It hurts so badly. I'd rather be dead. Currently, there is no medical test to diagnose migraine, but advances may be on the horizon. This discovery may prove helpful both in diagnosis and in determining what causes migraines. While causal factors remain mysterious, several theories exist.
Most experts believe that migraine has a genetic component.
Cromwell's father had migraines, and so does his son. Olsen's father and cousin suffer from migraines, and her sister has had two mild attacks. The Kudrow family is yet another example. Both Kudrow and his sister, Friends star Lisa Kudrow, have had migraines, though hers have not required medical attention. Their father Lee, one of the world's leading headache experts, suffers from cluster headaches, an extremely painful and rare form of vascular headache.