Woke up with a migraine
By Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
Centralia, Missouri
May 12, 2016 11:08am CST
I knew the headache yesterday had some punch too it. Alarm went off for work this morning and I woke up with a migraine in full roar. It's much better if I am awake to see em coming so I can take something in time.
Now I am playing mitigation and catch up, which only works so well. So I will here, on and off between rests (yes I stayed home from work, can't really see the PC well, have floaters and noise and lights bother me).
Hope everyone else is having a nice day.
Oh yeah, the hook, lol.
Do you have migraines and how do you deal with them?
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 May 16
they are annoying and unwanted for sure
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
12 May 16
I never woke up with one, they usually came on at work. If my boss wasn't in I just shut off the lights for a while and tried to keep myself calm.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 May 16
I think work caused this one, I know I had fretting work type dreams last night. I am in a room with 15 other women, and the lights there bother me on a good day. I wear a hat now, with a brim to help shade my eyes
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
12 May 16
@Jessicalynnt Can you wear sunglasses?
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
@AbbyGreenhill I am going to try. I promised to go in a few hours in the morning, try to work, see how it goes, but didn't promise to stay all day. I am going to try shading the screens too, with some car shades I think I can wedge over them to keep the glare from above down
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@dodo19 (47217)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
13 May 16
@Jessicalynnt it's good that you're able to get some things done.
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
so far no dice, at least not overall, it get's worse in waves, so right now it's a bit less, so getting stuff done while I still can function
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
12 May 16
I am not feeling the greatest today too! Hope you feel better. For me a little fresh air works especially if I'm shopping to cure my headache lol.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
12 May 16
@Jessicalynnt Hope you feel better 
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
@infatuatedbby it's still coming and going. I am going to go ahead and work tomorrow, but didnt promise to last all day. I have a feeling a half day is going to be all I can manage unless i wake up feeling better
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 May 16
if the air was't hot and muggy I'd totally try that, I have a feeling in the winter when it was cold it very well might
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
ironically dark chocolate helps my migraines, as does caffeine.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
mold, lighting, a sound maybe, or the stress of that job I supposed. Wild that whatever it was, you never encountered it again. But I am glad too you did not
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
14 May 16
@CRK109 ones at work are always the worst!
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@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
13 May 16
@Jessicalynnt I'm very glad of it, too. They were horrible and to have them at work, where there was little I could to do alleviate them, was the worst!
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@angtobeheard (276)
• United States
13 May 16
I have really bad migraines as well. I have to take a BC powder to get it go away. I want to get away from taking so much medicine. It is so bad for your body, but at that moment it really helps. Taking a hot shower and letting the water just run over me, really helps for a little bit, but a Bc makes it go away.Hope your day got better yesterday.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
Bc powder sometimes helps, just hard when migraines often come with upset stomachs.
@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
13 May 16
I have found a good foot spa really helped with headaches
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
13 May 16
@Jessicalynnt somehow feet in hot water spa.. the headache just goes..
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
@Drosophila one of those little do it at home ones?
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
Never tried that, sounds like a lovely idea even if it didn't help
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
most painkiller doesnt help with these, not anymore, sadly. caffeine does a bit, naps often do
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@KristenH (33362)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
13 May 16
@Jessicalynnt well that's something.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
12 May 16
Mine are usually at the base of the skull @Jessicalynnt and I just apply a hot, wet washcloth to that area. I also get the eye floaters and lights. Taking fish oil capsules will stop those completely.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
fish oil helps with the floaters or the migraines?
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
15 May 16
@nanette64 did they appear with the headaches or all of the time? If I can find a pill that doesnt give me fishy indigestion I will have to try this
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
14 May 16
@Jessicalynnt The floaters. I saw an eye doctor about those and he said fish oil, so I thought, "What the heck". After about a month of taking 1 capsule daily, the floaters and dark spots stopped. I still continue to take the fish oil as it's good for you anyway.
