Migraine Musings

[jamesq]

In a world with migraines, i think the perfect number of migraines to have is one. You'd think it was zero, but that would be a world without migraines.

I've had exactly one migraine in my life (probably ten-fifteen years ago now) and the thing it gave me that lasts to this day is understanding. Before that day (three days actually) when my friends would whine about their migraines, I'd just roll my eyes and think "Man-up Nancies - it's just a headache".

In all fairness, a lot of these people were whiners who loved to play the my-misery-is-so-much-greater-then-yours game - you know, where everyone tries to one-up each other after someone bitches about something. Monty Python famously skewered this before we even started.

Anyhow, I did discover that they were right in this case. Now when people tell me they have migraines I'm a wee bit more sympathetic. And I'm glad I never had another one.

Comments

[thebrucie.livejournal.com]

"We used to live in a lake!"

[(Anonymous)]

You used to live in a lake?

Luxury. We couldn't afford a lake. We lived in a sewer. And it was uphill to school in the morning, and uphill in the afternoon on the way home.

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry - The last post was from Gareth.

[devoidofthought.livejournal.com]

Lucky bastard. I don't get them often, but when I do, I REALLY look forward to curling up in bed.

[ladyerwyn.livejournal.com]

I had a really nasty headache one time that might have been a migraine. I was in college at the time and I used sleeping pills regularly. My Stepdad gave me a couple of his prescription strength sleeping pills. I took one and it didn't make me tired at all. I ended up falling asleep on my own, but it must have kicked in sometime in the middle of the night, because I was so tired when I got up to go to school and I had a horrible headache. I went and I barely lasted through my first class. I had to go home and go back to bed. Later I woke up and had to call in sick to work and I went back to bed until around 7 or 8 when I was feeling much better.