Listen to meditative music and do deep breathing. Hopefully that will help.

Since I've had migraines since I was 9, when I lived alone I lived just the same way as I do now. However, I did not own a house back then. I rented, so no yard work. And no kids, but I did have a cat, dog and gerbils so I had pets to care for. With kids it would have been hard. I worked more than 40 hours a week because I needed overtime to pay for doctor bills and allergy shots. I was not diagnosed as migraine yet, because in the 70s you had to have an obvious aura to say it was migraine. Mind you, I had an aura...AIWS. It's just not one that most doctors even knew about. Plus, I had twinkle lights in my peripheral vision, but doctors didn't count that as a aura back then either. We also didn't have any migraine medication. Not even Migraine Excedrin, so I took lots of aspirin or Tylenol, and sometimes both together because as all migraineurs will tell you, mixing those helped. Not good to do it, but it helped. Just like taking too much Tylenol used to help...but once again, not good for us! I did occasionally have phenargan suppositories for nausea and sometimes darvocette for pain, but those meds were rare and precious, so I used them rarely and for only level 9 migraines. So most of the time I was puking and living in the dark, or in bed. I worked with daily pain. I cooked, cleaned, walked the dog three times a day and did the best I could. It was hard. Still is. Thankfully I am now retired, but I still have to do all the regular things everyone else does except for grocery shopping. Hubby does that. We can't afford to eat out or pay for someone else to prep food. I cook all meals, but I freeze up leftovers for the days I am too sick to cook. For example, prior to surgery I froze up enough meals to feed us until I was healthy enough to start cooking again. At least a month worth. I do this by cooking a large meal like lasagna, eat only day one, then the rest gets put in Ziploc bags, dated with contents written on it. I can get 6-8 meals out of lasagna, so 4-6 servings get frozen. I keep a whiteboard with everything in my chest freezer and which level of the freezer it's being kept. Yes, extra work. But when I have a migraine, I won't feel like bending over digging in my chest freezer looking for something to eat. I'll know exactly which bin is holding the lasagna. It really does help if you can't afford to order out...and if you are forced to retire early, you won't be able to afford to eat out anymore.

I live alone andy best advice to you is to be by yourself if possible. Don't add any outside distraction from people. People only add to the headache. Concentrate on one thing you want to do and you really enjoy doing. I play a PlayStation game of farming. This helps me concentrate on what I'm doing instead of the migraine. Sounds weird but that's how I get through a 5 or 6 day or longer migraine. I can actually leave reality and put myself in the game. Strange but true.

I order freshly made food that comes once a week and gives me three meals a week. It's about the same price as it would be in the grocery store. There are several out there to choose from.

I've lived alone for 99% of the last 25 years and it's a whole other thing when you have a debilitating disease like migraines. Especially when you have an attack. I've spent many nights on the bathroom floor with a gallon of water beside me just so when I throw up I'm not dry heaving. I live 11 miles from the closest small towns and neither one of those deliver anything anyway! I can't do anything except eat toast or crackers or soup if I'm feeling good enough to make that. Other than that, I just always make sure I have water and meds. Thankfully, all of the 3 kinds of nausea meds I have will make you very sleepy so I usually take enough of one of those to try and sleep through most of the pain. I've slept for days like this. My dog let's me know when he needs to go out, then I'm right back in bed. It makes you appreciate the good days more.