Kids and Migraines and Sensory Processing Disorder

I know I’ve been focused a lot on my personal journey lately, but I’d like to report on my son’s. I wrote about him some last fall when his migraines really started up. It was a change and season and the start up of the school year. His manifested as abdominal pain to start, which is common in young kids. Sometimes he had a headache and sometime not, or just a headache.
Well, as the school year progressed it became evident to his teacher that there was something else going on too. My son, who is eight and in the second grade, has always been hypersensitive. He doesn’t like loud noise, his clothes can bother him more than usual and there are other things too that I can’t think of right now. Either way, his teacher is noticing that he has a hard time in large group and understanding verbal instruction. He does great with anything visual or written. So, we are exploring the possibility of Sensory Processing Disorder. His school, which is a private one, has a wonderful lady who comes and works with the kids that may have any learning difficulties. That has just started, so I can’t wait to see what her assessment says. I have done a lot of research online and can totally see how he fits into it.
In the past, when he was only 2 going on 3, we had a preschool try to tell us that he was autistic. Now, I don’t want to offend anyone who is or has a child who is, but that was really hard to hear. And from our own psychology backgrounds and knowing our son, we didn’t believe them. There has also been mention of ADD. Now, what it didn’t help us realize is that there is another disorder that can look like both of those or even coexsist with them. I am thankful for his second grade teacher, because she had more insight than just an assessment.
As I was doing research, I also learned a lot about myself. I was pretty much exactly like my son as a child. Even my sister can attest to that. My nephew has hearing difficulties and his school has been looking to assess anyother issues there could be. During this time and having a friend whose son has Sensory Processing Disroder, has recognize the behaviors that I exhibited as a child. I have always described myself as hypersensitive and boy can I get overwhelmed with too many stimuli happening at once.
I have contributed this sensitivity to my migraining brain. And now, with the development of my son with his migraines and sensory processing issues, I can’t help but wonder the connection between the two. Migraineurs do have excitable brains, so does that lend to the sensitivity and sensory issues?
Yesterday, I had a wonderful Cranial Sacral therapy, kind of like chiropractics and massage, but focusing on the pelvis and head. The friend I went with was describing her son just like mine with school and sensory issues, hers is now grown. But wow and he has had migraines and she is a frequent migraineur, too.
I plan on continuing digging deeper into this issue. Right now, I’m exploring diet and its effects on the brain. We all know it does. There isn’t much out there on diet for Sensory Processing Disorder, so I’ve been looking at Autism and ADHD, since they have similar traits. I’ll let you know what I find and how that can connect to the diets we need as migraineurs.

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