Too much snow!!!

After two weeks of migraines, I had to go to the doctor this week..I was taking combinations of Excedrin, Motrin and Tylenol, which hardly did anything. My face hurt and my anxiety spiked..I had to take a Clonazepam for the first time in months. I asked the doctor's assistant to raise my dose of Amitriptyline..she was hesitant because it can make my heart beat fast (I'm on medicine for that too though), but relented when I said it just needed to be temporary, to get the migraine attack under control. She also prescribed Rizatriptan, specifically for migraine attacks, to take as needed (I was prescribed Imitrex years ago for the same thing, but it wasn't that great). The sky actually cleared that day, and the migraine ~magically~ decided to get better, though I felt super fuzzy and hung over, and felt the same the next day..another storm came through after I got off work, and I could just FEEL the barometric pressure pressing down on my head. I took the Rizatriptan (and Excedrin, just to be safe), which was AWESOME!!! It works even better than Excedrin..I love the blissful feeling of finally being migraine-free!! It kept snowing yesterday, and today I woke up feeling awful..I could hardly wake up and I just felt..sandy-eyed?? Hard to explain haha. My vision has been blurry too, but that's a normal temporary side effect of a higher dose of Amitriptyline. It wasn't snowing quite as much as before, so I was like "what's going on??" At work I had the awful pressure feeling on my head and kept stuttering, so I took the new medicine again. Very soon after that, it started snowing like CRAZY! The new meds worked their magic and felt better after that. I'd rather not be a human barometer haha. The wind also picked up, which made walking to the bus stop so much fun. :P I'm surprised the schools didn't close (the Literacy Council closes when the schools do, so we stayed open..hardly anyone came in to the bookstore). Whoever wrote "Let it Snow" never had to deal with migraines or shoveling snow..ugh. There's going to be a break, but unfortunately, the snow is supposed to start again on Sunday and last until Wednesday..ughhh. Thankfully I have awesome new meds now!!

( feb 14-19 )