My First Migraine

Friday night, during my friend's 30th birthday celebration, I had four beers. Nothing particularly out of control about that, had them at the rate of one beer an hour. Three Pacifico's (three stars out of five, very watery and very little flavor) and one Hoegaarden (maybe three and a half stars, although I used to like this beer much more) I woke up Saturday morning feeling like I'd been hit in the head with a sledge hammer. This I am used to, I have about 20 god awful sinus infections a year, so I'm familiar with it. I decided not to take the Excedrin Migraine medicine I usually take when I feel these monster headaches coming on because I planned to meet my friend Caroline on the mall for the OUOCS event later that day, where I would want to drink. I had a lot of water and some caffeine.

By the time I got back from Dim Sum with my college friend Todd, I was feeling nauseous. This is a symptom I never get, but I thought maybe I was hungover.

After several hours on the couch, I realized I was not getting off that couch for quite some time. I reviewed the symptoms for a migraine in my head (via WebMD):

* Throbbing or pulsating headache on one side of your head.
* Moderate to severe headache intensity.
* Your headache getting worse with routine physical activity.
* Nausea, vomiting, or both.
* Sensitivity to light and noise, and sometimes smells.

Definitely had the headache, it was getting worse, I'd closed all the blinds and turned off all the lights, could smell everything within 20 miles, and the nausea was intense.

I've always known that migraines were no joke, and that my father and sister had gotten them. But I thought with the sinus headaches, maybe I'd be spared the migraines too. Of course not. I woke up this morning with the headache still there, and took an Excedrin Migraine again, just in case.