{"id":2064,"date":"2026-05-14T08:51:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2026-05-14T08:51:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:51:50","slug":"training-for-a-half-marathon-was-not-straightforward-just-like-my-journey-with-migraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=2064","title":{"rendered":"Training for a half marathon was not straightforward, just like my journey with migraine."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>My first migraine attack happened when I was 14 years old and in school. My hand and mouth became numb, I had an intense headache, and I didn\u2019t know what was happening. Nowadays, I can go up to six months of not having a migraine attack and then have a period of having migraine symptoms daily.<\/p>\n<p>My symptoms begin with blurry vision, it\u2019s as if glass has shattered and I can\u2019t read things. When this happens, I take painkillers early to manage my symptoms, but I still experience aura. I\u2019m lucky in that if I catch it early enough, I can treat my symptoms with basic painkillers.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, my migraine attacks can come on suddenly, for example, when I\u2019m looking after my kids. When this happens, I need to take time out and sit in a dark room. When this occurs, I\u2019ve had to stay in bed for the rest of the day and not interact with anyone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/migrainetrust.org\/training-for-the-london-landmarks-half-marathon-was-not-straightforward-just-like-my-journey-with-migraine\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first migraine attack happened when I was 14 years old and in school. My hand and mouth became numb, I had an intense headache, and I didn\u2019t know what was happening. Nowadays, I can go up to six months of not having a migraine attack and then have a period of having migraine symptoms daily. My symptoms begin with blurry vision, it\u2019s as if glass has shattered and I can\u2019t read things. When this happens, I take painkillers early to manage my symptoms, but I still experience aura. I\u2019m lucky in that if I catch it early enough, I can treat my symptoms with basic painkillers. Sometimes, my migraine attacks can come on suddenly, for example, when I\u2019m looking after my kids. When this happens, I need to take time out and sit in a dark room. When this occurs, I\u2019ve had to stay in bed for the rest of the day and not interact with anyone. Source link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-migraine-headache"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}