Question about optical/ocular migraines?

Question

I'm 11 weeks pregnant and have noticed a substantial increase in ocular migraines. I've gotten them before so I do know that what I'm experiencing is indeed an ocular migraine but I used to only get them once or twice a year. Since becoming pregnant I've gotten then at least once a week. I'm in the last stages of a real good one right now. I'm wondering if anybody knows of anything that can be done, aside from medications, to help stop ocular migraines when they first start before they get to the point of completely taking over one or both eyes?

Answer 1

Away from medications?  

(Which tend to be of idiosyncratic value: simple aspirin helps for some, paracetamol helps for some...etc.)  

While the most common recognised migraine trigger is simple stress and fatigue, and that should be reduced, as far as life allows, there is a definite link in some women to the menstrual cycle and changing oestrogen levels. If oestrogen is a factor here, due to the pregnancy, there may not be an easy work-around.  That would need medical advice.

I'm a two-a-year migraine person, too, except when badly stressed when it can get to three a week.