• In the modern society, about twenty percent of the population has problems with eyesight. As a result of the ageing process, it is expected that till the year

People with migraine often use self-treatment, which can lead to increased intensity and frequency of pain, affecting the quality of life and the level of fitness of these people. The study was carried out in a group of 100 people with migraine headaches, aged 19 to 67 years, who reported for the first time to the Migraine Treatment Center at the Neurology Clinic of the Medical University of Lodz. The subjects completed the SF-36 quality of life questionnaire, the MIDAS level of disability assessment questionnaire and the original questionnaire, which questions concerned pain and treatment. In the majority of subjects, a significant increase in severity of headaches was observed. All but one person were qualified for the 4th degree of disability (MIDAS): average of 88.7 points, average frequency – 22.11/90, intensity – 7.15/10. A positive correlation (r = 0.22) was found between the amount of prescribed drugs and the number of points in the Midas Questionnaire. Significant lost of points was observed in the SF-36 Questionnaire; Physical Health – 5.62/100, Somatic Pain – 30.79/100, Social Functioning – 40.35/100, Energy – 41.12/100, Functioning Physical – 44.51/100, Emotional Functioning – 49.33/100, General Functioning – 50.59/100 and Psychic Functioning – 54.38/100. Most of these values strongly correlated negatively with MIDAS score values: Physical Health (r = –0.33, p = 0.001), Energy (r = –0.42, p = 0.000), Psychic Functioning (r = –0.27, p = 0.006), Social Functioning (r = –0.45, p = 0.000), Somatic pain (r = –0.24, p = 0.017), General Health (r = –0.44, p = 0.000). The self-treatment of people with migraine, as well as visiting the primary care physician only is a very dangerous phenomenon. Improper treatment, both ad hoc or prophylactic, may lead to increase in the frequency and intensity of headaches, and over time to a change in the nature of migraine for a chronic pain. Treatment, initially effective due to overuse of ad hoc and non-prescription drugs, in the long-term it may lead to the development of medication overuse headache (MOH).