Migraines and Headaches

[unico_love]

Migraines confuse me. I never used to get headaches or migraines, but now I get them. I know I've had very classic/typical severe migraines at least a few times (they run in my family), but the rest of the time I am never really sure. Earlier this evening I started getting very confused and nonverbal, which simply happens sometimes, and I know I was getting overloaded sensory-wise by that point. It's just that sometimes these incidents, totally aside from potential overload, are accompanied by a great mental haze and I feel like I'm starting to go outside my body. At home when nothing really is happening, I am often barely aware of it. Today it started when I was outside the house, so it was easier for me to notice. Being back at home helped me become a bit less overloaded, but the haze was still there, and now it has descended into head-throbbing. I took some over-the-counter medication, so hopefully that will help.

Comments

[novanglus.livejournal.com]

I think the taxonomy of headache phenomena is pretty chaotic, and connecting symptoms with causes is not as easy as the medical world would have us believe. I get "migraines" but I think they are more often food-allergy-related. The only thing that tends to work is Extra Strength Excedrin, and that not always.

[christante.livejournal.com]

Same here.