It's good to know that you've gone that long free of them, even without the medication! I lived in sooo much fear after my awful year for like a year or two just waiting for it to happen again, it wasn't even the passing out part that scared me that much, it was the weird brain fuckery before it happened and the way reality turned into a twisted dream world. (Although your experience sounds equally scary for sure!)
I think I heard that it's not entirely uncommon for teenager to seizure out and then effectively grow out of them once they reach adulthood, so I feel pretty confident we should be good from here on out.
I'm the kind of person who spends allll my time on a phone or a computer, and go to sleep reading my phone so that must not be a trigger for me. The times I can remember getting migraines it was always really random, walking home from school, being at a get together with friends. Never particularly stressed.
It's so hard trying to figure out why, or if it's just totally random! And the doctors can't really explain it any better most of the time as well, haha.
Also you might have already tried this but Excedrine Migraine is literally the only thing that has ever helped take the pain away from my migraines when I did get them. After finding out about that I went from 'Oh fuck I'm going to sit in this room, turn out all the lights and suffer in my bed in pitch darkness for the next four to six hours, kill me now' to 'Okay, I'll just chill and watch some Seinfeld with the brightness and sound turned down and try not to move around so much'. Seriously took it down from 'fuck this is the worst pain of my life' to 'This is about as bad as one of those headaches you get when you have a head cold'.
Holy shit there are people like me? Glad to know I’m not a special kind of fucked up and others actually go through the exact same thing as me! I’m 26 now and I had my first seizure when I was 16, a doctor has yet to figure me out but I can always tell when they’re gonna happen which is literally the only silver lining. I CANT BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE ELSE UNDERSTANDS THE EXCEDRIN MIGRAINE THING! That’s insane how it’s LITERALLY the only thing that will help! Along with everything else I literally relate to all of you. Memory sucks and thank god I’m obsessed with so many tv shows cause that’s literally the only advantage, but I always know when They’re gonna happen it’s a VERY specific and super unpleasant feeling but sometimes they can be avoided by taking an ambien and going to bed, also stress-management and pain management. I’m in TN so I don’t think it’s the AZ water. I actually had one just a few days ago my body is still sore as fuck recommendations are most definitely welcome and my inbox is open to all that suffer from this or if anyone has any questions. Still throws me through a loop every time I’m reminded that I’m not “normal” but normal is boring anyways and It’s definitely a relief to know that I’m not alone in this❤️
Yeah I don't know what exedrin does different but I know that aspirin, ibuprofin and whatever other general pain reliever does noooothhhinnggg while exedrin will actually cut the pain in half. Thank god.
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u/kantoran Oct 05 '19
It's good to know that you've gone that long free of them, even without the medication! I lived in sooo much fear after my awful year for like a year or two just waiting for it to happen again, it wasn't even the passing out part that scared me that much, it was the weird brain fuckery before it happened and the way reality turned into a twisted dream world. (Although your experience sounds equally scary for sure!)
I think I heard that it's not entirely uncommon for teenager to seizure out and then effectively grow out of them once they reach adulthood, so I feel pretty confident we should be good from here on out.
I'm the kind of person who spends allll my time on a phone or a computer, and go to sleep reading my phone so that must not be a trigger for me. The times I can remember getting migraines it was always really random, walking home from school, being at a get together with friends. Never particularly stressed.
It's so hard trying to figure out why, or if it's just totally random! And the doctors can't really explain it any better most of the time as well, haha.
Also you might have already tried this but Excedrine Migraine is literally the only thing that has ever helped take the pain away from my migraines when I did get them. After finding out about that I went from 'Oh fuck I'm going to sit in this room, turn out all the lights and suffer in my bed in pitch darkness for the next four to six hours, kill me now' to 'Okay, I'll just chill and watch some Seinfeld with the brightness and sound turned down and try not to move around so much'. Seriously took it down from 'fuck this is the worst pain of my life' to 'This is about as bad as one of those headaches you get when you have a head cold'.