SleepyCatten<p>Today we learnt that there's an overlap between neurodivergence (especially autism) and migraines.</p><p>We've had several instances recently, particularly where we've pushed ourselves too far, where we've experienced what we thought were neurodivergent <a href="https://youtu.be/5j_p36k1Q20" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">verbal shutdowns</a>, as we're AuDHD.</p><p>We'd experienced such things for at least a couple of decades, even before our ASD diagnosis (still waiting on the ADHD one though). We previously attributed it to normal fatigue. Then we'd describe it as a language centre collapse (or a full batting collapse).</p><p>However, it was never clear why painkillers like ibuprofen lysine or naproxen (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonsteroidal_anti-inflammatory_drug" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NSAIDs</a>), paracetamol, or codeine phosphate always helped to both prevent or alleviate symptoms.</p><p>Warning signs for us have typically been: </p><ul><li>Increasing pain in middle of forehead or above eyes </li><li>Increased light sensitivity.<ul><li>We've often had to wear our prescription sunglasses to keep working.</li></ul></li><li>Feeling more fatigued and finding it difficult to focus. </li><li>Finding it harder to understand spoken or written language.</li><li>Slurred speech and difficulty writing.</li><li>Making silly errors and typos.</li></ul><p>Once it gets fully going, symptoms include: </p><ul><li>Aphasia.</li><li>Trouble with body coordination. </li><li>Partial or total verbal shutdown. <ul><li>One time Evie couldn't even think coherent sentences, so our headmate Hannah told us what to write to communicate with our wife.</li></ul></li></ul><p>All this time, we'd been thinking this was solely a neurodivergent overload issue. But now we've found out it might actually be some form of migraine, sand this is potentially something we can get meds for (such as <a href="https://migrainetrust.org/live-with-migraine/healthcare/treatments/gepants/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gepants</a>.</p><p>We intend to book an appointment with our GP about it to investigate further, as it's happening increasingly often, especially since we entered AuDHD burnout. </p><p>For further context, headaches are common in our family and our sister has migraines with auras.</p><p><a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergent</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/neurodivergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergence</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/AuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuDHD</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/VerbalShutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VerbalShutdown</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/migraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migraine</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/AuDHDBurnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuDHDBurnout</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/NeurodivergentBurnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeurodivergentBurnout</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/gepants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gepants</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/NSAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSAID</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/codeine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>codeine</span></a></p>