Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms in Migraine with aura and without aura - A Comparative Study

Dr. Arpit Koolwal; Dr. Sushil Rohiwal

Volume : VII, Issue : V, May - 2018

Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms in Migraine with aura and without aura - A Comparative Study

Dr. Arpit Koolwal, Dr. Sushil Rohiwal

Abstract :

Psychiatric symptoms, such as anxiety, depression and obsessive compulsive symptoms are seen more in migraine patients than general population with some research suggesting higher comorbidity in migraine with aura than migraine without aura. Establishing of these symptoms is important in terms of successful management. The aim of the study was to compare the levels of obsessive–compulsive symptoms between migraine with aura and migraine without aura and to detect the relationship of the levels of these disorders with duration of disease and frequency of the attacks. Thesample of 30 migraine patients was included in the study out of whom 19 patients were of migraine without aura and 11 were migraine with aura.Migraine diagnosis was made by psychiatrist trained in treating headaches and OC symptoms were evaluated by means of the Yale–Brown Obsessive Compulsive Screening Scale. All 30 patients were diagnosed as per new international classification of headache disorders (ICHD–III) criteria and were selected as per inclusion and exclusion criteria and after well informed written consent. It was found that among the patients of migraine with aura, most of them had sensory type of aura. Most of the patients out of the total sample were also found to contain obsessive and compulsive symptoms out of which contamination obsession and cleaning compulsion were most common.