// Migraine Awareness Month #7: List Topper.//

There are lots of myths and misconceptions about Migraine. Which one tops your list as the biggest and most common? What can we do to get the truth out there?

I think the myth that bothers me the most about migraines is that since I suffer from migraines, I must be depressed or have some other kind of psychological condition.

FALSE.

I guess it might come about because many people who suffer from migraines spend a lot of time in the dark, by themselves, and (for some people like me) sleeping. However, the only time I was depressed was when I first went on medication for my heart condition. The medication had a very severe effect on me, and I had no drive to do anything. Although I was told this medication could also help treat my migraines, I asked to be put on a new medication.

Other than that instance, in which it was induced by medication, I’ve never been depressed.

I think that there needs to just be more general understanding about what migraines ARE and why they’re so debilitating. It’s not just a headache. I’m not saying I have a migraine as an excuse to stay in bed so that I don’t have to cope with the real world. It just hurts.

National Migraine Awareness Month is initiated by the National Headache Foundation. The Blogger’s Challenge is initiated by www.FightingHeadacheDisorders.com

// I have not had much luck with my head the past few days.//

I started to get a headache at work on Sunday night and by the time I got home, it was a pretty killer one.

And I wasn’t able to sleep, which didn’t help at all.

So I stayed up and took a Relpax, and not even that helped me fall asleep.

I had no intention of going to my classes on Monday, except that the e-mail response I got from my first professor made it seem like if I wasn’t in class, my group was gonna get screwed over (we’re doing our end of semester presentations and my group is scheduled to go NEXT week, but we’re all critiquing the other presentations), so I showed up. In warm clothes with sunglasses on. There was an empty chair next to me and my professor sat down in it to watch the presentations, put her hand on my shoulder and said,

“Oh sweetie! You didn’t have to come to class! You’re sick, I’m sorry if you misunderstood me, but you don’t have to be here!”

I just looked at her like:

And was like “It’s no problem. As long as you don’t mind me having my sunglasses on, I can stay.”

So I stayed and critiqued two of the presentations.

My group was going to meet to go over our powerpoint and put our paper together but the other two girls were like “Will you PLEASE go home? We can meet on Thursday.”

So I went home.

And I checked my e-mail where I had a message from my Psych professor in response to saying I had a migraine and wouldn’t be in class saying:

“…The final test is tonight. Will you be in class?”

And I was like:

because I thought that the test was next week. So I was like “I’ll be there”.

Then I crammed for an hour and went to class. Thankfully the test was only 25 questions long and had a bonus question that I knew the answer to. Then I came home and was asleep by 10. (Psych was a 4:30 class).

Today, I slept a whole bunch more because it was storming out and that was pretty much the root of my headache problem. Between that, my erratic sleep schedule as of late, and lots of stress, I’ve been a mess.

Anyway, I went to work today where I had a ridiculous day (both good and bad) even though I still had a headache and am now waiting for my meds to kick in so I can finally sleep in peace. I’ve gotten to the point where I took a Percocet to hopefully break the migraine.

Thankfully, my 9:30AM dance class was cancelled for tomorrow morning, so the only thing I have to worry about is work at 4. I’ll probably have to watch my niece & nephew at around 2 when my mom has to go to the doctor’s, but that (hopefully) won’t be a problem.

I also got an e-mail that informed me that the test I had no idea was going on has already been graded and I somehow pulled a 112 with an hour of studying and a migraine

As for now, I’m going to read a bit more and then go to sleep. Reading relaxes me and I can somehow read with a headache.