So this is fun...

[darcydodo]

I had a headache all yesterday evening. I took various things for it, eventually resorting to my migraine medicine, which helped somewhat. However, I went to sleep before taking the full dosage, because otherwise I'd have had to stay awake for three more hours.

I woke up just about three hours later, with the headache back full force. Worrying, however, that I'd need the migraine medicine later today, when a) I'm only supposed to take 5 pills in 24 hours, and b) I'd already taken three, I instead took two excedrin and two advil. So now? My headache's mostly gone, but I feel a bit nauseous. Don't know if this is residual from the headache, a result of too many mixed drugs, or something completely unrelated but instead having to do with my stomach problem.

I think I'll not go to either class today. I e-mailed my professors saying that I thought I was getting a migraine, so I'll be covered. Hopefully I can get some sleep and be nice and chipper by the time of the concert!!

On the plus side, when I woke up, the lyric wheel forum was open, so I got to post my story.

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[elemy.livejournal.com]

Poor Darcy! Big hug! Look after yourself, and good luck for the concert!

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

::hugs::

Get well pretty darn soon!

I know all about migraines, unfortunately, what with a family member thus afflicted...

[knirirr.livejournal.com]

May I ask which migraine treatment you use? I've not found any that are very effective, though I hear that oxygen may help.

[darcydodo]

It's a medicine called midren (or maybe midrin). Its main drawback is that it makes me really sleepy, so that taking it during the day kind of screws whatever plans I may have, including things like going to class.

The thing is, these may not be migraines. They could be tension headaches, or something else entirely. The doctor wasn't sure, because although I definitely have some migraine symptoms, I also don't have some of the most common ones, like the flashing lights.

[knirirr.livejournal.com]

Did your doctor mention the difference between the common and classical variants? The classical contains the "flashing light" prodrome, but the common (the boring one that I happen to get) does not - it "merely" includes pain behind one eye, nausea &c. So, it could be well be the common variant that you have (not that that helps).
I have also tried codeine, which is does not stop the pain but at least makes it bearable.

[darcydodo]

Hmm, no, she didn't; she just said that not all migraines did have the most common symptoms. She's not a specialist migraine doctor, or anything, just the run-of-the-mill that the Tang Center (student health clinic) throws at us. Very nice and obliging, but.

Yeah, the two symptoms that you just mentioned are definitely things I have. Codeine, sadly, makes me nauseous and gives me headaches, so not such a good thing to try. ;) Midrin usually works if I take the full course.

Thanks for the info.

[knirirr.livejournal.com]

It's a shame about the codeine - I've found it quite useful in general. I find that the migraine treatment available here (maxalt) makes me feel far more nauseous that I did before, and has very little impact on the pain.
One of these days I'll get an oxygen bottle and will try that. Apparently it works, and I've noticed that CO poisoning brings on migraines.

[darcydodo]

Let me know how that works for you, then. :)

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

With me, I don't get vision breakup. I tend to find that I cant concentrate, which then gets worse and worse, to a point that my memory stops working properly. I also get vision problems, in that I find it difficult to read or to look at a monitor, especially if it has a slow refresh rate (TVs are definitely a no no). The pain arrives last. Generally I take co-dydramol, which is probably similar in effect (though not content) to vicodin or percocet in the US. It tends to knock me out -- I fall asleep for a few hours, then feel much better when I wake up. Generally migraines last about a day for me, but with extreme provocation (i.e. eating a whole jar of wholegrain mustard in one go!) they can last up to 3 or 4 days.

[darcydodo]

Thankfully, no food-related migraines for me! At least, not that I've been able to deduce. And they're definitely all about the pain/nausea.

When I still wore contacts/glasses, taking them out or off, respectively, used to help at least briefly, but now, of course, I don't have that option. I knew there had to be drawbacks to being able to see. ;)

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

I am not sure whether I really am allergic to mustard. I seem to be able to eat moderate quantities OK, but as a friend put it, "eating a whole jar wasn't an allergy -- you just hit the LD50!"

I *like* mustard. Whinge!

I take it you did the laser eye surgery thing? I did that too, a couple of years ago. It worked really well for me.

[darcydodo]

I take it you did the laser eye surgery thing? I did that too, a couple of years ago. It worked really well for me.

Yup. Worked fantastically for me, too; 20/15. It's lovely. And very strange, every time I think to remember. :)