Dealing With Headaches

I went to my doctor yesterday and broke the news ablot proplanalol not working for me. I thingk he was more disappointed than I was. So, I’m going to try a new medicine, verapamil, as a daily preventative as well as try out a couple of samples of Zomig nasal spray. Actually, both verapamil and Zomig (zolmitriptan) have been out a while, so they’re new for my body but not on the migraine medical scene.

I didn’t realize I’d have to try the Zomig so fast.

Flipping Pills

Why the nasal spray samples when I’ll be taking pills and don;t have trouble taking pills? Well, when I get a migraine, my stomach gets really upset and sometimes I throw up. When my doctor heard this, he said the nasal spray works for people who have trouble “flipping pills”. I had to have him repeat that.

Note to self: Latest medical euphamism for vomiting is “flipping”.

Now, I will never be able to hear the term “flipping houses” again without having a really bad mental image.

I’ll Give It A Nine

I got a migrine this morning. This was a scary kind — one that comes on without any warning (unlike most of my migraines or migraines in general). This hammered the left side of my head instead the right (as is usual for me). On the scale of 1-10 for my migraines, this was a 9.

Trembling, I ripped into that Zomig box, where the instructions are written in everyday English and have color photographs as to how to take it (which was great, because at that point, I couldn’t focus my eyes enough to read).

You only need to shoot it up one nostril, but remember to inhale and THEN shoot it. Otherwise, it will drip out of your nose. I was so desperate, I licked what dripped out. Then, I staggered off to lie down. My Mom was alarmed when she saw me.

It was worth licking what dripped out of my nose. An hour and a half later, I felt good enough to sit up and eat lunch. Two hours later, I could go back to work.

Granted, this could in part be a placebo effect kicking in, but at this point I really don’t care.

Now, I guess I really should get that prescription for verapamil filled…