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Jun. 26th, 2024 08:48 pmIt's amazing, when I have a migraine, how much better "lie in dark room doing nothing" feels, compared to "stare at computer trying to do things" ...
This last week, ugh
Aug. 11th, 2023 10:48 pmContent note: medical stuff, not too graphic. Also part of the entry mentions food intake, and references to a previous medical recommendation re calories, but there will be a cut for that.
Sunday evening I crashed right after going to bed, which I thought was just a worse than usual version of the mini-crashes I figured out were Probably Autism, but those I usually perk up from, and this ... not so much. By Monday it had rolled into headache plus nausea plus fatigue plus brain fog plus chills plus light/noise sensitivity. I did a COVID test (negative) and then just tried to survive the day.
...which turned into week...
Tuesday I took my last imitrex but it was out of date. By afternoon the nausea was worse to the point of throwing up multiple times, and then after I went to bed the chills shifted to epic sweating (soaking pillows and sheets within 3 hours). Also I'm pretty sure I hallucinated a smell at one point? Spicy sausage gravy, when no one was cooking? ...anyway. Since then things have been slowly getting better but my appetite has been off, my capacity to eat/drink has been off, temperature self-regulation has been wonky, energy low, and still the sensitivity to light and sound and still headache -- though oddly intermittent and pretty low-key, thank fuck. (I have brain fog but not the pain so strong it's overwhelming.)
I have looped my doctor in, yes. Not until today but I kept hoping it would just go away. I also seem to have ingrained a "feeling shitty is just something you endure" thing where I don't want to bother my doctor (and things like medication don't occur) that I need to poke at sometime.
Here's where I start talking about food, and calories are not specifically counted but I add snark about a previous doctor recommendation that suggests it. Feel free to skip. If you are on the entry page where there's no cut, skim for bold text.
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I think/hope I'm trending upward at this point. Don't really know though.
Sunday evening I crashed right after going to bed, which I thought was just a worse than usual version of the mini-crashes I figured out were Probably Autism, but those I usually perk up from, and this ... not so much. By Monday it had rolled into headache plus nausea plus fatigue plus brain fog plus chills plus light/noise sensitivity. I did a COVID test (negative) and then just tried to survive the day.
...which turned into week...
Tuesday I took my last imitrex but it was out of date. By afternoon the nausea was worse to the point of throwing up multiple times, and then after I went to bed the chills shifted to epic sweating (soaking pillows and sheets within 3 hours). Also I'm pretty sure I hallucinated a smell at one point? Spicy sausage gravy, when no one was cooking? ...anyway. Since then things have been slowly getting better but my appetite has been off, my capacity to eat/drink has been off, temperature self-regulation has been wonky, energy low, and still the sensitivity to light and sound and still headache -- though oddly intermittent and pretty low-key, thank fuck. (I have brain fog but not the pain so strong it's overwhelming.)
I have looped my doctor in, yes. Not until today but I kept hoping it would just go away. I also seem to have ingrained a "feeling shitty is just something you endure" thing where I don't want to bother my doctor (and things like medication don't occur) that I need to poke at sometime.
Here's where I start talking about food, and calories are not specifically counted but I add snark about a previous doctor recommendation that suggests it. Feel free to skip. If you are on the entry page where there's no cut, skim for bold text.
( Read more... )
I think/hope I'm trending upward at this point. Don't really know though.
oh huh was that it
Jun. 18th, 2023 12:32 pmSo I've had a weird-ass week healthwise, but I think I figured out what was going on. Broadly, anyway.
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I was blaming everything on the sleepless night, but ... I've had occasional episodes of bad sleep (more like like Friday night, where I eventually get *some*) and I feel crappy for a day or two but nothing like this. Tuesday was the first time it lasted all night, and while it was possible that it just sent some internal systems haywire, that explanation didn't seem complete.
Today I was mentally shuffling around the symptoms like jigsaw puzzle pieces and finally the "everything is too loud" plus "headache" made me think migraine.
And, well.
( migraine stuff )
( Timeline )
I was blaming everything on the sleepless night, but ... I've had occasional episodes of bad sleep (more like like Friday night, where I eventually get *some*) and I feel crappy for a day or two but nothing like this. Tuesday was the first time it lasted all night, and while it was possible that it just sent some internal systems haywire, that explanation didn't seem complete.
Today I was mentally shuffling around the symptoms like jigsaw puzzle pieces and finally the "everything is too loud" plus "headache" made me think migraine.
And, well.
