It began early yesterday morning with sparkly lights, a.k.a. an aura. For those who may not know, migraines are sometimes preceded by an aura, a visual disturbance of some kind. Auras come in various forms. When I have one, it is small twinkly lights around the edge of my vision. Luckily, I am not one of those who completely lose parts of their vision during an aura because it happened yesterday while I was driving. Typically, it lasts for only a few seconds. I know a terrible migraine is coming when it lasts longer. It never lasts very long, but 30 seconds is enough to see that it's going to be a rough day or two. This one certainly was. About an hour or so later, the migraine started. By lunchtime, the smallest amount of light was excruciating. I closed my eyes and slept most of the afternoon. Did sleeping help? No, not really. It may have made me feel better for a little bit, but the migraine would not go away. I don't even want to eat when they're bad like this. I went to bed for good last night a little after 9 pm. I had tried to stay up because too much sleep can worsen the migraine, but staying up wasn't going to happen. I slept until Isabella woke me this morning. The migraine is still there. Maybe it is not as bad as yesterday. I need to be awake a little before I can really tell. If this was a normal week at work, I'd call in sick, but I need to be in my office today. I have things that need to get done. However, if it worsens in the next hour or so, I'll have to decide whether to go in or not. Maybe I can stand a few hours and then come back home. We'll see.
I began having aura migraines in adolescence and completely understand and sympathize about how debilitating they are. It would be like clockwork: my vision would be slowly taken over by black and gold pulsing, and then about half an hour later, bam - I'd be out of action with pain and nausea for at least a day. All they offered back then was ergotamine, which had little to no effect. Eventually, after about 15 years, I realized I wasn't getting migraines anymore; they had stopped for no apparent reason. I can only hope this happens for you someday!
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ReplyDeleteJoe I think you should make a healthier personal life, not only in nutrition, but also in relaxation, contact with nature. You have some beautiful gardens surrounding your home, take advantage of them.... Ventilate your head well and try to get rid of all the stress you are carrying around. Avoid cheeses, chocolate, spicy foods and several other foods that you know better than me that do not suit you and accompany Isabel more giving her pampering so she will learn to give it to you.
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