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    I’m on the third day of a soul crushing migraine. I don’t even care about feeling normal anymore. Just getting to “Shitty” would be a huge improvement

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    Oh my version of this is the stuffy nose. It’s the worst trying to sleep when both nostrils are clogged. I’m going to take a moment to appreciate my clear nostrils rn

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    I kinda have the inverse with anxiety.
    I don’t realize how incredibly anxious I am all the bloody time, until I have that brief rare window without it.

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      That and pain. I didn’t realize I was in pain my whole life until I had surgery for something else and they prescribed me Darvocet. Not only did I wake up feeling refreshed for the first time in my life, I found out just how much pain I’ve always been in. To the point where the surgery pain was nonexistent and I didn’t have to take more than 2 of the pills through the entire recovery period and the second time was just to test my theory from the first.

      I’ve had parts removed since and didn’t bother with the pain meds after. It didn’t hurt any more than the rest of me did. I’m not sure if I should be scared, worried, or proud of that.

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    my heart goes out to everybody on this thread who has chronic pain or any such other conditions that prevent them from being in a state of complete painlessness. let’s nevertheless take this moment to be grateful to our body for everything it does for us. i hope you all feel better, in some way or the other.

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    A bad headache really is among the worst things one can experience. I luckily almost never do. It’s the only thing I’ve ever experienced that I could imagine leading to suicide were it to be chronical with no cure. Not even a bad depression has made me imagine that.

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      I’m that person with chronical headaches/migraines

      It sucks but unfortunately after a while you just kinda get used to it.

      I do what I can to minimize the amount of time I’m out of commission.

      Shit sucks…but I’m still here

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        Dang, I’m in the same boat. Botox injections have started helping, but there’s usually several weeks at a time where every day I have migraines. If I didn’t have to help with kids and family, I’d probably just be in bed half the day. But, as you said, you just get used to it.

        Wishing you relief, internet friend!

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      it’s such a stupid pain too, like how exactly should i stop using my head muscles. dipshit brain

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    I have atypical trigeminal neuralgia. My head and face are always aching. It would be nice to know what it would be nice not to have that. Or at least remember.

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      Yikes I hope you can find some relief soon. Medicine is advancing every day and hopefully a cure is just around the corner

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    Ive suffered from migraines starting around middle school till now. I started getting Botox treatment for migraines along with taking an emgality shot that I administer myself monthly and my migraines that would end me up in the hospital almost multiple times a month started to slowly become a distant thing. Now maybe twice a year I’ll end up in the hospital. I use relpax if I feel one starting to come on and that also works well to stop it.

    There’s hope and help out there but it’s a pain in the ass road. The Botox injections hurt like a removed but it’s only every 3 months. I get through it by squeezing my hands together while my butcher…I mean… neurologist administers the shots. It’s a lot of shots in a short amount of time.

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    On the flip side, when a particularly stubborn one finally goes away, it’s such a huge relief. It’s pure joy to just not be in pain.

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    I’ve had recurring migraines since my teens along with a constant “background” headache that literally never goes away. I’m in my early 40’s now & I don’t remember what its like to not have a headache.