Living with Migraines

I felt pretty bad as yesterday evening wore on and went to bed around 9:30 p.m.  I still felt bad this morning and have alternated between advil and excedrine (1 dose of each so far today).  If it doesn’t get any worse, it will be tolerable, though painful.  If it gets worse, I’ll be miserable.  Cross your fingers for me.  I want to take my daughter trick-or-treating tonight!

No migraines over the weekend.  I’m really quite surprised, but happy, too.  I was feeling kind of stressed out and achy earlier today, but that seems to have passed.  I also had no water with me at work - big mistake!  I’ll remember it tomorrow.

DH bought the Halloween candy this year.  I really hope he bought things I don’t like so that there’s no temptation to sneak a few here and there.  All I need is a chocolate binge to send me over the edge.

I need to relax this evening.  I’ve got a lot on my mind with regards to work, both professionally and personally, and I need to give myself a break for the night.  Time to get out some knitting and watch a movie with the family.

It is very windy here today - we’ve got Santa Ana winds in a big way now.  Normally this is a major trigger for me, so I’m crossing my fingers that I can ride this out.  I’m doing everything else that’s within my control to keep the headaches at bay.  There have also been some small fires burning nearby, but from what I can tell things are being taken care of.  I hope so - seems we’ve had enough of wild fires in the past couple of years.

This week was pretty good up until Thursday evening.  While sitting at dinner I felt a headache start up.  It continued through the the next day and into the evening, but it never got too bad.  I was able to go to work and to ballet, so while it hurt to some extent, I was at least able to go on with my normal activities.  It’s now Saturday morning and I feel pretty good.   Let’s hope it continues - I’ve got a lot going on this weekend!

It’s been a pretty good week, headache-wise, which is kind of amazing given that stress-wise, I’ve been really stressed out.  I could use a nap today, although sometimes I worry about getting my sleep patterns all out of whack.  But I stayed up late last night and will do so again tonight, so a nap is sounding really, really good.

I’m hoping for another good week.  I usually have a couple of good weeks in a row when I keep in check the things I can - diet, water, sleep, etc.

The headache is gone!  It was gone when I woke up this morning, and I am so glad.  I made coffee and French toast and had a nice breakfast with my family.  After that I did some housework and yardwork, and then this afternoon DH and I went out. We each got a massage and then went over to Barnes and Noble while DD was at a birthday party with friends.  We had time to have some coffee and split a sandwich and then browse through the books at a leisurely pace.  We each picked up something for ourselves, and I got a couple of Christmas gifts as well.  I got DD a little chapter book, too: Kitten in the Candy Corn (an Animal Ark book).  She loves these books.

It’s been a good day. 

The headache is still here. I slept OK, but not great. Being in pain while trying to sleep can be difficult, and it makes for a really foul mood to wake up still in pain. I’m hoping that this will break by tomorrow; I really don’t want to spend my entire weekend feeling like this.

I mainly use this blog to help me track my headaches, my cycles and so forth.  Most of the entries will remain private, but I do occasionally post public entries when I think they might be of help or interest to someone else.

And just for my own records, I do have a mild to moderate migraine that started last night and seems to be getting worse as this evening progresses.