Posts filed under “Migraine”
Migraine Log – Week 2
It’s time for your weekly migraine update! I’ve been on Petadolex for a week now. Side effects: if I burp after I take my pill, it tastes bad. Nothing like the hair loss, parathesia, or difficulty concentrating I’ve come to expect from migraine meds. Things have gone about the same as last week, though I’ve […]
Migraine Log – Control Week
I wrote a few days ago that I was going to start treating my migraines again and that I’m trying a medicine called Petadolex. Today was my first day taking it. I might not see effects for 3 months, which, in my experience, is typical for migraine preventatives. I’ve been keeping a headache journal so […]
Treating Migraines
My migraines are triggered primarily by pressure changes, especially pressure drops. So things like a change in elevation, flying, and weather changes are terrible for me. I’m living in a place much drier than I used to, and my migraines are much better – several a month as opposed to one almost all day every […]
Pain
Sugarbutch asks “what’s in your box of darkness,” referring to this poem. I was reminded of this passage from “Musing on Pain, Love, and Others” by Laura-Zoe Humphreys in Bisexual Women in the 21st Century. Storyteller: Scrape of metal and a rustle as the white curtains close me in with them. One takes my hand […]
There’s no enlightenment here
I also continue to find absolutely no meaning in the pain itself. (I find the Headache to be as profound as a malfunctioning car alarm that just won’t shut off…) From All in My Head
Activists in pain
Trying to save the world, in your own particular way, is very important. But the world will not save you. From All in My Head
For a reference point
In general, headache sufferers are worse off than people who have arthritis, roughly similar to those who have congestive heart failure severe enough to interfere with walking up and down stairs and only slightly better than people with AIDS… From All in My Head