How to Survive Life in the Suburbs

These Migraines Can Kiss My A$$

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drugsI’m not looking for sympathy….just need to rant.

Migraines suck.

If men were affected by these bleepin headaches that knocked you to your knees as often as women were, there would be a cure already.  Just saying.

Headaches that make your vision blurry, the world spin, your stomach lurch, and make you want to cry.  They must be the work of the devil.

I know I am not the only Mama suffering so thought I would share this.  Every trick I know:

–Nail that headache with Liquid Advil (or your drug of choice) as soon as you feel that familiar twinge of pain.

-Take your migraine meds right away, don’t be a hero.

-Drink a ton of water.  Drown that nasty beast.

-Try caffeine, sugar, a quiet dark room if you can get one.

-A hot shower or a cold ice pack might help.

-If you have to go out, embrace your inner movie star and wear those dark sunglasses.  Shades help. 

-Remember, this too shall pass.

After it does..it might try and come back.  Migraines are very tricky beasts. You stop the drugs and end up with the lovely “rebound” headache.  Keep drinking the water. Also:

-Avoid aspartame, mushrooms, all the fun cheeses that you love, say no to wine…all booze really.  Remember MSG is not your friend so no deli meat, hot dogs or prepared food. 

This past week, frankly, it sucked.  Thank goodness I have a good man who sent me to my room and made me lie down.  Rubbed my back and told me I was going to be okay.  ( I did wonder for a while)  You can’t be a good Mama or partner while trying not to cry from pain.

Note to self, probably shouldn’t write a blog post while heavily medicated. This is not funny nor entertaining.  Hope my tips help someone…PLEASE add you own!

Wishing you all a healthy happy week.

Hugs.

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    • Comments

    1. A few years ago I had a streak of them, my trick, I started downing Dr. Peppers like a junkie when I felt them coming on. Feel better soon.

    3. I feel your pain. I agree that the quicker you get those painkillers in, the better. I find the after effects are just as bad. It takes me the rest of the day to recover. I feel like I”ve been beaten up. Hope you’re fresh as a daisy today. xo

    4. My dad and I both suffer from occasional migraines. They mimick a stroke. I usually can’t talk at the outside and then my vision is block by “clouds”.

      I hope your is better soon.

    9. Oh geez! I hear ya! I’ve been getting them for years…they can be quite disabling. Just got put on Sumatriptan… hoping it does wonders!

    13. I have suffered from migraines since I was 15. They are the worst ever. Last year I finally decided to see another doctor who of course found nothing wrong. Just keep taking your meds. I decided to see my eye doctor to see if my prescription was too strong or not strong enough. They changed them, nope still migraines. I quit wearing my contacts last summer, and the migraines which were once 4-5 times a week are now down to 1 a week. I have never felt so good. For some odd reason my contacts all these years were not doing me any good, and causing these head pounding headaches, which bring me to tears, make me throw up and curl into a ball. Hugs.

    14. I always get migraines. I don’t know if it’s a side effect of my pain meds for my arm or just my body trying to get me to stop what I’m doing. I find the Walmart brand of Excedrin migraine works pretty good!

    15. Since having my boys my migraine frequency and intensity have changed in my favour, but I do feel for anyone that goes through them. There are people that lose Days of their life. My sister has had them so drastically she appears to have suffered a stroke. The worse part is that most of the meds are so very dangerous.