So I went to the doctor this morning, got $200 worth of medicine for only $40 — thank you, extended health care! [As a side note, my boss was asking me recently how much I use my extended medical. As in, is it worth it for what we pay for it. Um, YES, YES, A THOUSAND TIMES YES.] Annoyingly, this should last me … a month and a half, two months tops. Stupid migraines. Also, stupid Yet Another UTI, but on the upside, the antibiotics were only $3 (after extended medical, but still only $20 otherwise) so I won’t worry about that.
Anyway, this is about migraines.
Fucking sick of them.
One of the things the doctor suggested was possibly looking into migraine prophylactics. Well, I do love me a good prophylactic, although the idea of taking a pill every day has me balking a bit. But… I miss WAY too much work due to migraines, not to mention ouch, migraines! So it’s definitely something to look into. She also made me realize that I need to do another series of “find out what causes the migraine!” food elimination diets. Since the recent discovery that red wine gives me a migraine, and I know it didn’t used to… well, evidently I have new migraine triggers since the last time I did the elimination diet to see what might cause them… 10 years ago.
Awesome.
But first, I get to do a headache diary. Since I mentioned that not only do I get pretty frequent migraines, but I often get headaches as well, she wants me to keep a record of all headaches, not just migraines. This’ll be fun. Hard, too — I often don’t even think about headaches, I just … get them a lot, and ignore them and eventually they go away.
But, she made me a bit nervous when she mentioned the N-word. No, not that one. In this case, it’s “neurologist”. Bah. I prefer to think that I’m just fine, thanks. Except for those pesky migraines… *sigh*
The worst part will be cutting caffeine out again. I like caffeine, and it’s a pain in the butt finding caffeine-free versions of the beverages I enjoy.
Edit: Upon further reflection, I decided to research what migraine prophylactics are available: No. No no no. I’m not going on beta blockers, antidepressants, anti-seizures, or botulism. I’ll stick with the migraines, thanks. If I can find non-medicinal ways to prevent them, great. I’ll work on that and see if I can find anything else other than avoiding red wine. But ANTI-SEIZURE drugs? Seriously? Antidepressants? Jesus christ, the side effects are worse than the initial problem.
Fuck. That. Noise.
Not all antidepressants give horrible side effects. And since you’re a girl, you don’t have an erection to maintain.
My doctor wondered if my weird face-pain-from-that-botched-dental-work might be migraines, as it comes at random times and I haven’t found a pattern for it. I should probably keep a headache diary, too, but I’m worried it might be, I dunno, a result of good sex or donut consumption, and I’m hardly giving up either.
I’ve been on anti-depressants. I won’t do that again unless it’s that or suicide. I don’t regret having been on them, but … no. Not again, if I can help it. I’ll take the migraines. (And a lot of them affect female sexual dysfunction, too. I was lucky not to get that one, but orgasms? Orgasms are nice!)
Plus, there’s the mood altering part. I really, REALLY don’t want the mood altering part! I’m happy, damnit. Don’t fuck with that! :D
And… they didn’t stop me from getting migraines when I was on them before, I’d be awfully suspicious if they did now all of a sudden.
so, here’s a thought.
there’s been some positive research in treating migraines with ” pulsing electromagnetic fields”; dunno if it’s beyond research stage yet, but is a thought…
http://www.google.com/search?q=electromagnetic+migraine+treatment
looking art the links further, it appears there’s a dr in tacoma wa offering the treatment…
http://homepages.donobi.net/crysss/
…an hour a day for 3 weeks in Tacoma seems pretty unlikely for me. Especially since it’s not going to be covered under any of my medical coverage… heh.
You know if people are using those funky machines, there have to be some “seen on tv” alternatives that don’t involve going to Tacoma lol. They have everything on TV now :)
i know this post is about migraines but i have a suggestion for your UTI’s. whenever i’m regularly sexual active i too get an abundance of UTI. my doctor gave me this medication to take whenever i have sex (ok maybe this would be a daily thing for you? :D) but it helps prevent them…it is a prescription so maybe ya want to ask your doctor about it, the name is Nitrofurantoin
heh, honestly I should just get off my ass and pee after sex, but… damnit, I LIKE TO FALL ASLEEP THEN!
:D