Migraine Robs You of Life
February 23rd 2008 16:25
How do you let the world know migraine is not "oh, a headache."
It's a thief.It holds you hostage.It's has control of you,but no one can see it.You try to act normal,you walk around with a fake smile.You nod your head and pray you don't have to talk.Migraine is invisible.If you say it's name,most people don't take you seriously anyway.Saying it has it's hold on you can actually make it worse for you to get help.
Then,in my life,it has slowly taken over.I go to get care.The doctors try.I'm on meds to try to prevent,I have meds to try to get rid of migraine.But this invisible theif has stolen more and more of my life.It has stolen my identity.The pain has now become me,I have become the pain.
It has destroyed my life.I go nowhere.If I go to the er,most of the time I'm greeted with sighs,rolling of the eyes.So,I've been robbed by this theif,this illness,that is not usually recognized as an illness,I'm insulted.I'm made to wait.
I see other people,some with smiles on their face that came in long after me,go in before me.
It may seem like a silly comparison,but,it would be like going to the police for help and they get tired of listening to you.They don't believe you.Not only that,they belittle you.
Then,of course,friends stop calling.Your family members are effected.So,then you feel guilty,which of course causes stress,which for me is a trigger.
This illness,this thief,keeps taking and taking.Until you have nothing left.It hurts your head.It hurts those around you.
Now,it's effecting my memory,my mind.I find myself in the middle of a sentence and it's like I go on pause.I stop thinking.Really.I go blank.The difference I don't pick up where I left off.
I'm tired.Those around me are tired.And yet,the migraine keeps on taking
It's a thief.It holds you hostage.It's has control of you,but no one can see it.You try to act normal,you walk around with a fake smile.You nod your head and pray you don't have to talk.Migraine is invisible.If you say it's name,most people don't take you seriously anyway.Saying it has it's hold on you can actually make it worse for you to get help.
Then,in my life,it has slowly taken over.I go to get care.The doctors try.I'm on meds to try to prevent,I have meds to try to get rid of migraine.But this invisible theif has stolen more and more of my life.It has stolen my identity.The pain has now become me,I have become the pain.
It has destroyed my life.I go nowhere.If I go to the er,most of the time I'm greeted with sighs,rolling of the eyes.So,I've been robbed by this theif,this illness,that is not usually recognized as an illness,I'm insulted.I'm made to wait.
I see other people,some with smiles on their face that came in long after me,go in before me.
It may seem like a silly comparison,but,it would be like going to the police for help and they get tired of listening to you.They don't believe you.Not only that,they belittle you.
Then,of course,friends stop calling.Your family members are effected.So,then you feel guilty,which of course causes stress,which for me is a trigger.
This illness,this thief,keeps taking and taking.Until you have nothing left.It hurts your head.It hurts those around you.
Now,it's effecting my memory,my mind.I find myself in the middle of a sentence and it's like I go on pause.I stop thinking.Really.I go blank.The difference I don't pick up where I left off.
I'm tired.Those around me are tired.And yet,the migraine keeps on taking
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Comment by Tracy
Movies and Life
I have the occasional migraine and they are awful, so I have an idea of what you mean. Are yours continous, they sound frequent and horrible.
Tracy