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.