Whether or not you have auras, you may have one or more sensations of premonition (prodrome) several hours or a day or so before your headache actually strikes, including:

• Feelings of elation or intense energy
• Cravings for sweets
• Thirst
• Drowsiness
• Irritability or depression

Migraine headache signs in children:

Migraine headaches, sometimes begin in childhood, adolescence or early adulthood and may become less frequent and intense as you grow older. Children as young as age 1 can have these headaches. In addition to physical suffering, severe headaches often mean missed school days and trips to the emergency room, as well as lost work time for anxious parents.

Children's migraine headaches tend to last for a shorter time. But the pain can be disabling and can be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, lightheadedness and increased sensitivity to light. A migraine headache tends to occur on both sides of the head in children, and visual auras are rare. However, children often have premonition signs and symptoms:

• Yawning
• Sleepiness or listlessness
• A craving for foods such as chocolate, hot dogs, sugary snacks

Children may also have all of the signs and symptoms of a migraine headache — nausea, vomiting, increased sensitivity to light and sound — but no head pain. These "abdominal migraines" can be especially difficult to diagnose.

The good news is that some of the same medications that are effective for adults also work for children. Your child doesn't have to suffer the pain and disruption of migraine headaches. If your child has migraine headaches, talk to your pediatrician. He or she may want to refer your child to a pediatric neurologist. Remember if your a parent and you do not suffer from migraine headaches look for these signs, sometimes they can be really obvious or they can not.