[raffy]

I get frequent migraines and they almost always correspond to physical transitions: hot-cold temperature changes or bright-dark.

I can reliably induce a migraine by looking at alternating black-and-white lines. I have never experienced more than one migraine in a 24-hr period.

For treatment, I've always used a combination of early identification (sudden awareness of own body temperature gradients) plus quick caffeine and marijuana supplementation.

When I was younger, the aura was short and the primary issue was the debilitating, long-lasting headache.

For the last 5 years or so, I only get the headache-part maybe 25% of time. In exchange, the auras have become instantly debilitating, nauseating, and almost incapacitating. My vision goes from normal, to mangled, to "I can see-but-not-comprehend" what I'm looking at. After some time, the aura lightshow slowly moves offscreen and then I feel fine again.