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-A Vent- Partners Judgement
I'm feeling frustrated and I need to vent. I'm hoping it's ok to do that here. Sorry for the long post.
I'm 27. I've had migraines varying in severity since I was 12. Around September last year, I developed chronic daily migraines- thankfully they're not severe. They don't cause me to throw up but they leave me in pain, foggy and some days at work feel almost impossible. They're there from the second I wake up. I usually get a few hours where it dies down in the afternoon but they pick up again in the evening. They (miraculously?) stopped around May, but they started up again about 4 weeks ago.
I've been with my partner for the past two years. He's usually supportive. This evening we went to the shop and I said I was going to get a sugary drink to see if that would help. I rarely drink them, but a full sugar coke is my go to when I have a migraine I can't shake, or an energy drink. He's been a little judgemental about it before but I've brushed it off.
I picked up a can of Mountain Dew. He grimaced and said something along the lines of 'you do know that has about 14 teaspoons of sugar in. I've seen programmes that show what that does to people's teeth and that's all I can think of when I see them '. I looked and it was 47g. I felt embarrassed and put it down. He said I could get it if I want but I said it was fine, he was right.
I almost cried on the way home. I know I'm over emotional because of the migraine, but I feel so frustrated that on top of being in pain, I need to worry about being judged by the person who I go to for support. I've told him about my pain. It was only three hours ago that I had to go to bed for a couple of hours because the pain was too much. Does it really matter if I have one sugary drink if it means I have the opportunity of getting some brief respite?
When we got home, he asked if I was irritated that he'd commented on it. I explained that I wasn't irritated but I didn't want to feel judged for trying to give myself some respite. He said he was judging the drink and not me, and he can try not to react in the future but he can't promise that he won't because of the difficult emotional stuff he's dealing with at the moment. He then vanished upstairs for a meeting half an hour earlier than he needed to. It looks like he's sulking.
I fucking hate feeling judged by him. I hate being in pain so often. I'm tired of feeling tired. I hate that I don't know when the migraines are going to get better again. I feel so alone.
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