It's been some years since I've developed flight migraines.
Around 30 minutes before landing, when the plane starts descending, I get a sharp pain in my head.
It's usually located behind my eyes and my eyebrows.
I noticed this started happening at least five years ago; I was 27-ish years old at the time. It took me a while to understand the triggers for the pain.
With time, I figured out a way to prevent the migraines all-together. I realized altitude ascension was no issue at all. Maintaining altitude was no issue either. It was all happening by the end of the flight.
This lead me to believe my migraines had to do with the change in atmospheric pressure. The solution, for me, and it has worked every time since I've started, is to use silicon ear-plugs. You put them in when the pilot announces you will soon arrive, and that's it.
Such a relief!
I've read online that flight migraines are a somewhat new phenomenon; with reports occurring only since the early 2000s. There are little to no studies, yet more and more people are realizing it's happening to them as well.
Could it be millennials and gen-z are over-represented in these flight migraines? Is their way of life conducive to this new ailment? Do electronics or phones have anything to do with it? Do babies and children yell in the plane when it lands because they too feel a strong headache or migraine?
In any case, thought I'd write a short post about it here, and hopefully this may help someone.