Useful Migraine Pain Scale guide
March 9th, 2008 . by Peter
Like many migraine sufferers, i follow scale of 1 to 10 to rate the intensity of my headaches, where 1 is tolerable, and 10 is the most painful event imaginable. Here are the categories:
Scale Description
1-2: I can still do my work and tasks and can still talk properly.
3-4: I cannot work properly and I tend to look for a quiet place to relax.
5-6: A very agonizing headache. Cannot concentrate. Cannot work even the simplest of tasks.
Physical activities like walking makes pain even more excruciating.
7-8: I lie face down in a quiet room. Turning to the other side makes me feel like my head is crushed.
9: I am crying very hard because of the pain.
10: Indescribable pain. Makes me catatonic but with a war going on inside my head.
Looking back, I thought these were mere sinus headaches because that’s what my mother told me but somehow I have a feeling .
