Tuesday, 27 August 2002

head hurt

Yesterday I had one of those really bad headaches (migraine probably) I get from time to time. I have always been prone to getting headaches. Even when I was young I would spend many afternoons lying on the couch with ice on my forehead not being able to bear any loud noises. I hated it. So anyway, I have more headaches than most people I know. And I have learned to discern the different types of headaches I get.

So when yesterday evening around 22:00 I felt one looming at the back of my head I knew that it was going to be a bad one but I didn't know yet that it was going to be a REALLY bad one. Around midnight it was already pretty bad. I stayed up until I couldn't take it any longer and went to bed around 1:00 (which is rather early for me). I took a cool pack with me which I put on my forehead. I already began to suspect that it might be a Really Bad One (TM) because sleep didn't come. Instead my head hurt even worse and my thoughts began to race around my brain (it's hard to explain this. It feels like I have a gazillion thoughts at once and can't concentrate on any single one. This only happens to me in case of a Really Bad One).

So after an hour of trying to fall asleep I got up again and took one of my badass painkillers which I only take in the event of a Bad One or Really Bad One. I also got myself another cool pack from the freezer. Now what makes this sort of headache even worse is that I also feel sick. Like I have to puke any minute. Anyhow, the pain killer didn't really help and it also kept me awake because it has caffeine in it. Around 4:00 I finally managed to persuade my brain that sleeping would indeed be a good idea.

Fortunately this doesn't happen very often. That would drive me crazy...

  Posted by Edda at 21:56 CET