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Migraine attacks are rarely caused by one thing. Attacks are caused by your brain crossing a threshold. I like to explain this using the migraine cup theory. Imagine your brain has a cup. Everything that stresses your nervous system pours something into it. 🧠 Poor sleep 🧠 Hormonal changes 🧠 Stress (even “good” stress) 🧠 Skipped meals 🧠 Weather shifts 🧠 Sensory overload 🧠 Screens, light, sound 🧠 and many more things None of these alone may cause a migraine attack. But when enough of them
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