Scott,
I am the same. If I do a lot physically, go to bed really tired then dont sleep!
I have kept a diary of the food I eat every day, for years. I went on the elimination diet years ago (beef, parsnips and rice, if I remember). It never got rid of the heads. Then, as I added foods in, the headaches got worse, but I wasnt aware at the time, of the low blood sugar problem. The diary was the best thing, I could see a pattern with certain foods, some of which you wouldnt expect. For instance, this last year, every time I eat Turkey (which is meant to be one of the better foods) next day, everytime, either really bad migraine, or vertigo. Of course, as we know, sometimes we can get away with a trigger food, until we add another couple of triggers, stress, for instance, which makes it more difficult to identify, but I found, by keeping a diary, certain foods were showing up time again. I had a blood test done to identify foods I was allergic to and it just showed up yeast and eggs. I love eggs but cant eat them.
My very first severe vertigo attack was the morning after a lot of red wine at a party. Another one, the morning after too many rum and cokes away on holiday, I stopped drinking then. Tried one large glass of wine a year ago at a rather brightly lit (no music, no entertainment) Christmas do (just because I was feeling uncomfortable sober!), got home and vertigo!
I find the “Heal your Headache” book interesting as I never realized how much stuff monosodium glutamate was in, that has made some difference.
I also have a lot of trouble with different tablets, and also vitamins. Tried loads of stuff to sleep lately, melatonin, 5 HTP, L tryptophan, the next day, dizzy.
Have you identified any foods that definitely trigger your migraine or dizziness?
Christine