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I think that most people know that I suffer from both migraines and headaches. They are not the same thing, and in fact, I find it quite irritating when people say "I've got a migraine!" when they just have a headache (joking emphasis on just as I know how bad a headache can be, but they are not the same). Over the years, I have been to an array of doctors and we have never been able to figure out my migraine triggers. Some people get migraines from pizza, or chocolate or peanut butter or the smell of fake whatever in candles or changes in the barometric pressure or the fear of public speaking. I get most of my migraines without much of a pattern, though stress definitely plays a part.
My headaches (not migraines) also don't have too much of a pattern. I've thought at various times that they might be related to bad teeth (but don't have any new cavities) or vision because I sit in front of multiple computers all day. My eye doctor once did mention that he/we have never been able to get my right eye to have 20/20 vision, regardless of corrective lenses (glass or contacts). He asked once if I had ever had "severe head trauma", to which, of course, my answer was no, to which his follow on question was if I had ever had a concussion... well, yes. One for sure when I went splat form the money-bars and while no others that I can recall being true concussions, there is a pretty good chance I conked my head at least a few more times before the age of 20.
At any rate, why am I babbling on about this? There was this interesting article about how they are now looking at the brains of athletes who have suffered multiple concussions over the years (similar articles on NY Times and elsewhere in the last few days). While I certainly don't fall into this kind of "head trauma" category, it is interesting to see that concussions have a longer lasting and further reaching impact than once thought. And while I don't think that my childhood concussion has much to do with my frequent headaches, I guess you never know.
Unrelated, Sidney lies on his head a lot. That just doesn't seem comfortable, but what do I know. |
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01/28/2009 06:46 AM |
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