Blogging about ailments can be very boring and annoying. I really don't care right now, because it's all I can do without blowing a tire somewhere in my cranial fossa or something.
No, not the brain muffin. Just one of my blowtorch headaches.
I used to think they were hormonal and I was probably right. They'd come at specific times, for specific time periods and then disappear.
But, like, I don't have all those hormones thrashing around anymore-just some remnants trying to rev up a party in the streets that have been deserted for a bit now.
"Come on! Move your ass! Shake it! WoOT! WoOT! Shimmy shimmy!"
STFU. Now.
So, today and a couple of times last week I developed the fabulous blowtorch headache. Full moon, hormone remnants, blistering heat and humidity. I mean, Merv and Dot are asleep inside at 3 in the afternoon.
It starts like a sinus headache in your left eye, so you poke your left lymphnode under your chin and that part under your eyebrow and it feels like some asshole has inserted thumbtacks in there. So you take several Excedrin, the only, ONLY, thing that works.
And you sit or lie down for a bit and enjoy your head separate from your body. At least I don't get auras or nausea, so it's not migraine. And, it eventually leaves.In fact, you can tell it's leaving when the pain changes from one large icefloe of agony to separated bullets or bergs beginning to disperse around your head.
Then you only feel like someone punched you in the face.
And then you can blog some more.
With indepth and provoking content like this.
Shhhhh. It's not quite gone yet.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
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I used to get migraines every day - from stress I think, and fluorescent lights - or general light stabbing me in the eyes. I don't get them so often any more and they aren't as severe. But most days I still have a dullness.
ReplyDeleteI cannot even imagine migraines. These suckers are bad enough. At least it's gone. For now.
ReplyDeleteI've had one of those pounding the inside of my skull all day today!
ReplyDeleteWhat's weird is that I think that the last time I had any kind of headaches was when I was still working. Chemicals, bad air, stress.
Now, I don't know what brought it on except I am very concerned about a sibling.
This is just now starting to let up. I think.
yuck.
I get one every time I get overheated in the sun. It is impossible to conquer with anything less than a good night's sleep. I had one all day yesterday due to gardening in the late morning.
ReplyDeleteI know better and yet. . .
Sheesh.
I hope you're feeling better. I suffer from headaches every day (almost constant), with true bonafide migraines where you vomit, can't look at light, think your head is going to actually explode, and pray you'll get better so you can die about every other month (if I'm lucky.) I have been tested, x-rayed- CT's MRI's, neurologist consulted, allergy tested, you name it, I've had it. They don't know why. Excedrin is the only thing that will touch them too (as far as OTC) and I will not stay on prescription drugs. Of course, the caffeine in the Excedrin is what helps the most and it also will cause rebound headaches, so I get those too, along with cluster headaches. All I know is I would like to know a full hour without a headache. I don't remember what that would even feel like.
ReplyDeleteSee- this is what you do- you talk about your ailments in comments on other people's blogs. I am glad I can help.
Laura, that is awful. I have headaches a lot, but they're usually minor, explainable. I can't imagine having that excrutiating stuff daily.
ReplyDeleteIt could be because your brain is so big and full of smart goo that it's trying to escape?
Seriously, my sympathies and empathies. I will be happy with my erratic cluster/blowtorches and for lovely Excedrin.
Now, go lie down with a cool cloth.
YES! It's all the scientifical information stored in there! That's it! It is a burden I must bear I am afraid. There are too many people to educate and so little blog entries to do it in.
ReplyDeleteOh, I was going to tell you, one day I was running (because I used to run) and I stopped and I was all "OMFG What's wrong with me??" Totally freaking out internally. I had such a bizarre feeling I thought for sure something was about to explode somewhere in my body. You know what it was? Every trace of a headache was gone. Yes. I had started yet another drug for them and I honestly didn't know how that felt, I didn't even recognize the feeling. This lasted about 30 mins. then my ole' self returned. That was over.. hmmm, 5 years ago I think. This is why I laugh when people around me complain of a headache and take off work. Pffft.
This completes my whinning session on your blog. For now.
Weirdly, about the rebound thingie, I wonder if back in the day when I was probably less resistant to Excedrin and had just realized the ickiness of the headaches, if I didn't start taking it way before the headache actually started because it felt so good when the headache actually went away-that lovely absense of pain-and the caffeine rush and and. Not that you'd know that absence except for that 30 minutes...
ReplyDeleteHave they ruled out a brain muffin like I have?
Seriously.
Had every test known to medical science. They have no idea. So I deal with it, which when that's how you've lived your life, always in a degree of pain/discomfort, is just the way life is for ya. Did that make sense or is my headache making me loopy again? lol
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