Day 3

Day 3. 2:48p. Pain Level 7.

Today is better and worse if that makes any since. My body feels a little stronger and I don't have the aches like I did yesterday. Still a little nauseated but the phenergan is helping and I haven't vomited in over 24 hours. I didn't go to work though because I don't have the energy to stand up all day long and I especially don't have the energy to talk to people all day long. So the bacterial infection is looking up...yay!

The migraine however is looking down...boo. Today is probably the worst so far. I've taken 2 ibprofun and I'm about to take 2 more. At least the phenergan is keeping me knocked out so I can sleep through most of it. I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow when I have to go back to work. I am so nervous that I have already started having some anxiety attacks from it. What if I start vomiting? What if I loose vision in the middle of a haircut or color? What if I pass out? Yes, I have had pain to the point of almost passing out before. Because I had to cancel today I have no breaks at all this week so that means I don't even get 5 min to sit down and eat lunch let alone take a nap like I usually do. When my migraines started getting really bad about 6 months ago I started coming home every day for about an hour and a half and taking a 30-45 min nap and it help me tremendously. Then when I started my Topamax it made me so tired that I really needed those naps so it just really worked out. I feel like a little old lady but without my nap I get so cranky.

So I've been doing some research and talking to some people on message boards about rebound migraines and have gotten a ton of mixed emotions. Most people feel the way that I do and think that rebounds are just an excuse that our doctors give us when they don't know what to tell us. Have you ever heard anyone with chronic back pain been told to go off their meds for a month to see if their pain goes away? Didn't think so. Check out this discussion and let me know what you think.

http://www.migrainepage.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=24312&forum=discussion&omm=0