Just a brief summary...I have suffered from daily headaches for about 5 years now. Many trips to neuros, drs, etc...they finally sent to for a sleep study. In a 6 hour period of sleep, my limbs legs and fine muscles in them moved 371 times. So pretty much non stop. I always complained I would only get 3 hours sleep, I felt like poo..Well the legs are what made me not sleep. My body wasnt shutting itself off. So after the dr gave me sleep meds and no headaches..AMAZING for me. I dont recall a time when I didnt have a head..
You might be asking where I am going with this. Last night, I had thought I had taken my sleep meds. So I couldnt just take another and pray I wake up...needless to say about 3 am, when I was wide awake, I realized I must not have taken it. So today I am suffering from a horrid headache. Its amazing how bad you feel after you have felt good for so long (about a month now).
Oh, and to rid myself of guilt..I ate 2 cheese sticks thinking it might get rid of my headache..they tasted great.
I hope you all have a terrific day...I am thinking of you..and I am heading to bed! be good
Love, Cheese stick chicky ps. cheese sticks are fried!
Posted By: chickofegg
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05/23/2007 18:28
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I am sorry you battled a headache today. I am glad though that the sleep study determined what was wrong so that you are able to finally feel rested.
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You poor thing. I hope you get a great nights sleep tonight and get rid of the headache.
For the last couple of years I suffered terribly from migraines, and I mostly got them when I was traveling. However, I haven't one since I started losing weight - it's amazing!
So now that you had some cheese sticks, chin up and start anew tomorrow! SOrry about the headaches, I know how happier you were with out them. Thanks for the comment today!
I hope you get a good night's sleep and feel better in the morning. And I'm sure the cheese sticks were YUMMY! Yes, fried, but yummy! And it was worth a shot that the would get rid of your headache. Now you know. LOL!
So sorry to hear that! You obivously suffered today : ( It so hard to get anything done when you have a spliting headache. Try to take it easy for the remaining hours before you go to sleep. I hope you take your meds tonight so that you can get a good nights rest: D
I am lucky enough \not to be bothered by migraines. My Sister has those but i do have a problem with insomnia. It is terrible to be up all night just wanting to sleep. I sympathize.
Sorry that you had to suffer today. I'm bad with remembering my meds so I have one of those old people pill boxes to keep track.
Did your doc ever mention that the lack of sleep might have also contributed to your weight? When I was over 300 pounds a sleep study showed that I had sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome brought on by the obesity. The doctor said that I was stuck in a catch-22. My weight caused these problems which in turn cause me to be sleepy and listless with no energy (I would fall asleep while driving, in the middle of conversations, etc...) which caused me to pack on more weight which caused my illnesses to worsen which caused me to be even more sleepy and listless...do you see where I'm going with this? So maybe that's what went on with you and now that you have a solution the weight might fall off a lot easier.
I'm glad you enjoyed your cheese sticks. Don't feel guilty, at least you only ate two. It could have easily been 6 or 8 or more!
I don't suffer from the headaches but I do suffer from the constant, rapid movements.
My dr prescribed some meds b/c I would literally jerk myself awake over a hundred times a night. Right as I would start to fall asleep my body would jerk so hard. I would get mad and frustrated--which made it even harder to fall asleep. Eventuallly I would drop off from pure exhaustion around 4-5a.m. (when my alarm goes off at 7).
Unfortunately, I have this weird thing in my head where I don't feel like I should have to take meds on a regular basis so I would try to fall asleep on my own. I would go to bed early and jerk myself awake until midnight when I would totally give up; however, by then it was too late the take the meds and still be able to get up and function in the a.m.
Finally, learned my lesson and started taking them nightly, as I should. Now I am getting to the part where I can empathize--when you are able to sleep on a regular basis and either forget to take it or run out of it you really appreciate how it works for you.
So sorry for your pain--I am glad that the dr has been able to give you something that has helped. I know of so many people that continue to suffer b/c their drs cannot seem to find the problem.
Hope you got some more sleep today and your headache went away. I know it's no fun to have those yucky headaches and those cheese sticks sure sounds good. :)
I feel your pain. I used to get horrible headaches all the time. They've really lightened up since I started eating better and exercising, but now I'm thinking I might want them back if my reward is fried cheese sticks. Mmmm. LOL. Seriously, I know that when I had my headaches I would try anything to get rid of them, so don't feel too guilty about it. Just maybe try some fruits or veggies next time first.
I wish I could go to sleep...kids are in bed 730-830pm...i couldnt fall a sleep if you paid me until 2am then i have to wake four hours later to get my oldest ready for school....been doing this for YEARS....I have that restless leg syndrome crap but i dont take meds for it..dont wanna really....glad you are finally able to rest and sorry about your headache!!!! :(
As I write this to you I have a headache. I never had them until I started weaning my son, now I get migranes at least twice a week. Have gone to the docs, nothing is wrong, we think it's due to stress, well duh. I'm under a lot of stress. I'm really glad they found out what's wrong and that you can now get some good sleep. I don't ever remeber sleeping well, have always suffered from insomnia, and fatigue. I'm hopeing that it will go away with the weight. Maybe I should have a sleep study done, we'll see.
Thank you for sharing and I'm glad you'll get some good zzz'sss.
