Comments on: It takes 2, baby http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/it-takes-2-baby/ Thoughts and information about the latest news in the world of migraine, cluster headache and other headache treatment around the world. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:36:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Lynette http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/it-takes-2-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Lynette Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:49:19 +0000 http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/it-takes-2-baby/#comment-67 Usually, when I go to the ER, I wait there for four or five hours snuggled up to my barf bowl while the sound of everyone around me and the florescent lights stabbing into my eyes want to make me jump out of my skin. Then, I am moved to either: a. a ward which is still bustling but a little quieter and oederly, or b. a nice private patient room. I wait there for a half hour or so, and then a doctor comes in for all of thirty seconds, and a nurse administers the shot. Then I am told to go home and sleep. They never ask me to wait. And that is why I hardly ever go, because, if I'm out of meds, I'd rather suffer at home in silence and the comfort of my own bed, unless, of course, the attack has lasted for a couple of days. Usually, when I go to the ER, I wait there for four or five hours snuggled up to my barf bowl while the sound of everyone around me and the florescent lights stabbing into my eyes want to make me jump out of my skin. Then, I am moved to either: a. a ward which is still bustling but a little quieter and oederly, or b. a nice private patient room. I wait there for a half hour or so, and then a doctor comes in for all of thirty seconds, and a nurse administers the shot. Then I am told to go home and sleep. They never ask me to wait. And that is why I hardly ever go, because, if I’m out of meds, I’d rather suffer at home in silence and the comfort of my own bed, unless, of course, the attack has lasted for a couple of days.

]]> By: ErinM http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/it-takes-2-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-66 ErinM Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:08:54 +0000 http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/it-takes-2-baby/#comment-66 You're totally right! This is exactly what I do if I wake up with a migraine. I take my abortive, call into work and say I'll be late. Then I'll go back to sleep for another 2 hours or so. More often than not, I'll wake up well enough to function. Sometimes I'll wake up with a full-blown migraine and I know an abortive won't work. In these cases, I'll skip work altogether and take something to throw me into a deep sleep. I'll sleep for several hours. I'll typically wake up hungover but it's better than suffering through an attack. There are sometimes when this plan doesn't work, but it's a safe bet. You’re totally right! This is exactly what I do if I wake up with a migraine. I take my abortive, call into work and say I’ll be late. Then I’ll go back to sleep for another 2 hours or so. More often than not, I’ll wake up well enough to function.

Sometimes I’ll wake up with a full-blown migraine and I know an abortive won’t work. In these cases, I’ll skip work altogether and take something to throw me into a deep sleep. I’ll sleep for several hours. I’ll typically wake up hungover but it’s better than suffering through an attack.

There are sometimes when this plan doesn’t work, but it’s a safe bet.

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