No New News
There’s not much new to report, which is actually a good thing, considering the focus of this journal is specifically migraines. I’ve been feeling pretty good most days lately. I’m still taking the B-2 and magnesium supplements. I’ve broken it up into two doses a day so that I’m not swallowing six pills all at once. But two doses a day means that I sometimes - often - miss one. It’s been over two weeks since I started taking the supplements. The real test, in my mind, is whether or not I get my standard once-a-month headache right before my period. If I don’t, then I will happily take six pills a day for the rest of my life! Or at least until menopause. I wonder if my headaches will increase or decrease as I get older. So far, they’ve increased in frequency and intensity, generally speaking, as I’ve gotten older. On the sleep front, things seem to be improving. I have no illusions that they will stay better, but at least for now I am grateful that we all seem to be getting more sleep, in longer stretches. I feel so much better and so much less irritable when I get a decent amount of sleep. It’s funny how now, if I get five hours in a row, I feel like I’ve gotten some good sleep. I’m the sort of person who loves sleep and used to easily sleep nine or ten hours a night consistently. Not anymore - not since becoming a parent. Last night, my daughter didn’t go to sleep until midnight, but she did manage to sleep until 8:30 a.m. without me having to get up at all in the middle of the night. That, to me, is a good night! On a happy note, I planned a three-day trip to Disneyland for the family, in honor of my husband’s birthday this weekend. Both sets of grandparents as well as friends of the family are joining us for either the whole weekend or one day. I’m really looking forward to it, and it felt good to plan something nice like this for my husband.