Yay for drugs!
I kept food down today, for the first time in 4 days. Hopefully it isn't just passing moment, but I'm feeling better. Adrienne, I think you might be referring to Imitrex. I took that yesterday, and it finally knocked out the migraine I'd had building since the 30th. It took 2 of the pills and over 3 hours, but as far as I'm concerned-- that shit is the greatest. Thanks for the comments, too :)
I went to my doctor yesterday. He asked me what the ER had done, and if they had diagnosed me-- they hadn't. I told him they'd just given me 3 shots that made me throw up. He said politely, that the ER has a distrust for unexplained head pain-- I think I kno why they made me give a urine sample before they gave me anything-- it's likely they were drug testing me to make sure I'm not some kind of addict. My doctor started writing out like 8 prescriptions for Mucinex, Imitrex, Phenergin, etc--and told my mom I'd need a head CT scan.
Then he noticed I have no insurance-- so he had to "switch gears." The insurance limits what I can get, because it would be so damned expensive without it. So the doctor nixed the CT and a couple of the scripts, and gave me a goodie bag with samples of Imitrex, Nasacort, Allegra-D, and Ketek (antibiotic.) He finally diagnosed me with both sinusitis and migraine. I'm still really congested and scalding myself in the shower to clear up my sinsuses, but I'm still just abso-fuckin-lutely thrilled that my head doesn't feel like someone's power-drilling into the space between my eyes for the first time in 11 days. It'll probably hurt some tomorrow, but hopfully the antibiotics are working enough so I can sit up without being dizzy and confused.
posted by Epiphany Grove @ 6:55 PM
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UGGG! No greater pain than in the head! I suffer from all the different types of migraines and you're sooo right. Nothing helps, especially if it's a true migraine and you have to lay in the quiet dark for 3 days straight suffering.
Believe this or not, I found that vomiting helps. Not at the time, but afterwards. It takes some of the pressure off the migraine. Sometimes cold or heat help too.
I'm lucky to have some heavy duty meds for them and other problems I have and because I'm from Canada, I don't have to pay for doctor visits...other than now I'm doctorless and not one available doctor that is taking patients at this time.
Old remedy that works, but can't tell you why...plus it's extremely messy...good for fevers too. Take a raw potatoe and grate it up really fine. Never mind even peeling the sjin off. It'll turn blue, but that's ok. Put it between a large soft cloth and roll it up like a bandana. You only need the potatoe so it goes to your forhead anyway. Wrap it around your head and make sure you put plastic or old towels over everything your head goes down on as it'll stain. The coolness will put you to sleep and once you wake up. GONE! Sounds crazy...but my Grandmother used it, then my Mom and then me. Now my daughter uses it it on the grand kids.
Hey! It can't hurt to try...and it's free!
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