Going Alternative

After yet another crippling headache I have decided to go alternative.

Yesterday morning I woke up with a headache. I do what I always do when I wake up with one that isn't too bad yet...I take some Excedrin Migraine and pray it works. While the commercials promise that it will relieve symptoms in 30 minutes...that is my prayer...that it will work. Because for every time it works there are at least 2 or 3 times that it doesn't work. I used to take Advil Migraine...but it stopped working all together.

And I have tried many prescription medicine options. Some out of date gigantic red pill that worked about 3 times....then there was Imitrex, an overly-expensive waste of time...then I just stuck with Hydrocodone which knocked me out if I took enough and I would hopefully wake up headache free. The Hydrocodone option worked for awhile...but towards the end I was waking up with my headache and having to take another dose...and then possible a third. That was miserable. That latest round of medicines included 25 MG of Atenolol as a beta blocker and25 MG of Topomax...each taken once a day at opposite times. That worked for about a month but it always felt like I was just blocking the migraine and they were just building up in my system. I quit those pills at the first of January when I had such a horrible headache that it felt like the entire right side of my body went numb.

So that brings me to yesterday...I took the Excedrin Migraine and prayed for the best. I still had a headache when I went to school but I thought it would get better. It didn't. 4th period I sent a student to the nurse to get me some ice...ice sometimes helps if I apply it on the back of my head...but that didn't really help anything except to give me a chill I couldn't shake. By 6th period I could barely stand...but my students have a test on Friday and I pushed on. We were writing a paragraph on the path of air into and out of the body. It was important so I kept going. All the while I was fighting tears of pain. Finally I just leaned against the board and prayed I wasn't about to pass out. I did tell my class what to do if that should happen. They were very concerned...I don't think they are used to seeing their teachers in such pain on the verge of tears. They wanted me to go to the nurse and go home early. When 6th period ended I found someone to cover for me and I stumbled to the nurse's office where I laid down and waited for Nathan to come pick me up...as I couldn't drive.

By 7:00pm last night I was better. That was an unusually quick recovery...but that is fine with me. After I ate some dinner I was even better.

So...going alternative....

I have decided to try acupuncture. Medicine is not working. And one day when we want to get pregnant I won't be able to take all these medicines anyway. There has to be an answer out there. My dad's mom did acupuncture to get rid of headaches and it worked for her. So now...I am going to try it.

This morning I woke with another headache that has seeming been cured with some regular extra-strength Excedrin...I can't live with these crippling headaches. So...in my journey to freedom...Acupuncture here I come!