My Afflation

I am currently thanking the scientists who came up with NSAIDs. And to whoever figured out that caffeine + painkillers = easing of a migraine. Today's breakfast chaser was a venti long shot flat white and 2 Aleve. The pressure in my brain has subsided enough that I feel alert for the first time all week and almost energetic enough to try this. Just skip ahead to Tom Holland at 1:44 . Why can't I stop watching this?!?!? I really can't. Having energy and clarity of thought is so energizing. I didn't realize how much energy the low-level headache I have had all week was draining me. Didn't help that I started the week slightly depleted from the weekend and it went downhill from there. And now I feel like dancing!

migranes suck. they really really really really really really really suck. going back to bed now. or to visit the porcelain god. never had one with nausea before. Ugh.

Thank Pepsi for Dew! Especially Dew slurpees... Tastiest migraine remedy yet.

It's not fair!!! I had a good day! But the sounds are starting to get to me, and the headache is coming back. Next will be light and nausea I bet. GRRRRRR

Like I figured -- everything normal. MRI Normal. At least we didn't have to pay for it.

Migraine bad MRI not so bad (what House leaves out is that MRI machines are loud!) – good thing I am not claustrophobic. I almost fell asleep. Naps good. Vicodin good Coffee good BUT MY HEAD STILL HURTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =========================================================== And a co-worker just gave me mini-acupuncture and it worked … for a little bit. Stress is NOT good.

I started the day out with a 24oz Pepsi (who needs coffee when you have Pepsi?) and then a co-worker gave me migraine medicine (which my doc tells me is basically aspirin+caffeine), then i had a Barq's root beer and I think I probably had more Pepsi somewhere along the way ... and 2 glasses of water at dinner ... and then I took a Vicodin and ... no headache, but neither am I tired!!! My hands are freezing, contributing to typos galore, but alas, it is not a sign of sleepiness :( So, I think I just need to brush my teeth, take out my contacts, and lay my little @$$ down to sleep. Though it could be that I don;t have to be at work first thing in the morning. My MRI is at 8:15 ... and Tim just offered to go with me. Ok, off to bed. Good Night all.

So, apparently a 4 day headache with no previous history of migraines in my immediate family or myself warrants an MRI. Or she could have sent me to the ER for a CAT scan, that would basically tell me if I was in immediate danger of dying or not. (After the last ER visit I am SO glad that she didn't). So I get an MRI tomorrow morning and had bloodwork done today. With my luck my bloodwork will come back normal and the MRI will reaveal (drumroll please) NOTHING. Though Tim did confirm that I grind my teeth in my sleep. So I get to make a dentist's appointment to get fitted with a mouth guard. At least it's not gingivitis ...

at least for the most part. Loud sounds still cause me to shy away in pain, but I can finally take my sunglasses off and the vice that has been around my head since Sunday seems to have gone away., I love my boss. She didn't think I was nuts for wearing sunglasses in the building and even gave me the Excedrin Migraine. I'm just sorry it took until about 3:30/4:00 before it kicked in(I took it at like 8 and headache did not get any better while at work), but I guess that makes sense ... phone ringing incessantly, bright lights, and people talking all around me. ... Going to the doctor tomorrow. I'm beginning to that think that even though I am on anti-anxiety meds, my stress level is higher than it has ever been before, I'm just not having a panic attack or mental breakdown. Migraines, receding gum line, hives, breakouts, and a back that won't stop hurting. And because my body is reacting to the stress, but not my mind ... it's a little confusing to say the least...

...is very good for migraines. I am still sound sensitive and a little light sensitive, but I think I can function at work today. I will just be speaking very quietly and maybe wearing sunglasses inside.

I've never had one before. But since last night light, sound, hurt!!! Light like stabs, even 40 watts. My headache won't go away. at first i thought it was allergies, but Allegra didn't help. Then i thought I was dehydrated, but that didn't help. By 7 last night i was burrowed under a blanket and answering Joy's every request with a yes. Tim found us in a semi-pathetic fashion when he came home. Lights off, Grease on, and me practically begging that he turn the TV off. I was so nauseous I didn't want to move. Urgh, back to bed, the light from my monitor is starting to hurt. I can function right now, but I just want to go back to my blessedly dark bedroom.  I have had friends who have those super terrible migraines. I don't want one! I hate that my body is continuing to turn against me. I wish someone had told me that a migraine felt like a hang-over, but without the fun of getting there. I think that is what makes it worse. I didn't do anything to c...