I have three levels of migraines, and I usually call them unpleasant, uncomfortable and unbearable.
The unpleasant ones are really not that bad in comparison to the others, and with some effort, I can continue doing what I do, but I really prefer just to go home and go to bed. They're usually curable with regular NSAIDs.
The uncomfortable ones start with unreasonable anger at nothing, and then I get the whole blazing headache with light and sound sensitivity and complete incapacity of doing anything.
During an unbearable attack, I usually consider suicide, on the grounds that it can't possibly hurt more. I haven't had any of them since I stopped taking hormonal contraceptives.
One problem I have is that I tend to write off low-grade stuff (migraine-related, fibromyalgia-related, or random) as ... well, unimportant, or "it shouldn't be enough to slow me down this much", or "maybe it'll just go away soon", and fail to consider that it might be something I'd be better off doing something about (taking something for it, giving up and going to bed, taking a hot shower, etc.) Until it's messed up my day -- or my week -- long enough for me to be frustrated at how much it has slowed me down, and finally realize that it's something I should've treated much, much earlier.
I'm really glad that you haven't had any more migraines since you started on the hormones. I hope that they are gone for good.
Going on the pill actually saved my life last year. I had VERY heavy menstrual bleeding, and ended up in the ER with such severe anemia (for those medical mavens out there, my H&H was 5 and 15)that I received a 3 pint transfusion.When doctors found out about those numbers, they remarked that they were amazed I was still standing.
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The unpleasant ones are really not that bad in comparison to the others, and with some effort, I can continue doing what I do, but I really prefer just to go home and go to bed. They're usually curable with regular NSAIDs.
The uncomfortable ones start with unreasonable anger at nothing, and then I get the whole blazing headache with light and sound sensitivity and complete incapacity of doing anything.
During an unbearable attack, I usually consider suicide, on the grounds that it can't possibly hurt more. I haven't had any of them since I stopped taking hormonal contraceptives.
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Drugs can be good
Going on the pill actually saved my life last year. I had VERY heavy menstrual bleeding, and ended up in the ER with such severe anemia (for those medical mavens out there, my H&H was 5 and 15)that I received a 3 pint transfusion.When doctors found out about those numbers, they remarked that they were amazed I was still standing.