While I woke up with a migraine again this morning and still feel like crap, I need to go to work today. Sometimes, I have little choice but to just carry on, migraine or not. I learned many years ago that I couldn’t let my migraines completely control my life. At times, I just have to work through the pain. I’m just ready for this week to be over. Today and tomorrow, then I have four days off.
For now, I’m about to take a long hot shower and get ready for work. Sometimes, a good shower helps. The heat from the water is usually at least a little soothing for my migraines.
I began my life in the South and for five years lived as a closeted teacher, but am now making a new life for myself as an oral historian in New England. I think my life will work out the way it was always meant to be. That doesn't mean there won't be ups and downs; that's all part of life. It means I just have to be patient. I feel like October 7, 2015 is my new birthday. It's a beginning filled with great hope. It's a second chance to live my life…not anyone else's.
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You should have your migraines checked out by a psychiatrist. They have the experience to determine whether the migraines might be coming from anxiety, stress, or a trauma. I have known a few friends that had their migraines manifesting from their family abuse and another from a bad relationship – all of them thought they were past it. They weren’t. They were suppressing it. Just don’t let them put you any addictive drug – that’s all I ask.
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Joe
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April 27th, 2023 at 7:31 am
You should have your migraines checked out by a psychiatrist. They have the experience to determine whether the migraines might be coming from anxiety, stress, or a trauma. I have known a few friends that had their migraines manifesting from their family abuse and another from a bad relationship – all of them thought they were past it. They weren’t. They were suppressing it. Just don’t let them put you any addictive drug – that’s all I ask.
April 27th, 2023 at 7:40 am
Thanks. I’ll look into it.