Do not excede stated dosage [3]
Oct. 6th, 2004 07:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
davywavyToday I had the worst migraine of my entire life. The timing could have been better as I was at a trade show trying to drum up business for Wade international, and so that didn't quite go to plan.
Three or so years ago, I had a migraine which put me in hospital (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
puddingcat and wendy_lady will probably recall). This one was worse, although at least now I know how to deal with them and so emergency ward visits aren't called for these days. Usually, I lose a touch of vision in my left eye, and that's the warning I'm going to get one. This morning I lost vision in both eyes (which has never happened before, ever), meaning I probably had about 15% of my normal field of view as I stumbled about Victoria station (into furnishings, pillars, and irritable, tutting people) looking for a pharmacy which sold Migraine-related drugs. Migralieve usually sees off the symptoms pretty much instantly, and after getting shirty at the girl in the Chemist ("What do you usually take? Have you taken it before?" "At this moment I don't care. Just get me some right now") I was standing in the plaza at the station guzzling drugs and water.
At least my vision cleared enough for me to get to Olympia, but the pain didn't go and, as a first, it was full-brain rather than the usual 'skewer down the left optic nerve'. I hoped that the drugs would get rid of it, but by 10:30 it hadn't gone - I was pale, shaking, feverish, sweating, and nauseous to the point of vomiting (twice). If I sat or stood still I'd feel faint and so I was irritably shifting from foot to foot, unable to concentrate. Eventually I cracked. On packs of Migralieve it warns that you should under no circumstances excede the stated dosage. Well, I did.
The effect was astonishing. The brain-pain went, but I felt woozy and instantly tired. Unable to do more, I got a cab home, walked into my room and promptly slept for three hours solid.
And when I woke up the headache had gone but I'd obvoiusly slept at an incredibly uncomfortable angle and perhaps trapped a nerve, as my shoulder was agonising and still is.
Upon waking up, I got dressed, got another cab, and went back to the trade show to spend the last hours of the day pressing flesh and schmoozing.
And now I shall go to bed. I'm aware that the predicating circumstance for me getting migraines is stress. Great.
Three or so years ago, I had a migraine which put me in hospital (
puddingcat and wendy_lady will probably recall). This one was worse, although at least now I know how to deal with them and so emergency ward visits aren't called for these days. Usually, I lose a touch of vision in my left eye, and that's the warning I'm going to get one. This morning I lost vision in both eyes (which has never happened before, ever), meaning I probably had about 15% of my normal field of view as I stumbled about Victoria station (into furnishings, pillars, and irritable, tutting people) looking for a pharmacy which sold Migraine-related drugs. Migralieve usually sees off the symptoms pretty much instantly, and after getting shirty at the girl in the Chemist ("What do you usually take? Have you taken it before?" "At this moment I don't care. Just get me some right now") I was standing in the plaza at the station guzzling drugs and water.At least my vision cleared enough for me to get to Olympia, but the pain didn't go and, as a first, it was full-brain rather than the usual 'skewer down the left optic nerve'. I hoped that the drugs would get rid of it, but by 10:30 it hadn't gone - I was pale, shaking, feverish, sweating, and nauseous to the point of vomiting (twice). If I sat or stood still I'd feel faint and so I was irritably shifting from foot to foot, unable to concentrate. Eventually I cracked. On packs of Migralieve it warns that you should under no circumstances excede the stated dosage. Well, I did.
The effect was astonishing. The brain-pain went, but I felt woozy and instantly tired. Unable to do more, I got a cab home, walked into my room and promptly slept for three hours solid.
And when I woke up the headache had gone but I'd obvoiusly slept at an incredibly uncomfortable angle and perhaps trapped a nerve, as my shoulder was agonising and still is.
Upon waking up, I got dressed, got another cab, and went back to the trade show to spend the last hours of the day pressing flesh and schmoozing.
And now I shall go to bed. I'm aware that the predicating circumstance for me getting migraines is stress. Great.
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Date: 2004-10-06 12:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-06 12:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-06 12:24 pm (UTC)i guess you just need to um well not get stressed, gee that was helpful wasn't it?
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Date: 2004-10-06 12:14 pm (UTC)big hugs
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Date: 2004-10-06 12:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-06 01:23 pm (UTC)I tend to get them as I attend interviews. Yes, probably stress. Though I am lucky and mainly just get tunnel vision and pretty patterns, rarely headache.
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Date: 2004-10-06 01:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-06 01:41 pm (UTC)Feel better.
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Date: 2004-10-07 12:57 am (UTC)There's a good range of prescription drugs that target specific things - for me it was pain plus nausea, but I'm sure they can find something suitable. If you're at a comp, you're better already, but (unusually for me) you have my sympathy.
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Date: 2004-10-07 02:08 am (UTC)Poor you - hope you feel better soon and the stress levels go down forthwith!
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Date: 2004-10-07 12:41 pm (UTC)