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Originally Posted by montsnmags
Although not a trigger for me, anything containing capsaicin (chillis, capsicum, etc) can often be a partial or total relief (a good Thai curry works well at this juncture). I've been known to swig a large tablespoon of sweet chilli sauce for relief, after all the usual drugs have failed. I remember reading in the New Scientist article that blood pressure can strongly be associated with migraine, so the effect of capsicum (positive or negative) doesn't surprise me.
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As mentioned, dried peppers aren't a problem. It's only fresh ones. So it isn't clear that capsicum per se is a cause.
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There are people here who will be shocked and distraught by the "chocolate" reference.  Oddly, in the last couple of years, chocolate has become a trigger for me where it wasn't before (white chocolate is less so, though too much sugar can also be a trigger).
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She can eat it, but not very much of it. She doesn't especially like it, so that's not a huge loss. I have no problem with it, but it isn't one of my favorite foods, and it doesn't normally occur to me to buy it.
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I've never noted any seafood connection, though my awareness of triggers is not thorough. I'll have to start making a migraine diary though, as they've been coming back where they'd previously left me in peace for at least a month at a time.
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The SO can't go near it. She's made noises about saying "Screw it!" and going for a lobster dinner, knowing she'll be prostrate in 72 hours with a blinding migraine. I tell her to go right ahead, abut not to expect me to be sympathetic or provide nursing services when it occurs. I'll go somewhere else for the duration. "I guess that means I shouldn't do it, then." "Right!"
We suspect that freshwater fish won't; be a problem, but haven't gotten around to confirming that by experiment.
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I once got my head stuck for 15 minutes between the railings of a railway overpass.
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Dennis carefully avoids asking "Which head?"...
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Dennis, meet gutter; gutter, Dennis. 
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Thanks, but we're old friends.
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Dennis