Migraines Suck!!

Yes, you read right. I spent the totality of today lost in the agonies of a migraine. Now, if you've never had one, let me take a moment to enlighten you...

You first feel it coming on with a subtle wave of nausea that makes your stomach clench. Then a little silver dot appears in your vision. A swirling gray sort of dot that overtakes your sight from one side to the other before moving off. That is the warning. Then the migraine comes.

Rays of light are like daggers, peircing into your skull. It burns and aches and throbs. Sound, any sound, is far too excruciating to be allowed. It echoes all around your head and pounds against the inside of your skull. And the simple act of standing up from a chair is hell. The throb in your temple that you can almost ignore while you're still becomes all you can focus on. It makes the world spin and often can be enough to draw tears to your eyes. Then it eases off to something weaker, but still painful. At least until you sit down again. Any sudden motion sets off the throbbing agony inside your temple.

The long and short of it is that migraines suck. And unless you've had one you cannot imagine the pain and how it consumes you.