Water, Quiet, and Sleep

Last night as I was falling asleep, I felt a migraine coming on. Normally, if I feel one coming during the day I take Midol. Weird, I know, but it's the only thing that (sometimes) works. Since it was 11:30pm and I was trying to sleep, however, I didn't take it because it has caffeine in it. I woke up around 4:30am with a throbbing migraine. Joy of all joys.

I dragged myself out to the couch (because otherwise I would have just stayed in bed all day), took my meds, ate breakfast, drank coffee, kissed my fiancé goodbye, turned off all the lights, and turned down the TV volume to less than half of what it normally is. And it still feels like everyone on it is screaming.

It's been snowing all day and it's beautiful and I can't even bear to look at it! I peeked outside long enough to get a couple of photos, but it's too bright. I didn't even write this morning because the computer screen with the brightness turned down was too bright.

At one point earlier today, my cats knocked something over and there was a moderately loud (well, to me it was loud) crash. I was so nauseated that the sudden sound made me throw up! That's only happened a few times and it still surprises me.

I was trying to write this as a "Yay, you can get through a migraine!" type post, but it's not really sounding that way, is it...? Let's see...tips for getting through a migraine:

Staying hydrated!

1. Stay hydrated. If you are feeling really horrible, it's easy to not be hungry or thirsty. But if you let yourself get dehydrated, you won't know when your migraine is gone because you'll have one of those huge there-is-no-water-in-my-body headaches.
2. Do not allow anyone to enter your space if they are not going to be quiet. Just don't. If you have a lot of people in your house, then put yourself in the bedroom or den or somewhere other than the living room. Your biggest priority needs to be to feel better and having a ton of noise will not make that happen.
3. If you can, sleep. I only got five hours of sleep last night, and even if I didn't have a migraine, I'd be feeling it! I haven't been able to sleep because my head hurts too much, but if you can, do. It does help.

Gentle hugs and quiet goodbyes 'til next time!

"Be the change you wish to see in the world." --Gandhi