Migraine
A migraine is a very painful type of headache. People who get migraines often describe the pain as pulsing or throbbing in one area of the head. During migraines, people are very sensitive to light and sound. They may also become nauseated and vomit.

[source:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/migraine.html]

I've always suspected that I am a victim of migraine...but I've never gone and do anything about it.
Okay, maybe I've popped more panadols than those migraine-free people...

Actually, I've seen a doctor for severe headaches previously (when I was in uni)
but the diagnosis was 'severe tension headaches' because the pain was located over my whole head...

This time round, the pain was localised to the front of my head, radiating to behind my eye.
Yes, behind the eye, also known as retro-orbital pain.
And that pain intensifies the moment I look at something bright (like the computer screen, or looking out of the windows)
It also intensifies when I hear loud sounds (e.g. Dad blasting Teresa Teng from the speakers)
Something like a hammer pounding from behind the eye and inside the head...
VERY uncomfortable!
Which is why I gave in and saw a doc on Friday

Doc gave me a drug called Caffox which contains caffeine.
My close friends will know that I am hypersensitive to caffeine...
I'll tremble, feel nauseated and giddy and well, VERY uncomfortable!
(which is why I stay away from coffee even though I love the smell of it...)
So looks like I am stuck with feeling VERY uncomfortable either way...

Anyway, I've weaned myself off the caffeine drug for 2 days (Sun and Mon), but allowed myself to take Anarax to relax my muscles when I sleep
Last night, silly me thought that my migraine is under control
so I skipped my Anarax..

Only to wake up with gentle throbbing behind my right eye,
and gentle pounding over my right forehead...
Reluctant to be reliant on drugs, I endured the gradually-increasing-pounding...
Until lunchtime..
I caved and popped one caffeinated tablet, took a nap...

What can I say...
The tablet worked.
My head is now pounding-free...though my right eye still feels weird...
And I am also now filled with the dread that I am going to be drug-dependent..
Am I destined to be popping pills for the rest of my life (for migraine and dyspepsia)?
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My mum has a totally different take on my migraine...
The day I came home from seeing the doc and I informed her of my diagnosis,
She gave me a 'See-I-Told-You' look and proudly stated,"叫你不要晚上洗头，你不听啦！"
I can't help but roll my eyes when I heard that...
C'mon! It's not like I wash my hair at midnight!
And I always blow-dry my hair before I sleep...
Sighs...
But, just to put her mind at ease, I checked with her last evening before I wash my hair...
Having got her approval to wash my hair, I did so and went to bed with clean, completely air-dried hair...

Now, I wonder what is she going to blame on for my migraine attack today...

Probably the fact that I am staring at the computer all day at work...
Which is the only thing I can do now that I am on super light duty (lifting limited to 2kg)...

So, either I take a super long MC (which is going to happen soon after 29 June)...
Or I visit the doc again to get more caffeinated tabs...

I don't really have a choice, do I?

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