How do you manage a sleep cycle while your in pain? I have yet to find any meds that really work for my pain, so sleep is the only thing I can count on. At least it makes the bad days go by faster. I do feel that If I had a better sleep pattern that my migraine would be better managed but I just dont know how to make that happen. I try to be ontop of eating every few hours and drinking plenty of water, thats what I can do.
well the good news about the pain med is it really over-rides the sleep. although then I am wide awake afterwards, wierd uh? then i take the stay-asleep med and can get between 5-6 solid hours with maybe a light waking.
Keep trying the different meds, different doctors, alternatives, and really work at trying to find the triggers. This is what is taking me forever but eventually something will work, at least the severity lessened over time. good luck and stay with with.
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Even last night I had to remind my family that when I wake up from my abort med I am a bit foggy in the brain. We call it the knock-out pill since it makes me unconscious for 2 hours and 12 minutes. I seriously feel like a hangover, despite having given up alcohol 3 years ago I remember the nausea, brightness, everything seems loud and I am super thirsty. I learn something new each time I visit this website!
I have found the 'cold' symptoms now occur before and after, especially the runny nose as mine is always sinus related. I am glad your attack and postdrome are over. May you have more sunshiny days ahead, thanks for the facts.
Thanks for reading! 2 hours and 12 minutes.... wow, kind of exact, uh? This whole Migraine thing is a bummer.....but what else is there to do except put one foot in front of the other and carry on, right?
At times i let myself get scared about how strong the med must be, to be able to render me so literally unable to be in contorl, by being so asleep it's as if I am unconscious. I don't sleep that way on a regular basis, never have I always wake up at the end of each 90 minute sleep cycle. Oh yep, there's a med for that too which sometimes I get bothered that I am becoming such a medicine related person.
Then I get to the Happy Place, where I remember there are pain-free times and it is not all completely controlled by meds. So you're right, it's a bummer we just can't let it keep us down. Luckily for me I have kids and cats to keep a smile on my face. Take care!