Migraine blues

[selenay]

So I haven't done any of the stuff that I had planned for this morning thanks to a lovely migraine attack. Bleh.

I woke up at 6.30am this morning with a raging headache, which wasn't too weird because I went to bed with a slight headache and sometimes they get worse with sleep. As usual, I took some co-codamol and went back to sleep because 90% of the time that does the trick.

My alarm went off at 8.15am and I snoozed it a few times before finally admitting defeat, sitting up and thinking "crap, now I'm nauseous too". Unfortunately because I had taken co-codamol two hours before, I had to wait before taking Migraleve. So I got up, had a shower (moving very slowly) and tried to force some breakfast down. Took the Migraleve at 10am (yes, half an hour early, I was desperate) and the Quaker guy called almost immediately afterwards.

The good news is that we have got everything sorted out on that front, so I'm feeling happier.

I tried to drink some coffee but that proved to be too much, so I made a dash for a quiet, dark bedroom and slept for a few hours.

Thankfully the worst of it is now over. I've taken some of the yellow follow-up Migraleve and the headache is mostly gone, the nausea is gone and I've eaten some lunch. I now just have the migraine hangover to deal with, but that's much more pleasant than the actual migraine.

The best explanation is that I am finally starting to wind down and my body went "Eeep!" quite loudly at the idea of not being totally stressed. The migraine certainly explains why I was feeling unhappy and ick yesterday evening. As I usually have two or three a year and the last one was in January, I was about due for one and I'm very glad that it happened today rather than tomorrow when I have stuff on that I'm committed to.

The only bad thing is that I have a check-up with my GP in an hour and migraine hangover wasn't the state I wanted him to see me in!

Comments

[nicci-mac.livejournal.com]

{{{{{{{{{Sel}}}}}}}}

I suffer from migrane too and I love how you describe the aftermath as a migrane hangover. Yep - I totally get that. Migralev doesnt work for me, I have to take the big pink 600mg ibuprofen, but I have to do it before the nausea sets in or I wont be able to keep it down!

Glad you're feeling a wee bit better now.

[riverfox.livejournal.com]

Guh. Feeling for you over here, hun. I had a similar problem yesterday. *sighs*

[selenay]

I can't remember where I heard the phrase, but migraine hangover really is the best way to describe it!

I've never thought to use Ibuprofen for migraines and now I can't because of the medication for my back. The silly thing is that the ingredients in Migralev are the same as co-codamol, except for an extra thing to control the nausea in the pink tablets. But if I take co-codamol before the nausea starts I still get the migraine and then I have to wait until that's worn off before I can take the Migralev, which actually does wait.

Migraines are wacky things.

I'm just glad that mine can be dealt with through OTC meds rather than needing scripts for stronger stuff!

[selenay]

{{{hugs}}} Hope you're feeling better now, hon.

[riverfox.livejournal.com]

A little, thanks. I hope you're better today and I hope the headache stays away until well after you've settled into your new home. :)