( migraine stuff )
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Aug. 22nd, 2021 07:45 pmFeeling very Not Myself today... partly a migraine hangover from yesterday, partly one of those days where little things kept going wrong, partly I don't even know what. Very crappy mood, sort of angrily despair-hate for no reason. Stuff that's similar to brainweasels I get but on steroids and just kind of Off. Spent the day half crying half reading (books not Twitter for a change). I wanted to just turn myself off until tomorrow. Like I'd gotten up wrong somehow. (The fact that 2/3 of today's shifts were a caregiver I don't particularly like and find annoying but can't afford to not have her, didn't help.)
Are there, like, medical reasons why moods can tank abruptly? Like, I know utis in old people can present like dementia. Or maybe it's just migraine exhaustion idk. Bet if I checked WebMD it'd suggest brain bleed and/or hangnail...
Are there, like, medical reasons why moods can tank abruptly? Like, I know utis in old people can present like dementia. Or maybe it's just migraine exhaustion idk. Bet if I checked WebMD it'd suggest brain bleed and/or hangnail...
oh good fucking grief
Jun. 23rd, 2020 12:53 pmSo the fucking disaster that is Ravelry's makeover
that is literally giving people migraines and seizures
and not usable by screen readers
has not been rolled back, or de-animated, or in any way made accessible
and there's been no explanation
the front page still has just a chirpy twee "explanation" of the redesign with stuff like "We tried a bunch of different approaches but ended up with a simple misshapen circle with the r in it. Like the primary logo, we kept the secondary mark simple so that it could be flexibly used. We affectionately call her "Lumpy" :)" and "We already had our cinnamon color for the logo, and now we needed some color friends." (the logo is coral not cinnamon) and "we didn't want the colors to follow current web trends in color schemes" (coral/teal is not unique) and "I can't stress enough how much hard work, thought, and love went into the new look."
there have been daily feedback threads that pay lip service to "We also will not permit accessibility issues to be dismissed." but also say "We understand that those of you giving feedback in this thread would like us to make the Classic Ravelry site the default site. We feel that keeping Ravelry’s New Look as our default, with an option to opt-in to the Classic Ravelry look as we improve the new site, is the best option." and there are no answers or explanations for anything, so it has the feeling of shouting into a void
this is not the first time rav has had accessibility issues, but holy fuck this is just a dumpster fire
I am so very out of cope
that is literally giving people migraines and seizures
and not usable by screen readers
has not been rolled back, or de-animated, or in any way made accessible
and there's been no explanation
the front page still has just a chirpy twee "explanation" of the redesign with stuff like "We tried a bunch of different approaches but ended up with a simple misshapen circle with the r in it. Like the primary logo, we kept the secondary mark simple so that it could be flexibly used. We affectionately call her "Lumpy" :)" and "We already had our cinnamon color for the logo, and now we needed some color friends." (the logo is coral not cinnamon) and "we didn't want the colors to follow current web trends in color schemes" (coral/teal is not unique) and "I can't stress enough how much hard work, thought, and love went into the new look."
there have been daily feedback threads that pay lip service to "We also will not permit accessibility issues to be dismissed." but also say "We understand that those of you giving feedback in this thread would like us to make the Classic Ravelry site the default site. We feel that keeping Ravelry’s New Look as our default, with an option to opt-in to the Classic Ravelry look as we improve the new site, is the best option." and there are no answers or explanations for anything, so it has the feeling of shouting into a void
this is not the first time rav has had accessibility issues, but holy fuck this is just a dumpster fire
I am so very out of cope
Brains are herkriegst thinking
Jan. 5th, 2017 08:18 pm...which means that I get really fucking stupid when I have a migraine.
Woke up this morning with bad bad headache (icepick over right eye) plus nausea and dry vomiting. Googled symptoms, saw "migraine", realized oh yeah that's what I have.
Ate toast. Took normal meds. Took excedrin -- one -- for the headache. Whined a lot.
Realized around 4pm -- nausea mostly gone, headache down to just a few nails, still crappy overall -- that I have actual *migraine* meds I could have taken. Grumbled a bit.
...Realized around 6 that since I was still having migraine symptoms, I actually could still take the migraine med.
*facepalm*
In other news, I got nothing done all day (gee I wonder why) but I am thinking of adding "survive migraine" to the done section of this weeks to-do list. Just to make myself feel better.
Woke up this morning with bad bad headache (icepick over right eye) plus nausea and dry vomiting. Googled symptoms, saw "migraine", realized oh yeah that's what I have.
Ate toast. Took normal meds. Took excedrin -- one -- for the headache. Whined a lot.
Realized around 4pm -- nausea mostly gone, headache down to just a few nails, still crappy overall -- that I have actual *migraine* meds I could have taken. Grumbled a bit.
...Realized around 6 that since I was still having migraine symptoms, I actually could still take the migraine med.
*facepalm*
In other news, I got nothing done all day (gee I wonder why) but I am thinking of adding "survive migraine" to the done section of this weeks to-do list. Just to make myself feel better.
