4 Ways to Cope with a Migraine 'Hangover'

You have all the symptoms of a bad hangover – waking up foggy and miserable, noise sensitivity and maybe even a pounding headache.

Except…you didn’t drink last night. It turns out, a bad hangover doesn’t just come from alcohol – you can have one from migraine, too.

Residual symptoms can linger for 24 hours or more after pain lifts, says Katherine Podraza, MD, a headache specialist with the Hartford HealthCare Ayer Neuroscience Headache Center in Mystic.

“People refer to this as a ‘hangover,’ but it’s actually the last stage of their migraine attack. This is called postdrome – it means the attack isn’t over,” she says. “Not every migraine includes postdrome symptoms, but research estimates it happens about 80% of the time and can be debilitating.”

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