The postdrome phase is the period after the pain subsides. During this phase, some sufferers feel drained or irritable, while others are refreshed or euphoric. Some residual symptoms may persist after the pain is gone.

There are several unusual forms of migraine. In familial hemiplegic migraine, the aura involves paralysis on one side of the body; the affected person usually has a family member with the same symptoms.

Some people have a migraine aura (such as changes in vision) without headache; this type of migraine is more common in midlife or later. in ophthalmoplegic migraine, the aura includes partial paralysis of the eyes. The most severe form of migraine involves a stroke that occurs in association with the migraine.