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[bertine]

I am getting another migraine. Stupid head, this is 5 days in a row.

Yesterday I read The Migraine Brain which was a good overview of migraines and some tips on how to treat them. I should be tracking my migraines in a better migraine diary, which I will start doing tomorrow. Also, the book convinced me to try taking Imitrex when I think I am getting a migraine instead of trying to solve it with advil & caffeine.

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[melissa-maples.livejournal.com]

Also, the book convinced me to try taking Imitrex when I think I am getting a migraine instead of trying to solve it with advil & caffeine.

Yes, this is a huge problem for me also. I don't know what it is that makes me think, "oh, let's just see how this plays out" when I think a migraine is developing. I mean, pretty much 100% of the time, if I think something is becoming a migraine, it is... so why the hesitation? I know that if I wait to do anything it becomes harder to treat, yet I still do the advil and caffeine thing as a substitute.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

I wish I understood the hesitation. I think for me it is that I was told for so many years these headaches were sinus headaches that I want to wait to make sure I am taking the imitrex for that sort of headache. Then again, I am pretty sure I have never had a sinus headache in my life.

[heathrow.livejournal.com]

YES YES YES!

I go through this as well. I want to push off taking the dang Imitrex, because I know I'm going to feel a bit cruddy after taking it for about an hour _even though_ I'm truly aware it's a migraine. It's like I'm hoping against hope it's not a migraine. I need an angel on my shoulder to pop the pill in my mouth.

Saturday, a huge rainstorm rolled into town and I was driving to a get-together about an hour away. All of the sudden, I had that "band of steel" headache settling in. I took a couple of Aleve hoping that it would go away. 15 minutes later, I wrestled open the Imitrex and took the pill, even though I knew I'd feel bad. Surprisingly, the hour of yuck wasn't as bad as I feared. I drank my water, put on soothing music, and lowered my driving speed. (Wow, long anecdote.)

Even though I only get my migraines once or twice a month now, I still forget the right way to treat them from time to time. I still try to wish them away. ;)

[bertine.livejournal.com]

PS. Taking the pill worked. I don't feel like I am getting a migraine anymore.

[heathrow.livejournal.com]

You treated it in time and didn't let it really settle in. You averted it.