Daily Update - Headache

Well, it's been a while since I've had a really bad headache, so I guess that I am due one. My fibro has had some days of acting up where I have to go home and go to bed early. Now, it seems like they are ganging up on me.

Right around 11:00 this morning, I was starting to get a headache in the right side of my head. I had felt it soming on for a little bit, so I took a Fioricet at that time.

Now at 1:30, I have pain shooting from the back of the right side of my head to the top of my head. I also have a feeling of fullness in my right ear and my right eye feels heavy and droopy.

Moving my head in any direction causes a stabbing pain in my forehead. I have 2 hours left in my day and am going to try to tough it out rather than leave early as I am trying to save my sick time.

To make matters a little worse is that tonight is Halloween and I want o be able to take my youngest girl trick-or-treating around the neighborhood. Right no, I'm not too sure how that is going to play out.

Daily Update - Migraine/Trip

Just as an update... I am generally headache free, thanks to Verapamil, Imitrex and Frova!

I had an out of town trip that lasted 3 and 1/2 days. Normally, I do not like traveling as in the event that I have a flare, it is a lot more difficult to handle, not to mention that it is hard to relax when traveling with others as sometimes you cannot just go to your room and lay down, especially if you are supposed to be doing something at work. This usually leads to extended hours, etc. as people usually eat and hang out together.

All-in-all, my trip went decently with me only experiencing a headache Saturday night that was manageable. I ended up taking a Butalbitol and laying down hoping that a migraine was not around the corner. Thankfully, it wasn't!

"We now return you to regularly scheduled Fibromyalgia." ...lol

Daily Update - Neurologist Visit

Well, I went to see my neurologist yesterday and I was pleasantly surprised.

He asked about my relief from the headaches, etc. and the said that he was going to increase my Verapamil to try to keep the headaches at bay. He also prescribed Imitrex (100mg) for when my migraines start and Frova to take if the migraine continues more than 1 hour.

He said that my migraine symptoms are typical and that treating them is tricky due to the Fibromyalgia, saying that the two (migraines and fibro) feed off of each other and exacerbate the issue.

He then gave me a shot of Phenergan and Nubain in the hip and I was good to go (since I was going straight home).  All this and I was in and out in 20 minutes and on time.

The shot that my neurologist gave me lasted for about 6 hours. I was headache and pain free during that time! It was like my body went on vacation and was totally OK. I wish that I could have that shot every day...lol

So here I am, with a small headache, but generally decent.

Daily update: Headache and dizziness

This morning, I woke up without headache for the first time since I can't remember when. I took my antibiotics and ate breakfast. About an hour after I woke up, I started feeling a headache come on, took 500 mg of Naproxen and then took two migrain medicine pills (acetaminophen, aspirin and caffeine).

It has now been approximately 2 hours since I woke and now I am dizzy and am experiencing some brain fog and aches and pains.. I took my 10mg of Maxalt and am laying down.

The headache covers the front of my forehead and left eye.

Daily update: Headache and cognitive issues

Today, I have had 2 doses of Malalt-Mlt 10mg. I took the first dose early this morning, followed by an Orbivan and the second one, with a Goody's headache powder at 3:30pm.

I have a headache in the middle of my forehead with numbness throughout my face and both arms.

I am very foggy to the point where I cannot think too clearly.

I also don;t understand... My headache was primarily on my left side above my eyes and now, it seems to have moved to th center of my forehead.

Daily Update: Headache and dizziness

Well, I thought that I was feeling a little better today, then I noticed that I had a migraine headache coming on and I looked in vain for the migraine medicine that the doctor had prescribed me. My headache started on the left side of my head, where I have ben having issues and then spread across the entirety of my forehead.

I then noticed a metallic taste in my mouth and an hour later, I still have the pain, amd laying down with a cool pack on my forehead. My wife went to the doctor's office (since I am dizzy and can't drive) to get some sample meds and to see if they can speak with the insurance company and schedule a CT scan.

Needless to say, this is thowing my body into weird fibro fits with miscellaneous pain here and there.

The Walking Dead, Part II

Well today is Thursday and I am happy that it is. It's one step closer to the weekend.

Following my Wednesday morning mixup, I ended up coming home from work a little early, just because of my fatigue and a really bad headache. In addition to that, I was smelling the scent of blood in my left nostril. The odd part was that I didn't have a nose bleed or anything similar. It was like The Walking Dead... they were here for my brain (or so it seemed)

A quick Google search yielded the cause being anything from a migraine to a brain tumor. Well, that was reassuring, but nevertheless, I went home and lay down with a cold compress and the light off.

Eventually, I drifted off to sleep and woke up in time to eat a little and take my evening meds, then fell back to sleep. 

Seeing that everything was "decently OK" when I woke up this morning, I'm going to chalk this attack up to having a weird migraine, although if it happens again, I may just go to the ER due to the strangeness of having a blood smell.