Posts filed under “Migraine”
Sacrificing fashion to migraines
I’ve had a migraine for the better part of two weeks now. Sometimes it’s awful, a lot of times it’s bearable. But I’ve been largely confined to the house. Every time I tried to leave my comforting basement with its dim lamps, the light made me sicker, despite the fact that it was overcast pretty […]
Well this sucks
How to stick to a routine that’s constantly being interrupted
I like routines. I like to get up at the same time every day and do the same things that I did yesterday in the very same order. Some of the things in my routine are: writing an hour right after waking up, doing yoga, practicing a different language, answering emails, and analyzing data. When […]
When it hurts, women get antidepressants & tranqs. Men get painkillers.
Physicians were found to consistently view women’s (but not men’s) symptom reports as caused by emotional factors, even in the presence of positive clinical tests. From The girl who cried pain: a bias against women in the treatment of pain. Hoffman & Tarzian 2001.
Highly effective my ass
Triptans are considered highly effective treatment for migraine attacks. But they are really not doing it for me. And now I know why.
Advice for migraines getting you down
Even when everything in your life is as close to perfect as it can get, migraines will make you feel like it is all nothing. On such occasions, I recommend going to bed, immediately, and making a very fancy breakfast when you wake up.
On the bright side
I shared a chart of my recent migraines with you all the other day under a singularly depressing title. When I woke up this morning yet again feeling like vomiting, “everything will be terrible forever” seemed like an even more appropriate description for my migraine log than it did last week. However, as overwhelming and […]