Dealing With Headaches

Now, chances are the thought of mixing Prozac and Percoset for migraine pain has never crossed your mind. First off, you need a perscription for both. Secondly, neither Prozac nor Percoset has been made to treat migraine pain. Prozac is the medicine of the Gods, in my opinion. I have had terrible depression all of this life and probably in my past lives, too , and if it wasn’t for Prozac I’d probably be in the loony bin, jail or the morgue by now. Percoset is for severe pain, such as for those with spinal arthritis.

Secondly, mixing perscription medicines is just plain BAD. It could kill you. It can even do WORSE things to you than kill you. I mean, looked what happened to Tammy Faye Bakker. Not only has that scared me off most perscription medications, but off of mascara and Protestantism, as well. So, normally, I would never seriously think of mixing Prozac and Percoset.

However, life’s circumstances never seem to fit into predictable categories. And even the risk of winding up like Tammy Faye Bakker can pale in comparison to migraine pain.

Yes, I Was Tempted

I had a really bad migraine today and no way to get out of the freelance writing assignments that were due. So, I had to just bite the bullet and go to work. I’m not entirely sure why I got this particular mnigraine, since I have had them long enough to try and avoid my triggers (caffeine withdrawal, 48 hours to my period, lack of sleep…or, forgetting to take my Prozac. However, I had taken my Prozac today).

Now, my Mom has a bottle of Percoset (legally. She had spinal surgery last year and is still recovering). Since I live with my Mom (ALL HAIL SAINT MOM) and have to pick up her perscriptions, I couldn’t help but notice that she’s on Percoset.

Percoset…the pain killer…what one comedian once described as, “doesn’t get you high, but makes the furniture really comfortable.”

And I was in pain.

And I knew where the Persoset was.

And Mom was having a good day and was out of the house visiting friends.

While I was in pain.

And Mom is getting to that age where she can’t remember how many pills she has left in a bottle.

While I was having blinding migraine pain.

Ooohhh, yeah — I was tempted.

What Did You Do, Rena?

I wound up resisting mixing Prozac and Percoset. Sorry if that disappoints all of you who wanted to read about my brain going loop-de-loop while this mixture coursed through my bloodstream. But I resisted.

How? Partially by complaining to myself, partially by taking an Excedrin, partially by deciding to take an hour out to rest, no matter how behind I was with work, and partially by being absolutley terrified of being haunted by Tammy Faye Bakker.

So, when the pain eased off a bit, I got back to work and decided to share this bit of personal insight with you about not mixing Prozac and Percoset. Sometimes it does help to write things down in order to distract you from chronic pain. But mostly, it helps to know what you are most afraid of. In my case, Tammy Faye Bakker is far more frightening than migraine pain.