Well, here’s my second official Migraine entry.

Thursday night I heard that the barometric pressure has been going whacky due to impending storms in the area. So… no wonder it seemed like my sinuses were ready to explode. This kind of pain and pressure triggers migraines in me (along with lack of sleep and too much chocolate!). I know this because regular sinus pressure is felt in the front behind my eyes and forehead. I never feel pain anywhere else when that happens. Well, sometimes if I let it go for too long or if the pressure is really bad, it triggers a migraine that encompasses the back of my head and neck and sometimes one side of my head.

This is exactly what happened Friday morning as I was getting ready for work. I immediately took two Excederin Sinus meds and two Aleve. Safe for now, right? Well, I was until later on during the day. The pressure pain came back later in the afternoon and it wasn’t too bad. I thought, well I’m going to go to sleep soon and everything will be better. After dinner, I was on the computer reading up on Dragonforce (more on that later!) when my head felt like the back of it just exploded! I took two more sinus pills during dinner just before this happened and I thought this would be enough. Ordinarily, I’d be asking for the bottle of Excederin Migraine but that has caffeine in it and I needed to sleep. This was excruciating… I’m talking crying, moaning, whimpering and afraid to get up. When I did get up, I instantly regretted it (another explosion of pain) and flopped back down. I begged Christine to get me some Vicodin, stat! An hour later, a couple of dull aching spots remained.

Wow, did I sleep well! I slept until 10 this morning. I must have really needed it because, like I said, I have been sleep-deprived this past week and my migraines have been going on and off for seven straight days. Every day, pain or not, my left eyebrow was in a near-constant state of twitchiness. That’s also a migraine indicator or warning. Today I feel great, with no twitches, so I guess the sleep did wonders for my condition. Let’s hope my upcoming work week goes better because of this!

I also hope I don’t have to resort to Vicodin again anytime soon!

Tags: Migraines, Sinuses, Vicodin

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