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I’m here to tell you, when my head hurts this bad it only seems fair that blood should be leaking out my eyes and ears. I know that sounds dramatic and maybe a tad excessive, but anyone who gets migraines can understand that one of the most frustrating things about the affliction that people can’t see how badly you’re hurting, thus your pain is pretty much disregarded.
I can’t tell you how many murders I’ve planned when some idiot suggests to me that I take a Tylenol. Tylenol might as well be a Chiclets for all the good it’ll do me. I’ve taken all the prescription meds I’m allowed in a 24 hour period and several non-prescription ones as well. I’ve done all the folk remedies: caffeine, lavender, whining. A Percocet won’t do anything for the pain, and for whatever reason, doesn’t really even help me sleep.
I’ve begged My Honey to get one of those antique augers and drill a hole in my head to release some of the pressure of
My ideal medical instrument
my expanding brain, but selfishly he won’t. He babbled something about prison and insurance copays but, quite frankly, I wasn’t listening anymore. I couldn’t hear with the incessant pounding of the pulse at my temples.
It’ll pass in several days. Either that, or I have a brain tumor. I’ve had this one since Saturday. I’ll be in tears sometime tomorrow. The good news is, and how pathetic am I that this is good news, it’s just pain now, no more jacked up vision problems or confusion to contend with.
You wanna come over and break my neck and put me out of my misery?
Amylynn, I started having migraines when I was 6 years old. I didn’t learn that I could get relief at the emergency room until I was an adult. The vomiting and the blinding pain sometimes got so bad that I really wanted to die. I think they reached their peak when I was about your age. As I approached menopause, they begin to slow down, and now I rarely have one. The really bad ones I can attribute to hormonal changes surrounding my period. I also have had another kind that comes from an allergic reaction to mold spores, any over-ripe fruits and vegetables, and sharp cheese. I am very careful around those things.
I can really sympathize with you, Amylynn, and I would never suggest a cure such as Tylenol, but if you get nausea and vomiting, as I always did, forcing yourself to drink Alka-Seltzer (ugh! Shudder! Gag!)might work. There is a chance it can help you, if you managed to keep it down long enough for it to take hold.