Migraine and depersonalization disorder

I just came across this article when doing a depersonalization search. I thought some people might be interested.

Migraine and depersonalization disorder
CM Cahill; KC Murphy
Cephalalgia, August 2004, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 686-687(2)
Blackwell Publishing

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I feel like my DR ties into the symptoms of an occular migraine. And then once every few years I get blind spots which last for about an hour. When I was a teenager I use to get a lot of anxiety about the aura of a migraine and then subsequently get very ill, vomiting, etc. I feel like in my case the occular migraine and derealization are only different manifestations of a similar process. I learned when I was a teenager to just not panic about the migraine because I knew if I did it would get worse. However, if I just let it be, it would clear up somewhat quickly. Interesting how panicking about DP makes it worse as well. I wonder if some people get migraines for the same reason they get DP and DR. The strange thing I have noticed with my occular migraine is that I am usually in a really good mood right before the aura appears. Anyone else?

rob said:

I for one would be interested to know how many people were megraine sufferers before they got dp/dr - might put up a poll on this question.

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I started getting migraines about 6 months to a year after my DP/DR started. They don't bother me much now. Unless the DR is related.