Living with Migraines

Yesterday evening a migraine came on rather quickly.  I took a Maxalt and went to bed around 8:30 p.m.  Now it’s Friday morning, and I feel OK.  *knocks on wood*

Did I guess wrong on the nights to take the Frova?  Next month I’m waiting 29 days before I start taking it, rather than 28,and we’ll see what happens.

At least other things have been going well (food, water, exercise, sleep).  That has to be helping, or at least making it so things aren’t worse.

It’s Wednesday, and so far I’m doing alright.  I didn’t feel very good last night when I went to bed, but the Frova seemed to help.  I still felt a little achy this morning but am doing OK this evening.  I’ll take the Frova for one more night tonight and hope that I’ve guessed correctly as to when it would be best to take it.

Exercise the past couple of days has been good, but today was less than satisfactory.  Oh well.  Food and water were good, and despite going to bed on time most nights I’m still feeling pretty wiped out.  I don’t think I’m sleeping well, which can become a bad cycle.  And my cat takes over my pillow, which makes me sleep funny and throws my neck out of whack.

Next week will be four weeks from the last hard week, so I’m doing all I can to keep things at an even keel.  I need to remember to take the Frova starting maybe Monday evening.  Food;s been good, water’s been good, exercise has been good, sleep’s been good.  So I’m doing basically all I can on my end to stay in control of things.

After Wednesday’s slip, Thursday and Friday were better.  I went back to limiting the coffee in the morning and made sure to have a snack both mornings and drink my water.  At lunch I’m trying to make sure half my plate is salad and fruit, leaving the rest for a little bit of protein and a little bit of bread/pasta.  I feel pretty good.

Off to do some yard work this morning…

Up until today, I have been feeling pretty good about my food, water and coffee.  I’ve been having more balanced breakfasts, using a little more soy and a little less dairy and easing off on the coffee.  Today I realized that I didn’t finish my snack, I didn’t drink all of my water and I had a half a cup of coffee after lunch.  Surprise, surprise - I didn’t feel so great this afternoon as I was running around to this appointment and that.

But I think it was a good wake-up call, and so on that note, I’m off to bed to try and get some sleep.  Tomorrow will be a better day in terms of taking care of myself.

Thursday and Friday were alright, and I felt like myself again, thankfully.  Now it’s Saturday and I’m planning on taking some walks this weekend, to get outside, get some exercise and generally find some ways to enjoy the three-day weekend in a soothing way.  I’m sure the beaches will be packed this weekend, so we won’t be doing that.  But there are other places to enjoy the outdoors around here.  It’s nice enough out to eat ouside too, so maybe we can think about that for dinner.