Migraine

last night i went to bed with a little headache, thought it might be a migraine trying to break through the amitriptyline. I figured i could sleep it off.

most of today i had a little headache off and on, nothing serious enough or long enough to warrent taking ibuprofen, but slowly increasing. then about 4 the thing hit full on. the "toned down" (i say toned down because a migraine with the amitriptyline in my system is better than a migraine without) migraine triggered something like a tension headache, which i haven't had in a LONG time.

i put my ipod on the bed time/relaxing mix of sigur ros, damian rice, and other songs that don't feel like ice picks in my head. i fell asleep to a move, curled up in a chair. then i woke up, stumbled to bed and buried my head under my pillow because the room was unnecessarily bright. yea, light sensitivity. i've been connected to my ipod ever since.

thing is, i'm reluctant to take anything because i took quite a few ibuprofens over the last week to deal with cramps and i don't know if this is triggered all on its own or if it's a rebound from everything this week.

i got the tension pain to mostly go away with some relaxed breathing, but there's still the pain at my temple that makes me think that shoving something through my temple would be a good idea. so now i'm thinking that if i can make it until bedtime, i'll just try and sleep this thing off and see what tomorrow looks like. if it's still there, then i'm breaking down and taking pills so that i can survive work.

it might be getting better now, hard to tell, these things are sneaky. anyway, just wanted to write down the balancing act. mostly because i know that you understand, and sometimes it's just nice knowing that you have people in your corner with you. thanks for the backup.

i really could use someone in my corner tonight.

I hope you are feeling better this morning Llaynee!


Do you get Tension Type Headaches? I know sometimes, if you have taken more then your fair share of triptans, advils and other assorted things during the week, it's sometimes hard to tell if it's TTH or Medication Overuse Headache.

Teri just did a great Share Post on how to help figure out what it is.

If you really think it could be MOH - before you take anything today, if you still have pain, give your doctor a call.

Taking more meds can just drag out the MOH, and your doctor may be able to help nip this in the bud for you.

Keep us posted ok?

i don't know what it started out as, but i know it was a migraine by the time i tried to go to bed. it took me 2.5 hours to fall asleep because my head hurt and just for fun a bit of nausea would be thrown in. i probably should have taken something, but i didn't know what and i didn't want to try and figure it out because my head hurt and i just wanted to fall asleep. in other words, last night was not fun, but today is looking a little better. still some pain and i'm tired, but overall i can function almost normally. thanks for the info.
-elayna

OOPS! Please remember to use family friendly langage in this forum.

Glad you're feelling better.