Yesterday (Memorial Day) I awoke to a slow, dull, thudding headache. It wasn't terribly bad...I ignored it really. Neil fixed me a brunch of bacon and eggs and we sat down to eat around 12:30 or so. We were about to enjoy an afternoon of fishing and hanging out with a friend of his. But before my bacon and eggs were done, I realized my headache had become pretty bad. I took some Tylenol and laid down. Within 30 minutes or so, I didn't want to move. My head felt like it had a steel pin piercing from my right temple, through the back of my eyeballs, to the other temple. I was in excruciating pain and I felt like I wanted to throw up.
Now, Neil is a migraine sufferer and did everything he could to comfort me. I went back to my bedroom and fell asleep in my cold sheets. It made me feel better, but I was still in pretty bad pain. I wanted to cry so badly, but I was afraid that would make the pain worse. So I slept. Woke up around 5:30 or so with the pain mostly gone, but still the slow, dull, thud I woke up to. It didn't go away completely at all last night. And this morning, the left side of my head, although not in the pain I felt yesterday, feels "heavy". Like your foot feels heavy when it falls asleep. Within the last 30 minutes or so I think it's coming back. Not bad...just the dullness of the pain is going away. It's a little more sharp now.
Are any of you migraine sufferers? What are your symptoms? Can you feel it coming on like Neil does? (He says he sees prisms in his eyesight.) What do you do to alleviate the symptoms? Anything over the counter or do you take prescription stuff? I'm on the net trying to educate myself on this sucker, but would love personal stories.
Thanks!
Andi