Green Club

[Bunnylady]

It's sometimes a little difficult to tell the difference between migraines and sinus headaches, and I get both. Frequently I have to check the pressure points to know the difference. My known migraine triggers are hormones and stress, but the sinuses? As Em said, it's almost easier to list what doesn't get me going! And after doing something like I did yesterday, mowing the pasture - let's see, there's dirt, pollen, fungus spores, the smell of several relatively strong-smelling weeds, diesel fumes. I feel absolutely polluted.

 

[Bunnylady]

But hey, while I'm feeling rough, let's see what we can do to make it worse, right? Since I really didn't feel like doing anything other than standing and staring anyway, I decided to burn off the debris pile today. As wet as it's been lately, it didn't really want to burn, so I had to stay after it. I got thoroughly smoked. So, now I'm wheezing too, but what else is new?

 

[JD4570]

My headaches are triggered by stress and fungal sensitivities. Only three things make me wheeze, gas engine exhaust fumes, the smell of chlorine and the detergent neutralizer used on carpet after it has been cleaned. That stuff can cause me to have a pulmonary seizure. Dumb@** supervisor almost put me in the hospital with that about two months back. I've told him many dozens of times wait until I'm out of the room before spraying that crap!!!

 

[Wisher1000]

Do you guys get the tunnel vision, flashes of light around the edges, nausea, vomiting, light and heat sensitivity, kind of migraines? I used to get those, and thankfully haven't had one since I was pregnant the first time. I still get bad headaches, usually sinus, and sometimes they hurt so bad it makes me nauseous, but they are definitely not migraines. OB/GYN said the hormones change with pregnancy and I may never have them again!

 

[EmtheFishLady]

Wisher, I get those and sometimes they last for days. I didn't get hardly any while pregnant, but they came back worse after. :/

 

[bluesub]

I only got terrible headaches while working a job that required me to drive a van filled with creatures in formaldehyde. After I left that job, my headaches greatly lessened. I don't really fit in to this group since I don't get migraines...

Does that mean I can't be a part of the kingdom?

 

[onedoodle3]

Used to have migraines....got rid of my husband...got rid of the migraines....

 

[JD4570]

Blue, I don't get migraines either. Just stress headaches that are mainly work related.That makes me think I need to find a new line of work. Great! I just realized I'm allergic to stupidity.

 

[Bunnylady]

Do you guys get the tunnel vision, flashes of light around the edges, nausea, vomiting, light and heat sensitivity, kind of migraines? I used to get those, and thankfully haven't had one since I was pregnant the first time. I still get bad headaches, usually sinus, and sometimes they hurt so bad it makes me nauseous, but they are definitely not migraines. OB/GYN said the hormones change with pregnancy and I may never have them again!

I'm lucky, my migraines are on the milder side. But, seeing as I'm generally "good with pain," maybe it's just the way I'm wired. I've had wicked headaches since I was a kid, but they weren't what I'd consider "debilitating." I didn't associate the mild nausea, light and sound sensitivity (doesn't everyone feel like that with a bad headache?), tunnel vision and other visual distortions with them until I was pregnant with my daughter. It was kind of a eureka moment when we put it all together (oh, great, I am seeing things, but I'm not crazy!) But since stress is a trigger for me, and any change in routine is a stress - well, how much do you look forward to a vacation, when you know it means a headache the entire time?

I only got terrible headaches while working a job that required me to drive a van filled with creatures in formaldehyde. After I left that job, my headaches greatly lessened. I don't really fit in to this group since I don't get migraines...

Does that mean I can't be a part of the kingdom?

You're a member if the Green Club, and yet, you're a blue. In a kingdom full of anomalies, that sounds like a fit to me.

 

[sourland]

I'm lucky, my migraines are on the milder side. But, seeing as I'm generally "good with pain," maybe it's just the way I'm wired. I've had wicked headaches since I was a kid, but they weren't what I'd consider "debilitating." I didn't associate the mild nausea, light and sound sensitivity (doesn't everyone feel like that with a bad headache?), tunnel vision and other visual distortions with them. But since stress is a trigger for me, and any change in routine is a stress - well, how much do you look forward to a vacation, when you know it means a headache the entire time

This would be me too,

, except for the pregnancy part. Had constant headaches as a kid (doesn't everyone?) - went away in early adulthood - only to reappear about 20 years ago. My doctor kept saying, "Headaches are good. It indicates that you have elasticity in your blood vessels." Finally I said, "We have to talk about these headaches." When he questionedd exactly how bad they were, I replied, "I have never understood suicide, but if you were to tell me that I was going to have to endure constant headaches like this for the remainder of my life, I would have to consider suicide." He immediately prescribed Imitrex which if used early enough controls them.

Much like Queen Em

mine come in clusters.