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Not everyone will have a âtypicalâ migraine. There are different types of migraine that involve different symptoms. The most common symptoms of a migraine attack include throbbing headache, sensitivity to light and noise, nausea (feeling sick), vomiting (being sick) and lethargy (lack of energy). Migraine attack stages or phases.
Typical episodic migraine lasts from hours to several days. However episodic migraine can turn into CHRONIC MIGRAINE (transformed migraine) in many patients. Chronic migraine is characterized by headaches more than 15 days a month with at least 8 of the headaches having migrainous symptoms. Often other conditions are present: anxiety, depression, panic, fibromyalgia and sleep disorders. In brief: Usually 4-72 hours.