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@just4him (311401)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 May 16
Yes I do. Ibuprofen and Pepsi. I take 4 200mg Ibuprofen and a swig of Pepsi. If the migraine is extra bad, it could take two doses of Ibuprofen and a whole bottle of Pepsi before it's gone. There's something about Pepsi - the caffeine - to get rid of it.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
I prefer Coke, but same deal, sugar, caffeine, they seem to help. Ibuprofen doesn't, but most pain meds don't help anymore.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
14 May 16
@just4him it does, unless you get one of the special types that are 'caffine' free, and I dont even buy those lol. Tylenol only helps me with fevers
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@just4him (311401)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 May 16
@Jessicalynnt I didn't think Coke had caffeine. Ibuprofen is still the only pain med that works for me. Nothing else does. I can't take Tylenol, Aleve, or Vica
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
it's worse, because the best treatment is taking something before it get's bad, when you wake up with one, you missed the chance to do that
@Chellezhere (5357)
• United States
13 May 16
When I was still living in Florida, my Migraines were 24/7/365 and accompanied by Cluster Headaches, and Vertigo. So, I was on Topomax, Amitriptyline, and Fioricet daily. Prior to then, when I was still up home in PA, or at least living somewhere north of palm trees, the Migraines (that I've been getting since 1968) occurred less often. So, I have awakened to my fair share as well. That is never fun, because, for me, those are usually the ones that last a week. I hope that you are feeling better soon.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
I wonder if it was an age onset thing, or weather/mold. I remember visiting Florida and the weather would go from sunny to rain so fast, that kind of speed in weather changes will set off headachea in me, and I know I have some issues with mold and it is so humid there
@Chellezhere (5357)
• United States
13 May 16
@Jessicalynnt It was a combination of all of those and then some.
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@Nishkriti (132)
• Kolkata, India
13 May 16
I have migraine. I know how difficult it can get. My doctor had prescribed sibelium but it didn't suit me. I started having hormonal disturbances. I don't take medicines anymore.
I just sleep, at least try to. I miss college and spend the entire time lying down or drinking tea. Any form of sound sucks. I can't talk to anyone not even through a phone call.
And all this after giving up coffee and chocolate(almost) :( :(
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
I am odd in that chocolate seems to help rather than hurt
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
@Nishkriti dark, white I can't stand. Tastes like sugared fat
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@GardenGerty (158349)
• United States
13 May 16
I have never been diagnosed with migraines. I used to have the occasional severe headache that did not respond to any medication. They quit happening when I added magnesium supplements and foods high in magnesium to my food. My worst headaches now seem to come if I do not regulate my caffeine and get just enough and not too much.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
Magnesium hmn? Never thought about adding in that. Maybe I aught to give that a go
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
13 May 16
as a kid I had a l ot of what my mom called my sick headaches caused and she did not eern realize it from their q uarrels every day so I had these whenever I tho ught that tey were going to divorce. When I grew up and move t o Rapid cilty to work I nver had anothe migraine in my life.they were rea; migraines I saw halos around light and vomited eveyhtime noise drove me craay and why back then they did not have things for migraines like they do now.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
the upset tummy I get sometimes, it's not fun. nothing worse than migraine head WHILE barfing
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
some people have never have had them, and I really don't believe understand the level of bad that they are
@gochunehal (782)
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13 May 16
Yes I have a migraine ...so when people it is paining i take a pill and rest for the whole day...
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
Lately most meds barely help if at all. I do much better if I am able to try prevention rather than dealing with a full fledged one
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@bwjsdems (496)
• New Zealand
13 May 16
I get them occasionally if I'm exposed to flickering lights. The first sign is when the centre of a page/screen disappears. I then know I have half an hour to get some pain killers and a dark room before it really hits. If I can get to it early, I can sleep off the worst of it, but it usually takes 24 hours for the cluster to pass.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 May 16
oh havens yes. strobe lights always give me one. I almost always have mild headaches, enough that I am used to, and ignore them, When I feel no headache at all, feel great, then I start to see wiggly lines that float around in my vision. I have an hour give or take to get some meds in, and get to a dark room, and maybe it will just be a bad headache and not a migraine. Sadly, over time, less and less meds help. Caffeine can though. Mine can take three days to fully go away.
