typically treat right away without it impacting my day.

But to go nearly two weeks without any migraine symptoms was rare, even for me.

I know that migraine can be finicky and have a mind of its own.

Next week, I might have a migraine attack everyday for all I know.

But I do feel like I can give myself some credit for building up this inner migraine resilience.

My secret sauce?

I’ve felt particularly happy and content lately. 🙂

For the last month since my birthday, I’ve been going out with friends at least once a week.

I’ve been doing something physically active everyday, finding the right intensity that is challenging but not exhausting.

I’ve been attending a friend’s bellydance class again, reconnecting with my lifelong passion that has been dormant for years since Covid.

A reduction of migraine symptoms can definitely make me happier and my mood brighter.

But looking at migraine from a biopsychosocial lens, the impact of my mental health and migraine go both ways.

Less migraine symptoms can make me happier AND being happier can reduce my migraine symptoms.

The missing piece that I believe has been absent for so long in my life since emerging from the isolation of the pandemic is In Real Life social connection.

I love going out with friends and love that I finally feel like I have friends to go out with. 😅

I even tempted fate by enjoying not one, but two cocktails, last Friday night.

And I did not have a migraine attack the next day.

It felt like a miracle.

Next week, my migraine might have other plans for me.

But for now, I am enjoying just where I’m at right now. ☺️

Lots of love,

Adriane

PS So what finally broke my migraine attack–free streak? I went out for a Galentine’s happy hour with a bunch of 2nd grade mamas from my daughter’s school a few nights ago. It was lovely and I treated myself to a hard kombucha.

But… my head started to hurt by the end of the evening and I took a Ubrelvy before bed. Was it the drink? Or because I stopped taking another non-migraine-related prescription a couple days before? It shall remain a migraine mystery. Thankfully, the impact was mild and I’m feeling good now. 🙏