Migraine

I just got off the phone with my much younger (and thinner) sis. We both suffer from menstrual migraines and allergies, but I just found out Walmart is a migraine trigger for her also. Weird.

well i know for me, the fluorescent lights are a stackable trigger. the noise sure doesn't help, either!

emily

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Originally posted by SassyLime9:
well i know for me, the fluorescent lights are a stackable trigger. the noise sure doesn't help, either!

emily

Both of those elements get me, and I often find that certain scents I encounter at that kind of store make it even worse, such as the strong cologne some men wear.

Diana

Not too long ago we had a thread going where we were talking about Wal*Mart. That place is a virtual trigger factory for so many of us. I try not to go there unless I really need something I can't get elsewhere, because it's always so busy, no matter the time of day. I hate crowds.

I hate Walmart. I won't shop there. Not only for trigger reasons but because I don't care for their practices.

I usually do OK at Walmart, but I can't walk under the ceiling fans. I can't stand that kind of flickering light, light shining through a ceiling fan.

Gretchen

This is a funny discussion. I can really relate.

All stores are triggers for me. Not only the fluorescent lights but the formaldehyde smell off the new clothes, the noise and confusion and sensory overload, etc. I haven't set foot in a store in years (DH does grocery shopping). I live in NYC and do all my shopping by internet -- isn't that ridiculous, the fashion capital of the world and I'm ordering from Lands End! And drugstore.com has free shipping on orders over $49 or something.

When people express surprise, I just say, "I get stupid when I go into a store."

I don't visit Walmart without putting alot of thought into going there. Like Eileen I really don't like their practices.

The lawn a garden smell in Walmart can sometimes be a trigger for me.....

Several public places trigger Meniere's attacks for me (vertigo, from the architecture) as well as Migraine attacks.

Walmart caused a friend of mine to have to quit his job working there because it was triggering his Migraine attacks. He's got Walmart Migraine stories to tell, you can believe.

Do you wear your sunglasses at night? I do and keep the blinds in my office closed and the fluorescent light off and use a table lamp instead.

Grocery stores -- nevermind the name -- cause 'premedication' in myself and my 16 yo daughter. We both premedicate before a night of shopping anywhere.

We rarely go during the day b/c of photophobia. We don't sunbathe, swim, play outdoors for any reason.

The perfect migranuers store is the internet, if you wear your sunglasses in front of the screen.

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Originally posted by Sanguine:
Do you wear your sunglasses at night?

Only if I'm at Walmart. (Which I have been avoiding lately, since the last two times I shopped there I wound up with a migraine).

I wear sunglasses outside all the time, even if it is overcast. I'm very sensitive to bright sunlight, perhaps because I have low pigmentation in my eyes. I have very light blue eyes.

Florescent lights aren't usually a problem for me, unless they are flickering.

I wear sunglasses pretty much until night. Even if it's dusk, I have them on.

Then I switch over to my 30% tinted yellow glasses.

Seriously it's like we have an arsenal for Migraines!

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Originally posted by Sanguine:...The perfect migranuers store is the internet, if you wear your sunglasses in front of the screen.

LOL I have a friend who does that!

I've got a dark glare screen and a single-terminated black tourmaline to absorb light and EMF from my laptop.

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Originally posted by Eileen Gray:...Seriously it's like we have an arsenal for Migraines!

I know I do. I've got prescription sunglasses, over-the-glasses sunglasses, sunglasses, and I don't leave home without them.

I'm ok in light unless it triggers an attack. Funny, sometimes I can look directly toward the sun (like for pictures) with no problems and sometimes the light through my eyelids is too much.

I took my profile pic of my eye last winter looking toward the sun. In the larger size, you can see the sun reflected in my pupil. Didn't even make me blink but right now, light is killing my head. Oh well.

The killer for me is not just Wal-Mart, I have to avoid the aisle at any store with the detergents. The smell is very overwhelming and triggers a migraine for me. If I HAVE to grab something in one of those aisle, I definitly do not dink around, like I am known to do.