When do you look your worst?
By Amber
@AmbiePam (93796)
United States
February 15, 2024 12:39pm CST
Last night, I had the worst migraine I’ve had in years, and it was so bad I thought something else was wrong. I actually called a friend to take me to the ER, but their phone was understandably off (it was 10:30pm). I took that as a sign that it was probably just an unfortunate mega migraine, and tried to just tough it out. The Lord was merciful because after a couple of migraine pills, and a lot nausea induced consequences (see how I put that in such a non gross way? Lol) I woke up this morning with very manageable pain in my head. So, I walked into the bathroom, and when I looked into the mirror I laughed so hard. My curly hair was standing up, end to end. I’m too vain to post a picture, but it was wilder than I have ever seen. My skin was red and patchy (from holding my head with my hands in various positions during the night), and my eyes looked shell shocked. I have never looked so bad in all my life.
When do you look your absolute worst? I mean rock bottom. By the way, the day after a migraine is gone my mood is always joyful, so I’m very happy right now, I promise.
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@AmbiePam (93796)
• United States
15 Feb
@rebelann 
You goofball. I can understand not remembering something from your twenties, but no way have your pets not given you some incredible human expressions that indicate you freak them out over the years. Or maybe you have a don’t judge me and I won’t judge you kind of thing going on. 
You goofball. I can understand not remembering something from your twenties, but no way have your pets not given you some incredible human expressions that indicate you freak them out over the years. Or maybe you have a don’t judge me and I won’t judge you kind of thing going on. 1 person likes this
@1creekgirl (41698)
• United States
16 Feb
How are you feeling today? Were you able to get a good night's sleep?
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How about you?@AmbiePam (93796)
• United States
16 Feb
@1creekgirl Oh good. Those helped me tremendously when I was first having trouble.
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@1creekgirl (41698)
• United States
16 Feb
@AmbiePam I requested a referral from my doctor to the pain clinic for an injection in my back, so hoping I can get that soon.
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@much2say (55913)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Feb
Sorry you went through all that pain last night! I get migraine-like headaches (which is painful enough for me) but I know folks who have "real" migraines which can be truly debilitating. Glad you're doing way better today! I think I look my absolute worst when I'm sick - so sick that I can't do anything at all.
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@LadyDuck (472024)
• Switzerland
16 Feb
I am so sorry, I know how painful a mega migraine is.
I remember that I looked my absolute worst the day I had kidney stone pain. It was so horrible that I was crawling on the floor because I could not even stand up. I looked horrible, pale, with dark circles under my eyes.
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@1creekgirl (41698)
• United States
16 Feb
Oh, bless your heart. I've had lots of migraines, but only a few that sent me to the ER. So thankful you feel some better tonight.
I think I probably looked my worse when I was going through chemo and had no hair. And no makeup, lol.
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Bless your heart.@1creekgirl (41698)
• United States
16 Feb
@AmbiePam When my hair started coming out in handfuls, I asked Dale to shave my head. I cried the whole time. I'm thankful it's still coming back in and not quite as wiry and frizzy as it was a month ago. I've been wearing my wigs in public, but I actually got my real hair looking almost okay and wore it to a doctor's office recently. No one recoiled in horror.
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@Dena91 (16692)
• United States
16 Feb
I am sorry that you had such a terrible migraine headache. I pray it is a long time before you have another. My brother used to get them when he was a teenager but as he got older, he seemingly has outgrown them. I had one in my life and pray I never get another. I feel for those like you, who have to deal with them.
The worse I looked, probably when I used to drink and woke up the day after a night of drinking. Thankfully I stopped drinking 35 years ago, so those memories are pretty much faded nowadays.
Had to laugh at your hair description. I never know what to expect mine to look like when I wake up.
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@Dena91 (16692)
• United States
16 Feb
@AmbiePam I tell Mike my hair is like the Lord's mercies and compassion, its new every morning.
"It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness" Lamentations 3:22-23
"It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness" Lamentations 3:22-231 person likes this
@GardenGerty (160908)
• United States
16 Feb
I am beginning to think I look horrible most all of the time.
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@snowy22315 (182038)
• United States
15 Feb
Probably early in the morning .you must have been a sight. Isn't is possible to take the meds to sort of ward them off before they get so bad? It must be miserable.
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@AmbiePam (93796)
• United States
16 Feb
The preventative meds don’t seem to work (one made the migraines ten times worse), and there was one that if you took right at the start of one it got rid of it before it got bad about 50% of the time. Unfortunately, insurance won’t pay for it. At $100 a pill, I don’t even harbor any resentment for that. My doctor gave me samples, but eventually, even a nice doctor quits giving samples.
I think the acupuncture and cupping has not only helped my back, but my migraines too. Honestly, snowy, I think this migraine was caused by a stressful incident, and nothing was going to keep it from coming on.
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@snowy22315 (182038)
• United States
16 Feb
@AmbiePam It must be so uncomfortable..
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@LindaOHio (181346)
• United States
15 Feb
I'm sorry you had such a bad migraine. Now that I'm old, I look bad every day! lol Have a good day.
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@LindaOHio (181346)
• United States
15 Feb
@AmbiePam Aren't you sweet? I don't think I look regal at all!
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
16 Feb
Migraines are the worse. Glad you are feeling better today. I have curly hair too so some mornings when I look in the mirror I look like Kramer...
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@dgobucks226 (35725)
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21 Feb
Yep, when I first wake up, I'm a mess. My hair looks like a it got caught in a windstorm. Something like that photo.
I would be a morning person if morning started around 1PM.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (84195)
• Rupert, Idaho
15 Feb
Sorry you went through one that was that bad. I can't imagine the feeling as I rarely even get just a headache.
Oh I can say probably anytime myself lol!
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@MommyOfEli2013 (84195)
• Rupert, Idaho
15 Feb
@AmbiePam With Eli that's every day lol. Oh really? that is interesting lol!
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@xstitcher (32687)
• Petaluma, California
19 Feb
Yow. The way you felt doesn't sound pleasant at all. Glad your pain is manageable now.
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@Marilynda1225 (83092)
• United States
16 Feb
I'm so sorry that you had such a bad migraine but glad that you feel better today even though the image in the mirror was shocking.
I always look my worst when I first get up in the morning. My hair is always a mess and my eyes are only half open until I have my coffee.
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