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I don't know who of you also gets migraines...
For me,
A migraine significantly impacts how my brain functions. Speech gets more difficult, thinking my way through the simplest of tasks gets significantly harder, recalling information becomes near impossible, and most notably, the stuff going on inside my head devolves in to a garbled mess. (Even at it's most chaotic, I can normally identify what bits of songs are playing etc).
Processing sensory input also takes a nosedive.

And what is weird, at least I think so, is when it's over it's very abrupt relief. Like someone reached over and shut off the migraine switch.

There's residule fogginess after, I try not to drive for a while even after a migraine, but the rest of my symptoms just *boop* off.

My mother suffers migraines. As painful as mine are, I definitely lean heavier towards the non-pain symptoms than she does. Though she does get nausea strong enough to actually puke.

Migraines fucking suck. I'll still take a migraine over a toothache though!

Miakoda

Ah, there's the boop now!
Thank the gods!

Left side feels mucky, but the pain and nausea are gone, and huh, that's Sugar Ray playing in there.
Some lingering "pressure behind my eye", but mild.

Migraine auras are weird. I don't always get an aura, but I get flashes of light. It's like someone is taking flash photos just outside my line of sight, and I can see that even if I close my eyes.
Drives me bonkers, especially when I start getting that a long time before onset.