She suffers from migraines every day – the painkillers have made the condition worse

Leonora Mokic has suffered from migraines since she was 17 years old. When she was 27, the disease escalated and became chronic, and she was suffering from attacks every day.

“It became worse and worse, I became sensitive to sound and light and vomited a lot,” says Leonora Mejicic.

Painkillers can help

No one knows for sure what made your migraines so chronic. But what I’ve learned since then is that short-acting painkillers can trigger migraines, if used too often.

Paradoxically, it can make things worse, says Matthias Linde, a professor of neuroscience.

Now Leonora Mokic has been living with migraines, which she has suffered for 20 years. She still suffers from daily seizures, but they have subsided in recent years. Many with the help of modern medicine.

The Swede was the eighth

She is not the only one who suffers from migraines. Every eight Swedes suffer from some type of migraine. For most sufferers, a migraine means a severe headache. But one in five of those affected also suffer from what is called migraine with aura. It is a neurological symptom that usually begins with a vision disturbance, and then the symptoms can express themselves in several ways.

Stroke-like symptoms

The disease can lead to numbness, tingling or speech difficulties. Migraines can have symptoms similar to stroke, epilepsy, and MS.

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