I get occasional migraine, and the triggers are orange food colouring, the artificial sweetener Aspartame, exhaustion, or if I go too long without food, causing a dip in blood sugar levels.

Vigilance means that I can usually avaoid these triggers, but when I do get one it puts me out of action for up to 2 days, with visial and tactlie disturbances and a banging head. Music making is certainly impossible during this as I just cannot concentrate and my coordination can go rather bizarre as well.

I have a cooling cap device called Migra-Cap. It stays in the fridge all the time and I stick in on my head when I have an attack - my OH thinks it is highly amusing, but the cooling effect is very soothing.