Migraine - DAE struggle with feeling guilty and sad over lost time during an episode? : Women-care

Migraine overview

---

A migraine is a headache that can purpose intense throbbing suffering or a pulsing sensation, typically on one facet of the head. It's often accompanied with the aid of nausea, vomiting, and excessive sensitivity to mild and sound. Migraine assaults can closing for hours to days, and the discomfort can be so excessive that it interferes with your each day activities. For some people, a warning symptom viewed as an air of secrecy takes location until now than or with the headache. An air of secrecy can consist of visible disturbances, such as flashes of mild or blind spots, or different disturbances, such as tingling on one thing of the face or in an arm or leg and concern speaking.

My experience-DAE struggle with feeling guilty and sad over lost time during an episode?

---

Hi everyone,

I've struggled with chronic migraines since I was 13 or so. I'm now 29. I have found medications that work better for me throughout the years, but I still have a couple of migraines per week, with some lasting up to 3-4 days.

Today I'm finally coming down from a 4-day migraine, and I am feeling super low. I had plans to clean and cook and work on my dissertation this week, and none of that got done because my medications weren't working, and I was pretty much bedridden. Now that I'm finally feeling better, I feel overwhelmed with how behind I am.

Even though I have THE most supportive partner, family, and friends, I still struggle with the guilt that comes from canceling plans at the last minute or the disappointment of not being able to follow through with tasks I committed to doing before I got the migraine. Sometimes it feels like I'm a burden to those around me, even if they are kind and patient with me.

I guess it's difficult for me to grapple with the fact that I'm suffering from an "invisible" illness. Because of this, when I'm feeling much better and haven't had a migraine in a while, I almost gaslight myself into thinking I'm making it all up for attention. I know this isn't true, but the mental gymnastics my brain does to arrive at this conclusion are SO convincing.

Does anyone else struggle with the emotional and mental aspects of migraines as much as I do? I sometimes feel like this aspect isn't talked about enough, and it's hard to find people online and IRL who can empathize, lend a listening lear, and provide helpful advice about this topic.

submitted by /u/d218
[link] [comments]

Migraine Symptoms

---

Migraines, which have an effect on children and teens as nicely as adults, can development via 4 stages: prodrome, aura, attack and post-drome. Not everyone who has migraines goes through all stages.

★★★ /u/d218
😄 " I hope each new day brings you closer to a full and speedy recovery! "