Migraines are no joke. The pain is so severe it causes me to become physically sick. I felt the same nausea when I was in labor with Owen. That's how bad the pain is.
About 6 years ago I was diagnosed with chronic migraines. Two years ago I missed 6 days of school due to migraines. That's when they were the worst. I've tried all kinds of preventative drugs: blood pressure meds, anti depressants, muscle relaxers, pain killers, vitamins, and of course I've tried headache diets (no cheese, caffeine, chocolate, or preservatives). Nothing worked. Imitrex works when I have a bad one sometimes. But it has a lot of dosage restrictions and is expensive. When I got pregnant with Owen I had awful headaches toward the end of my 1st trimester. And then they stopped. For the first time in years I had no headache for days...months! It was great. I remember waking up some mornings thinking that I felt high I felt so great. After Owen was born and my hormones were regulating to a non pregnant state, I had headaches again. Not to the point if vomiting. But head throbbing, skull cracking pain. I feared they were back to stay.
In the last year my headaches have had a presence, but have been nothing like what I experienced in past years. Until today. Today I felt the embarrassment of looking and feeling like a hangover. I barely made it home without pulling over. I quickly found my anti nausea meds, changed into yoga pants, and slept for 4 hours. I woke up feeling beaten and stiff, but better. I still have a headache, but I can manage a headache. It's not a migraine. I couldn't type this if I still had migraine.
I'm about to crawl back in bed. I hope this pain will be gone in the morning.
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