Friday, June 19, 2009

Getting Better, I Think

My headaches are more mild and short lasting. I've even had a few head-pain free days, too, this past month.

I've noticed my head pain linked to neck strain quite a bit. I've been doing more neck exercises and this seems to relieve pain pretty quickly.

I've had a migraine this week for the past two days. Before I understood migraines, I wouldn't have called this a migraine. There was very little pain; no thumping and pounding, just occasional side of the head pain that only lasts a minute or two. This kind of thing happens every hour or two but goes away and doesn't get in the way of anything. Mostly I noticed a little dizziness two evenings ago and a little last night. The same funny feeling I get before I get vertigo. Also, both times, a few hours before I felt strange, I was very sleepy for a few minutes.

I'm going to start paying a little more attention to the sleepy thing. I'm not sure if this is a common symptom. I do know that I noticed ion days that I would get a migraine I would often feel this way, like all of a sudden I couldn't stay awake, earlier in the day. A sleepy spell. It only lasts a few minutes. My husband suggested that perhaps I should pay attention to that--go to bed early when that happens.

That's all I've got to report right now on my symptoms.

I think the butterbur twice a day increase, along with the other things might be helping since my headaches have decreased. I need to keep a calendar to be sure. Sometimes I overestimate my well days and it would be well for me to mark the symptoms I have, the severity of the pain, and any pre-migraine feelings I have.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Neck Exercises

Part of the plan prescribed by my neurologist is to decrease tension in my neck. He highly recommends the exercises in this book and states the effectiveness they have in many of his patients.


He prescribed this to me a year ago, but I haven't taken it too seriously until now.


I know, non-compliant patient.


I am trying them now, in addition to the total compliance of the Co-Q10, Vitamin B-2 and Butterbur.