Headaches

[lb_lee]

We have gotten way behind in digital communications and want to apologize. Since last Tuesday, we’ve been getting rolling migraines that we keep staving off, only to have them come back the next day, and screens make it worse. So much of our work involves computers that we’ve really had to strangle our digital activity if it’s not the most important. This is unusual for us and we don’t know why it’s happening; hopefully it’ll pass soon. If not, we may have to make more lifestyle adjustments.

Our brain and eyes just really don’t like bright or LED lights, guys.

Comments

[numb3r_5ev3n]

Gosh that sounds awful, I hope you have some relief from that soon.

[lb_lee]

I woke up this morning feeling like sunlight wasn’t personally out to get me and felt like I’d been reborn.

[wispfox]

I have no idea if this is something you can do, but I've found that riboflavin 400mg daily plus approximately the same amount of magnesium split into twice a day has been doing wonders for reducing the frequency and severity of my migraines. There is pretty consistent research on riboflavin, and some less consistent research on magnesium.

[lb_lee]

I’ll have to check that out! Normally we only get these headaches for a couple days a month, but getting them rolling for a week was really messing with our life. If it happens again, definitely going to keep that in mind.

[minoanmiss]

*sends soothing vibes*

[pantha]

*hugs*

Migraines are awful. Hope you get relief soon.

[lb_lee]

Ours are honestly pretty mild—the pain usually is around a 3, though this time it got up to a 5. They mostly just last for days, an annoyance rather than a “oh shit I lost a work week.” So we’re lucky, honestly!

Still a pain though.

[dreamer_marie]

Yikes! Sorry to hear that. I don't know if this helps, but the common wisdom is that ibuprofen helps with migraines and acetaminophen is useless. I hope you feel better soon!

[lb_lee]

Yeah, with us, ibuprofen has about a 50% chance of nipping it in the bud or having no effect whatsoever. This time, it was a “no effect whatsoever.” -_-

At least it’s finally stopped for a bit, yech. Time to catch up on work.

[ghost_ship]

We had a bout of "brain decided no more lights" migraines ourselves recently enough to viscerally understand how much those suck absolute ass. Hope you guys get better soon.

[lb_lee]

THE WORLD WAS TOO BRIGHT AND TOO RADIANT AND I HATED IT.

[nightforest]

Oof, that sucks so much. No apology necessary; take all the time you need. We hope these pass very soon!

[lb_lee]

I finally got a good night’s sleep and woke up painfree and felt like there should be a heavenly choir announcing my waking.

[nightforest]

I bet!! Glad you're feeling better.

[sinistmer]

Oh no, hope you feel better soon!

[lb_lee]

It finally passed yesterday and I am so fucking glad. That was damned inconvenient.