You know you have a migraine when:
- The twittering of birds outside your window sound like shrill blasts of whistles.
- The morning traffic makes you wonder when freight trains started chugging through town - they weren't there yesterday.
- You go to smooth your hair back and cringe "Whoa! Who kicked me in
the side of the head with a steel-toed boot - and why!?"
- Your eye cries all by itself, and burns your cheek.
- You greet a sunny morning by putting on sunglasses - inside.
- Your necessary breakfast is two painkillers and soda crackers.
- The phone rings and you feel like you've been electrocuted. Same with doorbell.
- Your kids blast their morning music and you dissociate; one of 'you' stays in shock while the other 'you' tells them in sign language that their lives are in danger if they don't turn it way down or off.
- The dogs bark at the postman or neighborhood brats and you think you've been sent to hell.
- When you entertain the idea of using the neighborhood kids for target practice - after the pain ends of course.
- You start admiring the shiny silver slivers in your sight.
- You want to lay very, very still, in a sound-proofed rubber-room.
- You can no longer speak - you groan silently, then upchuck.
- You upchuck and passing out is mandatory, and merciful, after all, your brain just exploded.
- You think you're going to die. But after having several migraines, you rationalize that you must have been reincarnated many times in a single lifetime, but each reincarnation has migraines. Oops.
- You hear sirens and hope they're coming for you with a huge syringe of relief.
- Whispers sound like yelling.
- You start to believe that to crack your head open like an egg and let the 'yolk' out, becomes an option.
- You ask the Gods that be - "why, at THIS time does my brain NOT shut off? (re: thinking about things that have to be done)
- And if painkillers do take the brutal edge off - you pray thanks to the Gods of Science.
- Your cat purring sounds like a lawn mower.
- Even silence is loud.
- Your teeth hurt and your ear pops. Snap crackle pop - migraine
- One side of your face becomes numb and you see the humor - it's your head that is causing the pain - and it's that side of your face that gets to feel nothing.
- You can feel the fillings in your teeth.
Good morning everyone. If my migraine anecdotes made you smile, it's worth it. :D Gotta laugh. Stay tuned for my 'Thank God for Pills" ditty. Did I mention that pain can make one incredibly silly at times? Feel free to add your own to this list.
to all a good day -
Mimilly