The_Diamond_Z

I'm travelling soon with someone that suffers migraines, and I'm doing my best to learn what to do...but I don't see many options for air travel.

I was surprised to see that noise-cancelling headphones might actually be a trigger (something about the warmth).
For migraine sufferers out there, what do you do if a migraine hits while on a long flight?

GUWonder

The same thing that people do when a migraine hits while at home, work or elsewhere: rest and/or take the migraine-treating medicine.

Different people have migraines seemingly triggered by different factors from other migraine sufferers, and noise-cancelling headphones don't seem to be a general cause of them as far as I know from the relatives with these.

Stress and other things that increase blood pressure probably come with increased risk of more/worse migraines. And so one way to try to reduce the chances of a bad migraine hitting or having more of them during trips is to hydrate well and do things that reduce stress such as pad enough time for the stuff that can hit during trips and be more in the mood of the "don't worry, be happy" type.

redblaze

I agree that sometimes noise canceling headphones/earphones might be a trigger, just based on my own experience. But I am not sure about the reason, maybe wearing it for too long just made my ears uncomfortable, as I prefer in-ear devices. The only way I find that might be helpful is to remove the earphones and close my eyes resting a bit. Not really much can be done otherwise.