Check out this post on The Daily Headache, and make sure you follow the links to all the articles that Kerrie references there.
Very interesting. I wonder if the cortical spreading depression explains why inderal - which supposedly makes the adrenalin receptors in the brain less excitable - prevents migraine.
By the way, I’ve been on inderal for 77 days now, and no migraine. It’s supposed to be hot and muggy this weekend, though - not looking forward to the washed-out inderal feeling. At least I know enough to stay away from booze now, or at least limit myself to one drink, and my husband and I have plans for a movie with a friend, so there’s a couple of hours of air-conditioned bliss in our weekend.
In any case, if the choice is between feeling a little slow and tired for a few days during the summer (it’s seldom unbearable in Boston) and skipping alcohol, or losing at least half a day twice a week to migraine, it’s pretty much a no-brainer, isn’t it?
Migraine aura picture from 
Intersting comment - Inderal did nothing for me, but getting older did - at 56 I’m now down to only 2 migs per month. Food triggers were a big thing to learn, especially chocolate and alcohol. I’ve had to be alcohol-free now for almost 30 years. Hard to explain in California wine country when you work for a winery!
Try getting air conditioning in your place, if at all possible. If you are enduring a “mig” (as my hubby and I call them, affectionately !@#%&?!!), it is so much better without the heat or humidity.
Meanwhile, hang in there - have you gone to Nevada Barr’s (the author) site? She has a link to the site of her sister, an artist with migraines, and there is some interesting art.
May the Goddess Bless You and all you love.
Comment by Mary Voelker — August 23, 2007 @ 2:12 pm