I know I haven’t written anything in awhile so I just wanted to explain that I got a migraine last week. Since it was near impossible to look at screens, I wanted to save every bit of brain power for completing late work for school rather than blog. However, during times that I could not focus at all I would chronicle my thoughts using voice to text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here they are, keep in mind this is just brain dump and I have not edited it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Day 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the first time in at least two months, I have a migraine. Because of my new-ish meds, I feel that maybe my tolerance and understanding of migraine pain has shifted over the last few months. I didn’t remember migraines being this debilitating, and I feel very thankful and fortunate that I rarely get them anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I started to feel the headache pain Monday night. However, it was right before bed, so I went to sleep without taking my migraine meds. This was a mistake. The headache did not in fact go away by the time I woke up, and by that point, taking meds was less effective since the migraine started hours ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Day 2 – 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n
looking at screens for a prolonged amount of time is difficult in and of itself, but reading on screens and basically processing written information in general has been difficult. I struggle with physically focusing my eyes enough to read things clearly and my vision in general is not as good, which puts me at further risk for eyestrain and headaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I feel so bad that I cannot do work or go to class. it’s really frustrating to not be able to read or enjoy screens or do any assignments. this experience is awful and I thought it was in the past but it coming back is dredging up old memories of feeling helpless and overwhelmed. I’m in a pile of assignments that I physically cannot do and mentally cannot understand as I usually would, and as the headache continues on the pile only gets larger where my ability to finish them does not improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
it’s hard to organize my thoughts into more than short choppy sentences because of both the constant and distracting pain and my impaired mental functioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I haven’t been able to type or to right much over the past week because of the consecutive physical and mental attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Day 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n
while I feel exponentially better than I did at the height of my migraine or even yesterday, I’m certainly not fully recovered from the experience. I still feel that my mind is somewhat foggy and disoriented. I physically feel shaky (knees weak, arms are heavy) and that my body trembles more than usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
when I can get assignments done, which is very rarely, the task usually doesn’t involve very much brainpower or screen time. in addition I use voice to text for everything writing. it feels that vocally is the only way that I can really explain or process the things that I’m feeling and thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
separately it’s been hard to contact teachers or ask for help because I get very anxious and overwhelmed when I write emails or even think about writing emails. it’s something that I can’t really control and I don’t understand but it’s been a sad fact of life for years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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