Woke Up From a Nap With a Migraine
By StacyB
@Srbageldog (7716)
United States
January 13, 2018 1:49am CST
Earlier I laid down for a bit after coming home from my outing with my mom and sister. I ended up falling asleep for a couple hours, and when I woke up I could feel a migraine coming on. It has now blossomed into a full-blown migraine. Looks like I need to go lay down again.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
13 Jan 18
I'm sorry you also suffer from this. I don't know the reason for it either.
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@LadyDuck (472404)
• Switzerland
13 Jan 18
@Srbageldog It can get very painful, today my neck hurts a lot.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
13 Jan 18
@LadyDuck I'm sorry to hear that, I hope you feel better.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
14 Jan 18
The other night, after dinner I had a massive migraine (one that I have never experienced). I went to sleep from 11pm to 8:45am and felt better.
I hope you feel better now.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
14 Jan 18
@Srbageldog Yes, I am feeling better. I had a minor one today but it went away. Be sure to drink lots of fluids (water).
Glad to hear you're feeling better now!
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
14 Jan 18
@infatuatedbby I'm glad your minor one went away. Sometimes eating dark chocolate helps me, but not always. Drinking caffeine used to help too, but I can't drink it anymore (even though I know dark chocolate has caffeine in it; soda and coffee causes me to have heart palpitations, which sucks!) Water helps too.
Thanks. :) Hope the migraines stay away for both of us!
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
14 Jan 18
Aww, I'm sorry. I am glad you felt better when you woke up. Migraines are truly miserable, especially when they are worse than you've ever experienced.
I do feel better now, thankfully.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
16 Jan 18
I do loathe getting a migraine. Had to work while having one and I was in agony.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
18 Jan 18
@Srbageldog it was a rough day. I managed to get through it. It was on a weekend and I couldn't call out sick. Only had 2 clients and was done by 12:30.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
17 Jan 18
I am so sorry. Having to work with one is the worst. 
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
19 Jan 18
@ElusiveButterfly I hope you are feeling better now.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
14 Jan 18
i've been having headaches off and on..i think it's the weather.
or maybe some of the buttmunches around here pissing me off..
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
14 Jan 18
@Srbageldog i never thought i'd look forward to going back to work..and i've only been off since the 2nd
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
14 Jan 18
The weather triggers my migraines too. If it looks like rain, I'm bound to get a headache.
Ugh, that will do it too...
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
14 Jan 18
@scarlet_woman Your people sound as noisy, demanding, and annoying as my people...and I'm glad I don't live with my people anymore.
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
15 Jan 18
I hate when that happens it is annoying. I hope you were able to get rid of it after your 2nd nap.
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
15 Jan 18
@Srbageldog That is good I hate when I get migraines.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
15 Jan 18
It hung around for a while longer, but went away by the next day, thankfully.
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@Courtlynn (67082)
• United States
13 Jan 18
Yikes! So sorry! Hope its better by now
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
14 Jan 18
@Courtlynn Thank you.
Although I'm tired and debating whether to take a nap again...but don't want to wake up with another migraine. It's too early for bed.
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@GardenGerty (161612)
• United States
15 Jan 18
Oh, I hope you do not get these often. I never was diagnosed with migraines but I used to get what I called "master blaster" headaches a few times a year. I would try caffeine, and sinus medicine and all kinds of things. Eventually I would sleep. I found that if I increased the magnesium in my diet I did not get them. Chocolate has magnesium. So do leafy greens, and gatorade. I take magnesium with my calcium because they need each other to work. Someone else reminded you to drink lots of water and that is also a good measure. My herbal instructor says either to put peppermint oil at your temples, base of neck, or basil oil.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
15 Jan 18
Unfortunately my life has been one migraine after another. I have been getting them since I was two and they are a frequent occurrence. I currently take a low-dose muscle relaxer, which helps some, but does not prevent them entirely. I have tried other meds (anti-seizure medications, which seem to be the standard for treating migraines) and had bad side effects. My neurologist did mention increasing my magnesium intake.
I have heard of putting peppermint oil at your temples, but have never tried it. Maybe I will next time a migraine hits. Do you dilute the oil, or just apply it undiluted?
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Jan 18
That blows. That has happened to me. A nap isn't always good results.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
14 Jan 18
Unfortunately you are right. I hate when this happens.
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@aureliah (24327)
• Kenya
14 Jan 18
@Srbageldog Sorry about that. you need a proper check-up
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
14 Jan 18
@aureliah I am under the care of a neurologist for this issue.
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