Migraines

[placeofinsanity]

Migraines let's talk about them.

I've had five this week alone, it sucks and I'm starting to think I have a tumor or some sort of damage.

But I lost my job and my health insurance so I have no way to get this shit looked at.

Guess I have to suffer through.

/whine & #medicalbullshit

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Comments

[geekechik]

I've been suffering from migraines since I was 15 and I'm 34 now. There's been years where I had maybe one or two headaches. Lately, they're almost a weekly occurrence. But because I'm taking narcotic pain medication for an injury I can't take migraine meds at the same time. I have to choose one pain over the other. It sucks.

For several years I didn't have health insurance either and could only use OTC medicines to treat my headaches. Advil Migraine did nothing. Excedrin Migraine helped a bit but not consistently. BC or Goodies are hard to swallow when you're half a second from puking your guts up (if you aren't already). Soft gel ice packs and a cold, dark room are what got me through the worst of them. I also use biofeedback therapy, a sort of self-hypnosis, to help ease the tension in the rest of my body so that I can sleep the headache off.

I think sixthbrightest is on the right track though. My worst migraines usually coincide with my cycle - or episodes of high stress. After almost two full decades of this crap I can sympathize 100% with your situation.

I hope you feel better soon.

*hugs*
The Geek

[placeofinsanity]

Well, when I had health insurance I went to my PHP and told her that I had brain-spliting migraines, and she said "keep a migraine journal" which is how we figured out that I had certain allergies to certain foods which gave me migraines. I've gone through a lot of medications for them, all the OTC stuff (excedrin helps the longest but I'm starting to get used to it). That's my problem, I take a medication long enough and its like I build up a tolerance and I need to take more or stop taking it entirely because it stops helping.

Sleeping the headache off works, but unfortunately I'm also an insomniac and if I nap for too long in the afternoon, I will not sleep at bedtime. (I worked over nights for this reason alone.) So like, my everything sucks right now.

As far as I know, its not cycle induced, although I am coming up on it right now, but its 4-5 migraines a week... EVERY week.

Thank you for the suggestions of the cold pack, I haven't tried that before.

*hugs*