What a Migraine
It hit me Thursday evening. Like a spike trought my left eye. Fell asleep with it, woke up with it and basically at 2pm on Friday it decided to leave. Only it didn't, not really. It knocked me on my rear so hard. I had to take the kids to the orthodontist at 4pm who's a couple of minutes away from our place but it took all my energy to do this. When we got back ... I couldn't stand. I went to bed and pretty much could not get up until about 6:30. It was awful ... couldn't even lift my head. By 8:30 I had enough energy to get into PJs and hit the sack. Got up this morning still a bit weak . But better, I was even able to do a couple of loads of laundry!
One of these days it'll get through my thick skull that I need to get on migraine drugs. I'm just psychologically against this because of all the ashtma meds I'm on ... I don't want to add another "regular" drug to my regimen. But it's so obvious that I need to. Three days, that's how much time my family and I have sacrificed to this .. and I may still not by 100% tomorrow. And that's just too much time to give up.
So I'm making a promise to myself. Next time I see my doc ... I'm asking for the meds. I'm not willing to give up days of my life anymore ... it's not fair, not to me and not to the fam.
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I know exactly how you're feeling. I call it STOLEN TIME and I used to have a lot of it. I also didn't want to take regular medication because I was already taking other meds. But since I started I haven't turned back. I still get migraines but no way near so frequent. I was getting migraines every week for up to 5 days so I felt like I was trying to crawl through a thick soup most of the time. Now with regular preventative medication I can go for a month or 2 without one and I can get away with taking just asprin as soon as I get an aura and I can usually avoid the migraine altogether. Mind you writing this while resurfacing from a horrendous one that struck me suddenly while out for Father's Day lunch...but my family are understanding.
Good luck at the doctor.
One of the other reasons as to why I've been avoiding getting on the meds is that my migraines are fairly infrequent. I get 1/mo on average. But when they knock me out like this I realize ... just how damaging these things are.
Oh sweetie, I know this pain! I too don't get them as much as I use too...but when they hit all I can do is hope to lie still in bed until they go away. Sometimes I have to work with the pain! Those times it's a miserable existence.
About the drugs...my SIL gave me some samples of Imitrex that I will gladly send you...she sent me a ton and I don't hardly use them...call me chicken. The last time I used an Imitrex shot, it made me nauseous (or maybe it was just the migraine?) but I slept for two or three hours and the bad boy was GONE! Let me know if you want me to send you a few of my samples...just so you can see if it works...or I guess you can go the safe route and ask your doctor. ;-)
HUGS for your lost time with the family!
Thanks hon! My neurologist gave me a name of medication (not Imitrex) that he thinks would be good for me ... so when I see my regular doc ...that's the one I'll ask for . So no need for the samples. But thanks for the offer!
{{{HUGS}}}
I hope you get the meds you need. If something like imitrex works for you, then you wouldn't have to take a regular medication. You would just take it at the first sign of a migraine. But whatever they prescribe you, I hope it gives you back your life. =)
The problem I have with migraines is that I can't tell when they're starting. Sometimes I get a headached, take excedrin and I'm good ... and others the excedrin doesn't work ... but the begining is the same *shrugs* I don't know.
{{{Anya}}} I can't even begin to comprehend the pain, but you have my sympathies.
*hugs*
I feel your pain and know it all too well. I hope your doctor is able to give you something to take care of things. And please share the name of the drug when you find out...I'm curious to know what my doc thinks of it. I've often thought of getting some sort of prescription for my recurring migraine problem.
*more hugs*
I hope by tomorrow you're feeling 100% again.
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