So I am on 32 days sober, and am noticing more intense migraines. I have just looked up PAWS (post acute withdrawal symptoms) and have heard they can last up to a year or more… Anyone else dealing with these?
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Hmm. I’ve been battling a borderline migraine all day 
I try not to take much OTC medication to be nicer to my body but today I had to, and it didn’t even touch it! I’ve been blaming it on the full moon bc, my whole life, anytime I got a headache it almost always was a full moon.
I’ve never really looked into PAWS before, but it does make sense. While I was drinking I very rarely got headaches. Not even with hangovers. I’m 8.5 months sober and feel like I’ve had more headache days than not. I actually hope PAWS is the cause bc that means they might go away eventually🤞
All in all, these headaches are still much more manageable than being hungover every single day so I’m just gonna put up with them in hopes they get sorted out. I hope yours do too 
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PAWs yes, but without headaches. In my experience, it was fairly mild and pretty much went away after a few months. It came in random waves, each incident less intense than the previous.
Sudden migraines can be serious, if it’s a new thing, def get checked out by a doc.
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I don’t really have headaches, but I’m still very tired. Like full body tired, and having trouble finding the energy to do extra things other than work and meetings.
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there are lots of sharings and some good threads on PAWS, you can look it up in the search function
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