*whimper*

[bronwynrh]

(cross-posted again to migraines community)
Thank you for your kind thoughts, everyone. It's nice to have a place to go where people really understand what this is like.

I gave up on trying to keep up with my experiments and just left the lab. I drove myself to the health center, sobbing in frustration - then crying because I was crying and frustrated. Huh.

Anyway, I walked in sobbing with a grade 8 migraine, talked to the nurse then talked to the doctor, who was really great. His wife is a migraneur, so he was very sympathetic. He ordered a shot of Imitrex and within 20 minutes of it being in my system, the 8 had dropped to a 3. I still have the headache now, but the doctor told me I could take 50 or 100 mg of Imitrex orally if I still have the lurking feeling after 2 or 3 hours.

He also told me to go ahead and take a Vicodin tonight before bed. He said we need to try to break the cycle - called it a Transformed Migraine, or one that just gets stuck in the loop and won't go away for anything.

So now I'm home with my laptop and paperwork. I'm going to try to nap (and maybe eat a little popcorn) before I try to read.

Another day shot to shit because of my freak of a Trigeminal nerve. Growf.

Comments

[kendokamel.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[frostbyte.livejournal.com]

Just finding a doctor who is sympathetic and has some real-time idea of what a particular sort of pain is like is a triumph in itself, kiddo... One of the best docs I've had has had kidney stones himself. He knows better than to use halfway measures for that sort of pain.

Hope you get some serious relief soon... *hugs*

[repoman.livejournal.com]

I'm glad they could help you out with it. What is your normal routine for fighting them off?

I dated somebody who suffered from migranes and got stuck in the same situation. I remember getting chewed out once because I was listening to music too loudly...on my headphones...two rooms away.

[bramey.livejournal.com]

That's right, you know kidney stone pain! I know that stuff pretty damn well, meself.

See, the only major painful things I have left to try are labor and a heart attack. I look forward to the former and hope never to try the latter.

[frostbyte.livejournal.com]

omg... migraines AND kidney stones? You've had enough pain in your life already... :-(

[bramey.livejournal.com]

I don't really have a normal routine, because the stuff I have doesn't really work for the big'uns. I take frovatriptan when I get one, but once the pain starts, it's basically useless.

I've got a long history with these things, but these last 5 or 6 years I've grown more and more recalcitrant to all the usual treatments.

And yes, I know exactly why your girlfriend chewed you out. Everything is amplified with these nasty things, so no matter how quiet you try to be, you'll still piss off a migraineur.

Just give up, sit still, and try not to breathe to loudly. We can hear that, too.

[bramey.livejournal.com]

that's what I keep telling my body, but it just won't listen.

[repoman.livejournal.com]

She's an ex now, so I can listen to music as loud as I want to...on my headphones...in my apartment.

[bramey.livejournal.com]

true but at least you'll have been warned if you date another one of my club

[frostbyte.livejournal.com]

stay hydrated... keep the fluids cycling... LOTS of water.

god, I wouldn't wish that sort of pain on my worst enemy... :-(

[marstokyo.livejournal.com]

By all means, put the paperwork aside! I hope 100% relief is soon coming.

[repoman.livejournal.com]

The current GF has yet to drop that news in my lap, and I'm not looking to break up anytime soon...

[jcoughlin.livejournal.com]

Just another person dropping in to say that they're thinking of you while you're in pain.

I hope you break that pain cycle soon.

Actually, come to think of it, Pain Cycle sounds like a cool album title...

"Pain Cycle": the new album by Winger