This week has been rough for me. Really rough. The headaches started on Saturday. I'm not sure if it's my hormones or the storm lingering in the air. Not being able to figure out what causes these monsters is part of the problem. I would take my meds and the pain would go away, but the next day it would be back. I felt like a drug addict living on my migraine cocktail.
Yesterday was the worst. I couldn't get out of bed to get the girls ready for school. I couldn't get out of bed to get myself ready for work. It had all gotten to me and I couldn't take it anymore. I slept all morning only getting up to heat up my corn bag in the microwave. I felt defeated mentally, physically, and emotionally. I cried a lot.
This is what a migraine really looks like.
I often wonder if the general population think people with migraines just have a headache. That we can tough through it. I do tough through it, a lot. In this case I toughed through it for four days before I finally broke down. I never stay home because of a migraine, but my body couldn't take the pain anymore. I called my neurologist who told me to take the Prednisone I had saved for a spell like this. When that and the previous 26 pills I had taken over the past 5 days wasn't working I was very close to going to the ER for pain meds or whatever else they would have to do.
The Prednisone says to take with food or milk. I decided to play it safe and cover all bases.
Finally - FINALLY - last night around 8 I started to feel better. I got up and ate something other than the Oreos, took a shower and went back to bed. This morning I took another steroid and so far today I am migraine free. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
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