Episodic migraine
Support · Supportive careMay support routines, function, coping or a coexisting problem. This tag is not evidence of subtype-specific preventive efficacy.
healthdirect Australia: migraineOccupational therapy
Occupational therapy is one option discussed in migraine care. Clea explains where it sits in the treatment landscape without recommending it for an individual person.
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Which patterns is this used for?
Frequency and symptoms can overlap: someone can have chronic migraine and vestibular symptoms, for example. Choose a label to explore usual roles, not to select a treatment for yourself.
General information, not personal medical advice. Some uses are off-label or supported by limited evidence. TGA approval, PBS eligibility and individual suitability differ. Do not start, stop or change treatment without your clinician or pharmacist.
Chronic migraine
Support · Supportive careMay support routines, function, coping or a coexisting problem. This tag is not evidence of subtype-specific preventive efficacy.
healthdirect Australia: migraineMigraine with aura
Support · Supportive careMay support routines, function, coping or a coexisting problem. This tag is not evidence of subtype-specific preventive efficacy.
healthdirect Australia: migraineMigraine without aura
Support · Supportive careMay support routines, function, coping or a coexisting problem. This tag is not evidence of subtype-specific preventive efficacy.
healthdirect Australia: migraineMenstrual-related migraine
Support · Supportive careMay support routines, function, coping or a coexisting problem. This tag is not evidence of subtype-specific preventive efficacy.
healthdirect Australia: migraineUse labels are an editorial guide to the cited sources, not a clinical recommendation or an independent clinical-review badge. Each profile retains its separate review status.
Where it fits
Helps adapt work, study, routines and environments around disability.
Administration
Functional assessment and practical strategies.
What we know
Evidence is broader chronic-illness rehabilitation rather than migraine-specific drug-trial evidence.
Access
Available in Australia.
Mechanism, in plain language.
This approach does not work like a migraine-specific medicine. Its role is to change a modifiable part of the migraine context, function, rehabilitation or coping system, and its evidence should be judged against that goal.
Decide what “working” would mean.
Define the goal before judging the treatment. For supportive approaches that may be function, dizziness, sleep consistency, confidence with activity, disability or attack burden. Track the outcome that the intervention is actually intended to change rather than expecting every therapy to eliminate migraine.
Questions for the treatment conversation
- What is the goal of using Occupational therapy in my migraine plan?
- How will we decide whether it is helping enough to continue?
- What side effects or warning signs should I know about?
- Do any of my other medicines, conditions, pregnancy plans or allergies change the discussion?
- What is the current Australian access pathway and likely cost for me?
Give the next review better evidence.
Before and after a treatment change, record migraine-like days, total headache days, acute medicine days, severity and functional impact. If you notice side effects, record what happened and when rather than relying on memory at the next appointment.
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Suitability is individual.
Most useful when linked to a defined functional goal.
Clea does not recommend, start, stop or change medicines. Discuss individual treatment decisions with your GP, neurologist, pharmacist or other treating clinician.
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Compare experiences from the same pattern.
People can report a migraine frequency and a symptom pattern separately, such as chronic plus vestibular. Labels are self-reported, not independently diagnosed or verified. Groups can overlap and cannot establish that one treatment works better than another.
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