First it was the mad scramble for diapers and tape (don't tell anyone) whenever the hospital's can-see-them-from-freaking-ass-out-of-space fire alarm strobes start flashing.
I am currently awake enjoying the massive migraine brought on last night because someone just had to have a cigarette somewhere and set off an alarm.
Seriously, I'm amazed no-one has had a seizure yet.
Now there are strobes on every that moves. Garbage trucks, school buses, moving vans, construction trucks. Twice I've had to pull off the road into a parking lot and wait until the vehicle gets far enough away from me that it doesn't trigger a migraine.
Flashing lights and hormone swings are the only triggers I have. The hormones are pretty much under control.
But what in the hell can I do about every other vehicle on the road flashing at me?
Loki sez: Why that is completely unacceptable! I'm going to write a letter of complaint! Oh wait, I can't write. I shall give a stern disapproving look instead.
2 comments:
I totally relate. Flashing lights and repetitive noises (that beep-beep of a truck backing up, for example) often trigger a migraine for me as well. Even a static pattern of bright light and dark (such as through patio slats) can get one going if it's been hovering. I also have a problem with outdoor malls where I keep switching between regular glasses and sunglasses depending if I'm in a store or outside in the sun.
Yeah! I forgot about the blinds. Veritcal blinds moving will trigger if it is bright enough outside.
Do you get any after-migraine symptoms? Several of my co-workers have migraines (it seems to be epidemic among nurses for some reason), and we all have some "thing" about afterwards. I get very clumsy and have trouble with hand/eye coordination, one coworker gets slurred speech, another has trouble with names.
It's interesting to me because our symptoms are almost like post-seizure symptoms.
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