Posted by bookgurl99 on June 12, 2003, at 7:42:52
In reply to Re: free association on migraines, childhood, zoloft » bookgurl99, posted by Dinah on June 12, 2003, at 2:06:23
> I used to faint as a teen. . . .They figured it had something to do with the emotional problems I was having at the time, coupled with a desire to not grow up . . .
Funny, when I was in 4th grade, my teacher -- who caught me as I fainted on my way to the bathroom one day -- told my parents she thought I was fainting from 'bottling up' my feelings. But then nothing was done -- no offers of counseling, or anything. I'm amused at how often people make these pronouncements about children and then change nothing about how _they_ handle things.
Plus, it's just silly. Conversion disorders are just not as common as people think.
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> I later developed migraines. Oddly, the first migraines were optical migraines only. No pain, just splotches of blurry vision in the vision field.Yeah, when I was a kid, I thought everybody had these from being in the sun all day.
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> Do you notice your migraines run in groups? I have a whole week or two where I get one nearly every day, from the slightest of triggers (flickering fluorescent light, sunlight) and then whole weeks will go by when not even the most obvious trigger will cause one.Yeah, the week before my period I'll get them all the time. Just typing on the computer at work will set me off.
I'm not sure if I'd rather have pain or just the other symptoms, if I could pick one.
What's amusing, though, is when people call them "headaches." I don't need preventative medication for headaches! Those I can deal with, no problem.
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