Today I woke up at 4:40 am from the pain in my head. It was probably the worst pain I've ever had. At first I was only willing to be curled up in a ball but my girlfriend managed to get me to take a bath and get me calmed down a little bit and to see things a little more rationally. At least for the time being. I was at my own apartment, but my mom came and picked me up so I wouldn't be alone. I was feeling bad, but like I could survive on the way home.
At home, I felt like I was going to die. The pain I felt is indescribable, and the fact that there was nothing anyone could do was infuriating and making the pain worse. I was lying on the couch, crying hysterically, begging my parents to please do something. I asked if we could go to the hospital, but we could not; we have been to the hospital 4 times in the last 2 weeks and they have not been able to help me, they are not going to now. Their meds don't help and will most likely just cause a rebound headache. Can't we call my headache center and ask if I can be admitted sooner? Do they have emergency admittance? No, the date they have set for me to be admitted is the soonest date they can admit me. I need to be patient.
My mom did call the on-call neurologist at the headache center where I am a patient, and he called in a prescription for Zyprexa, for me to at least sleep through the pain. So I took the pills and slept, took a pill when I woke up to sleep more.
Normally, I do not get nausea with migraines, but I did with this one. I don't know if it was because of the severe pain, or because I was very upset, but I felt very sick to my stomach and did throw up once. I therefore did not eat very much, only hot hard boiled eggs and toast, and drank gingerale throughout the day.
My morning vitamins were not taken, evening medications were taken. Increased topamax to 100 mg (by 25 mg).
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