Migraine Update!

Shortly after my last post, I realized that the mints I'd been buying contained Aspartame- once I stopped eating those- the migraines also went away. Evil toxic stuff!! I've been avoiding diet soda for years, but didn't check the label on those mints. Mystery solved!

I'm blaming the weird weather...

Since my last post, I lost my 18-year-old cat, so things have been extra stressful. I had a migraine last Monday (2/20) with no aura. It wasn't particularly bad, but did make work difficult and exhausting that day. Then today, I was working at home when I realized I was having trouble seeing things on the computer screen- kind of like when you see spots after flash bulbs or looking at something bright- in the middle of the my field of vision. Of course, it continued expanding and I realized it was a migraine aura with the pulsating flashing zigzags expanding from a small point near the center of my vision to form a 'C' shape to the left and finally out of the my field of vision. Today's was really more square than rounded, but tell-tale nonetheless. I checked the time when I first noticed it and again after it was gone to determine it was about 30 minutes- the headache and dizziness started as the zigzags got toward the edge of my vision. I can't think of anything unusual I've done today- I walked at work yesterday (at lunch), walked on the treadmill at home this morning. The weather is unusually warm- it has been all winter- and the pressure was high this morning. I don't know if there's a connection, but there you go. Another blog friend (in the area) mentioned having a migraine, too, so there must be something strange going on. Hopefully, I will be fine for work tomorrow...

Hoping NOT to be back here!

Shortly after waking up this morning, I started with an aura. It's been so long it took me a few minutes to realize what was going on. I took some ibuprofen after breakfast to hopefully head off the headache, but the times I had auras in the past the headaches weren't that bad. I'm glad I came to check this blog, because I hadn't remembered having an aura in 2006- I thought it was only the first time I was diagnosed with migraine. I haven't had them in a long time- the last bad migraine was in 2007 (my last post!) I recently started eating only vegan and exercising a lot more (I'm doing Couch to 5K), so I feel good over all. Our weather is strange (unseasonable warm), so my sinuses are probably not happy and I slept a long time last night. Hopefully, this isn't the start of a busy migraine time. I don't have a prescription for Imitrex any more (and I don't want to take it because it makes me feel weird), so hopefully this won't be an issue...