The life cycle of a migraine

Yesterday I had a migraine. A BIG one, the kind that made me want to lay in bed and roll around in agony, except rolling around would have made it worse.

Here is the funny part..well not funny haha but funny interesting. Friday, I had to pee every five minutes. Well at least it felt that way. I was at my friend Wendy's and I swear I must have peed 25 times. I think I even said to her "I think this is the 15th time I have peed." (we are close friends)
Anyway, there is a reason I am telling you this.. that should have been my first clue that I had a massive migraine coming. I always forget, and even though I think to myself "man I am peeing a lot" I FORGET, that last time that happened...The very next day I was wiped out with a migraine.

Migraines are awful creatures, and unlike headaches they don't just show up. They call to tell you they are coming, and then they hang around way too long.

So that was Friday, and like I said, I didn't even think about the peeing until just now. (when I sat down to pee).

So, Saturday started off really nice, Jim and I woke up and went to get milk while the kids were watching cartoons. We surprised them with Krispy Kreme. We cleaned up the house, sorted some laundry. Taylor and I even went out driving for about an hour while Jim and the girls took the Pilot to the carwash to wash off the mud hand prints. (yes my children finger painted my pilot with mud)

Jim and I went to buy a new shirt for my interview next week and then went to Chipolte while Taylor watched the kids.  It was at lunch that I started feeling my migraine creep in to destroy my day. The sun was crazy bright, and I felt like I was wearing someone else's contacts. I couldn't focus. I got home and took out my contacts and tried to ignore the pounding that was starting in my head.

We took the the kids for a walk around the block and by the time we got home I felt nauseous and was hearing every sound magnified. Imagine this, the birds were chirping and it was bugging me, the sun was shining and it was BUGGING ME. (seriously)
I tried to stay outside and play with the kids as long as I could. It was a BEAUTIFUL day, the kids were on driveway playing with chalk and playing tag, Jim was cleaning out the garage and I was sitting in the grass with the dog wishing I could crawl into a dark basement closet and fall into a coma.

Finally I gave in, I went into my bedroom got into my sweats, took a pill and lay down in my bed. I surfed the net for a little while until the light from the computer started making everything worse. It was 3 in the afternoon, and I was done for the day. At 8 I took another pain pill and by 9 I was beginning to feel a little relief.  Of course I was drugged up and by then the kids were going to bed. I got to kiss them good night at least. Depressing.

Today I feel like someone used my head for a soccer ball. I am foggy, I am sore, I am tired. On top of living in a fog,  I still feel the headache or at least an echo of the headache taunting me - threatening to come back. I feel like I need some sugar, or coffee, or something. Really,  I have no idea what I need. This is what they call postdrome or migraine hangover..and it is going to last all day.

I gave up eating pizza, lunch meat and hotdogs. I try not to eat preservatives and MSG's. I guess now it time to cut down on the chocolate and caffeine. (notice I said down not out, I am not that far yet)
I would love it if someone would come up with a fool proof solution. I know my family would love to have a mom with no migraines just as much as I would love to stop getting them!

If you get migraines and you have found something that works for you, let me know! And while you're at it... tell me if you pee a lot before you get a migraine....maybe I will google that.