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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Columbus
Posts: 304
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Columbus
Posts: 304
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My triggers
In the months when my PCS was in the more acute stage, stress or overexertion were the big triggers for me. In particular, if I started crying, my chance for a migraine was 100%. As soon as my husband and I would start arguing, I would have to take an Imigran. Other ways I tried to deal with this was refusing to talk to my husband when he was in one of his moods. He has a mood disorder that is helped by meds but not cured, so about once or twice a month, he will become irrationally upset. Usually, I'd just talk him down, but with PCS, I just had to refuse to talk to him until his mood resolved on its own, which was hard to do, as it would usually mean a night's sleep before we were talking again. It didn't always prevent the migraine, but sometimes it would.
Prior to my injury and now, I only seem to get migraines triggered by medications, but when I do get them, they are as bad as they get. I am immobilized and vomiting, and the pain will not go away. My husband has had to take me to the emergency room several times when my meds weren't working. Now I take muscle relaxers and oxycodone when I get a migraine, which has worked thus far!
I do get headaches with barometric pressure changes, but they are not migraines. If only we could control the weather!
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I have recovered my cognitive function, and I've overcome severe vertigo through sensory integration therapy. Wellbutrin has helped me escape depression. I have recently had a few stress-related migraines, as well as headaches stemming from eye strain. I'm also dealing with tinnitus, lack of stamina, extreme light sensitivity, and eye pain. Diagnosed with 9 different vision issues: convergence insufficiency, pursuit eye movement deficit, egocentric visual midline shift, photophobia, visual information processing delays, accommodative insufficiency, saccadic eye movement deficit, lack of coordination, and central peripheral visual integration deficit.
*First concussion: October 2010. I was pregnant and got rear ended. I associated my mild PCS symptoms with baby brain and blamed my light sensitivity on allergies and dry eyes.
*Second concussion: December 2011. I hit my head on a wooden beam, saw stars but did not lose consciousness, and I had very disturbing PCS symptoms but didn't go to the doctor.
*Third concussion: August 2012. I caused a car accident as a result of PCS symptoms. Thankfully no one was injured but me. My husband confronted me, and I finally sought help and took medical leave from work. My symptoms worsened, and I developed severe vertigo.
*Fourth concussion: November 2012. I was riding in a car with a friend and we were hit head on by a driver who lost control of her car. I didn't have a big increase in PCS symptoms.
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