If you’ve never had a headache, count yourself lucky. If you’ve never had a migraine, you may as well be Irish and sitting on a pot of gold. I haven't been so lucky. AND I’M IRISH. I suffer migraines weekly. Migraines are scientifically defined as a recurring, throbbing headache that typically affects one side of the head and is often accompanied by nausea and disturbed vision, including sensitivity to sound and light. Besides your typical medicine of Tylenol or ibuprofen, there’s not much you can do besides lay in bed and hope you don’t throw up, and if you do, hope you make it in the garbage can. Whether you’re the girlfriend or the boyfriend, or possibly just a friend, here's some helpful tips.
Quit asking if it's gone. It's not. And we'll get mad.
Migraines take hours to disappear, even with strong medicine.
Don’t shove lots of food at us.
Strong odors trigger. Eating small things, like granola bars, are good. But eating is up to the individual in this crisis.
Keep the room dark and typically noise free.
Sleeping off a migraine is good but when all you can think about is that shooting pain coming from the left or right side of your head, it’s truly miserable and hard to fall asleep.
Don’t get mad or offended if you’re yelled at.
We just want peace. Don’t tell us to do stuff, odds are we won’t do it, and we’ll put up a fight (tears included).
Know that we’ll come around eventually.
That morning after the pain has gone away miraculously during the night, it’s like waking up a new you that doesn’t remember what pain is.
