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I had a similar experience but with simple Marijuana. I was getting migraines every week for months. Specifically my eye would catch light at some strange angle and it would almost burn itself onto my retina (massive light sensitivity). I was also highly stressed at the time.

I was laying in bed with a migraine on a Saturday early afternoon. Smoked some pot (I am not a day smoker, generally pretty sober during the day) and then sat down. I just told myself that this was stupid, I live an incredible life, have a family that loves me and its all self induced and I was done with it. Forced myself to get out of bed and just started moving. Trudged my way through it that day and have not really had a migraine since. This was years ago.

I have occasionally had that initial flash of light that tells me a migraine is coming (always while sitting down to work so I know its stress related). As soon as it hits, I close my eyes and just will it to go away. Has been pretty successful. A couple of times I have had to sit there for 10 minutes for the lens flare (for lack of a better word) to go away. This has happened maybe twice a year for the last ~4 years.

Not saying its self induced / stress for everyone but this worked for me.



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