Woohoo!!!

After a week+ of this, today's been a major breakthrough for me.

I woke up without a crushing headache (first good sign!), more of a 'picking in the background' pain. My upper lip felt like it had taken a shot of novacaine, and I noticed disorientation until this evening (after supper, 7-8 pm).

This disorientation was very odd, but something I know I've posted about here before. Alice in Wonderland syndrome. I kinda suspected that what I was going through today was AIWS, and then validated this sensation by reading the Wikipedia entry about AIWS....

...the ground felt too close to me. While walking after having a coffee at the coffee shop about 25 minutes (walk) from my place, I felt 'shorter', or 'dwarfed'. Then I noticed it was that I felt as though I was walking on my knees, not my feet, based on the proximity of the sidewalk to my sight.

VERY strange phenomenon! I've had this happen before, and have had other visuals that are described in AIWS.

The good news is, AIWS, or components of (like the ground too close feeling) are said to be quite commonplace with migraine.

Bingo!

I have my GP appointment on the 7th when I'll bring this up, but in the meantime, I seem to have re-oriented this evening, and the pain's nearly non-existent. Whew.... I felt so freaking discouraged going through this episode.

Thanks again for the kind words and support, this group is great as ever