Did I ever mention the migraine meds come with built in brain fog?
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@paranoiapen Ooh, that sounds very troubling. I would be scared if mine was that. No, mine lives up to the wispiness of brain fog - I forget minor things (like taking the pill), things go in one ear and out the other, and oftentimes I'll write things and have no recall of it the next day. But nothing that major. Have you seen a doctor about yours?
@aspeed no. I've read up about it a lot and honestly there would be no point. I don't get them very often and I don't get much of a headache. It's just the aura which makes it hard to see, and the 'brain fog' and none of it last very long. The NHS advice says that all that is 'normal' and isn't a sign of anything serious. Also, I'm pretty sure they are linked to dehydration so 'drink more water' is a useful mantra! Seeing a doctor is nigh on impossible in the UK right now.
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@aspeed no. I've read up about it a lot and honestly there would be no point. I don't get them very often and I don't get much of a headache. It's just the aura which makes it hard to see, and the 'brain fog' and none of it last very long. The NHS advice says that all that is 'normal' and isn't a sign of anything serious. Also, I'm pretty sure they are linked to dehydration so 'drink more water' is a useful mantra! Seeing a doctor is nigh on impossible in the UK right now.
@paranoiapen Oof. I know, we have even worse health care in the US, but you really should see someone if you can. I really lucked out, in that the doctor I got has migraines too, and he's helped me find meds that my insurance will pay for and that work for me. I realize I am extremely lucky for this.
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@aspeed I recently read that my most worrying migraine symptom is termed 'brain fog'. I utterly reject that description though. 'Brain fog' implies vague mistiness, like some passing cloud you can easily ignore. My symptom is very specific: it involves an inability to read words and remember names - very debilitating when you are trying to teach reading to 8 year olds. Is your 'brain fog' like this?
If I may, that sounds like it could be aphasia, which can take different forms. My migraines bless me with both aphasia and the fog (I imagine a Scottish moor.)
If you get in the health queue now, you can always turn it down if things are better by then. Just a thought.
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@paranoiapen Oof. I know, we have even worse health care in the US, but you really should see someone if you can. I really lucked out, in that the doctor I got has migraines too, and he's helped me find meds that my insurance will pay for and that work for me. I realize I am extremely lucky for this.
@aspeed @paranoiapen
I'm even luckier, in that my side effect is 'I need to retreat to my office and play computer games for two hours, it's all I'm good for'
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@paranoiapen Oof. I know, we have even worse health care in the US, but you really should see someone if you can. I really lucked out, in that the doctor I got has migraines too, and he's helped me find meds that my insurance will pay for and that work for me. I realize I am extremely lucky for this.
@aspeed I'm not sure you have *worse* health care. You have much more expensive health care! If I can get a doctor's appointment it will be 5 minutes and they might refer me for tests cos I'm quite old, but the tests won't show anything. Unless I go private. But I'm not doing that cos I'm a committed socialist, and anyway I don't have enough money. It's fine. I trust the NHS advice.
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If I may, that sounds like it could be aphasia, which can take different forms. My migraines bless me with both aphasia and the fog (I imagine a Scottish moor.)
If you get in the health queue now, you can always turn it down if things are better by then. Just a thought.
@stonetree @aspeed oh, it's definitely aphasia. Also known as brain fog apparently! Not life-threatening tho.
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@aspeed I'm not sure you have *worse* health care. You have much more expensive health care! If I can get a doctor's appointment it will be 5 minutes and they might refer me for tests cos I'm quite old, but the tests won't show anything. Unless I go private. But I'm not doing that cos I'm a committed socialist, and anyway I don't have enough money. It's fine. I trust the NHS advice.
@paranoiapen Hmm. Well, best of luck to you. Maybe we should get some sort of migraine corner going on Mastodon. Where every migraine sufferer just comes on and ... well, I don't know. Commisserates.
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I'm even luckier, in that my side effect is 'I need to retreat to my office and play computer games for two hours, it's all I'm good for'@Hedgewizard @aspeed I had migraine aura last week and I was marking books (teacher) but I had to stop cos I couldn't see so I went and supervised one of the SEN kids (I could see large things like kids, just not small things like writing). It went away after 20 minutes, but then I had aphasia/brain fog so I was not very good at teaching English cos I couldn't remember the kids' names. Fine by lunchtime tho.
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@paranoiapen Hmm. Well, best of luck to you. Maybe we should get some sort of migraine corner going on Mastodon. Where every migraine sufferer just comes on and ... well, I don't know. Commisserates.
@aspeed I don't get them very often though. Like I read 'chronic migraine' is when you get 15 in a month. That idea blows my mind. My kid gets migraines and he usually throws up. It could be way worse!
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@aspeed I don't get them very often though. Like I read 'chronic migraine' is when you get 15 in a month. That idea blows my mind. My kid gets migraines and he usually throws up. It could be way worse!
@paranoiapen Oh, yeah, sure, but they're still bad no matter how you get them. I mean, I also get cluster headaches, which are not as intense, pain wise, but can last for weeks, and it's the fact that the pain continues for so long that pretty much drives you crazy. So ask me which one is worse, and honestly I don't know. They both kind of suck in their own special way. It just sucks that your brain basically attacks you at all, full stop.
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