It usually starts as a throbbing pain just behind the right eye and spreads to a consistent intense pain on that side of my head and then the nausea comes. And that’s me on the couch for the rest of the day, eyes shut, cool compression and waiting for the pain and nausea to disappear.

Along with 35 million Americans, I suffer from migraines. I don’t get them as often as I used to and I know my triggers – lack of sleep, too much red wine and stress. Migraines are slightly different for every sufferer – some get a preceding aura, others sense a strange light or unpleasant smell. The headaches can centre in different areas and some get abdominal pains.

The fact is that the exact cause of the migraine remains unknown. Recent news that a drug used to treat epilepsy, called Topamax, can also be used to prevent migraines, cutting back the recurrence of migraines by about 45% on average, proves that the medical community is still working on finding the right prescription drug to completely alleviate migraines.

Given there are so many Americans suffering from migraines, there’s lots of interest in learning more about the condition. Here are my top picks of trustworthy sites that provide information about migraines:

1. Wikipedia

Wikipedia has an extremely detailed page on the topic of migraines, providing information on what they are, how they occur, how they are diagnosed, the different kinds of migraines, treatments, studies and more. It is obvious that a group of medical experts have contributed and updated this page to keep it current.

Wikipedia migraine page

2. Neurologychannel

The neurologychannel provides all the information you’ll need about migraines in a very logical way.

Neurologychannel migraine page

3. everydayHEALTH

Our partner site, everydayHEALTH, has a number of great pages on migraine worth checking out. They cover what migraines are, the triggers, the anatomy of an attack, treating migraine headaches and a page worthy of a special mention: the migraine menu.

It’s a list of foods and additives that have been known to trigger migraines. For new migraine sufferers this is a great list to use to determine what, if any, foods trigger their specific migraines.

everydayHEALTH migraine menu

4. HealthCentral

Another of our partner sites, HealthCentral is also a phenomenal resource for information on migraines. In addition to the great written content, this site also includes educational videos and a weekly migraines podcast, called MigraineCast, on the topic.

HealthCentral migraine page

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