No headache.
Small headache.
1 Zomig.
Got worse.
Went to bed at 3:30 AM, sleeping on side of headache, reading Charles Dickens. Usually that works.
Got worse.
4:30 turn off light.
Owwwwwwweeeeeee.
2nd Zomig.
Head huuuuurtiiiiiiiing.
5:30 AM
Can't wear eyemask cause too painful, but ok because not light out yet.
Ow. Ow. Ow.
Trying to not take Tylenol-Codeine cause Doctor doesn't like that.
6:30 AM
Pain pain pain pain.
Can't roll over because pain worse if I lay on non-headache side.
Why why is someone beating up a quadrant of my skull?
#*#&$ my doctor.
7:30 AM
Take Tylenol-Codeine.
Now I can't sleep because it's light out.
Put pillow over head.
Boiling hot.
Drift off into weird dream about kids drawing in chalk on busy street.
8:30 AM
Pain gone. Put on eyemask and go to sleeps.
Ahhhh.
If the Topamax doesn't get rid of the need to take so much meds, I'll need to address this Tylenol thing with my doctor. Because it gets rid of certain types of headaches that Zomig doesn't. I don't know how to describe it to her, but I can tell the difference.
I was also BOILING HOT. I put on my usual space heater and blankies, but ten minutes later I felt like I was in the seventh circle of hell. I remembered that one possible side effect of my new drug is decreased sweating. It's only dangerous with children--they can overheat while playing--but what about adults overheating while sleeping? I never noticed just how much sweating brings down temperature.
