A regular schedule for sleep is necessary if fatigue precipitates attacks. Fatigue may become exaggerated at times of weather change. Women with a history of migraine headaches should avoid oral contraceptives. Your health care provider can suggest alternative forms of birth control. It is a myth that only women get migraines.
Men do suffer from migraine headaches.
However, migraines occur in women about four times as often as in men. It is also a myth that all bad headaches are migraines. There are many causes for headaches. A tension headache can be as painful as a migraine. People who have head pain should have a medical evaluation.