Living with Migraines

The temperatures here have been soaring into the 90s!  That is nearly unheard of for my neck of the woods.  While I love the heat ad am happy when it’s so warm out, I think it was hard on my head and I had to take a Frova before bed last night.  I still feel iffy this morning but will drink lots of water and do what I can.  DH brought me an ice pack last night and that helped too - I fell asleep on it and woke up wonderfully numb, which is about the best you can hope for when your head is pounding.

I had to miss ballet on Wednesday night due to a stress-induced migraine.  Missed class Monday as well because I didn’t leave work until almost 6 o’clock, after starting my day at 7:45.  Nothing like lots of meetings and emotional stress at one’s workplace to really make one feel good…  Last night’s class was cut short by half an hour, so instead of 4.5 hours of class this week I had a measly one.

DD is sick and I don’t think I got to sleep last night until about 2:30 a.m.  Woke up a few more times after that and finally got up around 7:30 or so this morning.  That kind of disrupted sleep doesn’t bode well for me, but I’ll do everything in my power to take care of myself today.   DD seems to be better, so that’s encouraging.

I had to take a Maxalt this morning but feel as though maybe, just maybe, I missed the monthly headache that occurs a week or so before my cycle starts.  That would be weird, and out of the ordinary.  I took ibuprofen this morning, but that didn’t help at all, so I took one Maxalt and it seems to be keeping the migraine at bay.

Last week and the one prior were emotional ones for me, as well as exceptionally busy.  Not much of a break in sight, but summer is coming.

This week isn’t shaping up to be much better than last week.  Why??  Maxalt yesterday afternoon and another this morning.  Maybe I’m just getting them all out of my system before going back to work?  Wouldn’t that be nice…

I did get a massage yesterday, though it did nothing to improve the head pain.  Still, it was probably good for me overall.  Wish I could afford to get one every week.

So, I’m on vacation this week.  And every day since Monday, my neck (and consequently head) have hurt.  Is it because of a slightly different sleep cycle?  is it because I used a different pillow for a few nights?  Is it because I’ve been more sedentary?  Is it because my eating patterns have changed?  Is it a let-down of stress?  Maybe it’s all of the above.  I finally took some Maxalt to try and break the cycle and it seems to have helped today, though a nice deep tissue massage sounds heavenly.  Ironically, I have no time for that with everything else going on over the next two and a half days.  Maybe by Sunday afternoon I’ll have the opportunity.

Took a private lesson ballet class for thirty minutes this morning and while I was somewhat distracted by the pain in my head, it was still fun and I’m glad I had the lesson.

This week hasn’t been that great.  I had to take a Maxalt on Tuesday afternoon, followed by Frova Wednesday evening.  Now it’s Friday and I’m doing alright, but I am so ready for some down time and a rest.

My head toyed around all day with the idea of developing a migraine.  I thought about taking some medication this morning and then waited to see.  Things were basically fine until this evening, ad then it got iffy again.  I tucked a Maxalt in my pocket before heading out to meet  up with friends for dinner, but I didn’t need to take it.  We had some pretty strong winds today and the weather is changing, so it’s not surprising that my head was complaining off and on.  But by and large I feel alright, and I’m grateful.  Coming up on the guessing game of when to take the Frova; as usual, I hope I guess correctly.

Last Thursday (2/28) I took some Maxalt after a tension headache that started brewing Wednesday night refused to break. The Maxalt helped, though Friday morning I again felt off, but it resolved itself without any other medication. This week has been TENSE and I am hoping very strongly that in the letdown phase I can avoid the migraine that often follows these kinds of situations. Where ballet would often serve as a release for me mentally and physically I have had to miss it tonight and will have to miss it again one night next week. So I need to take good care of myself and find other ways to release this tension before it creates physical problems for me.