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[madbaker]

Yesterday I developed a mild migraine - really, more of a persistent sinus headache - and it just wouldn't go away. I finally nuked it from orbit about 1 AM when the functional brain won the argument.

Pain brain (every time): "Don't take the Excedrin with caffeine. It'll keep you from sleeping."
Functional brain: "You're already not sleeping due to the headache. Shut up and take the pill."

Tired and residual headachy today. Working from home was not an option though; today is the one day of the week the other partners come in and we have Things To Discuss.

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[life_of_glamour]

Yeah, that’s so weird - my brain always has a list of reasons why I shouldn’t take the pain medication, too!

[threadwalker]

That sucks. Feel well soon.

[tshuma]

Me three! We're why we can't have nice things!

I used to think it was just that my migraine medication was prescription and I started it back in the day when I didn't have any medical prescription coverage and not much of an income. At $16 a pill I couldn't quite bring myself to take it unless I was *sure* it was a migraine, which meant waiting until the pill could no longer abort the migraine, it just made the pain bearable....and then convincing myself that it was bad enough *while* in pain.....ugh.

[tshuma]

I'm sorry. I know the smoke has been a real problem for headaches down here.

[life_of_glamour]

Yes! And now, well, they limit me to 9 a month so my brain likes to hoard them for when I REALLY need them (bad brain logic strikes again), and also the side effects are so awful for Imitrex that I don't want to take it unless I absolutely HAVE to, and then it's often too late. :-\ Stupid brain.