Glitter

[shanmonster]

This is weird, but after over a decade, I can't deny it anymore. My migraine hallucinations are always worse in a lit bathroom. Particularly when I'm standing over a bathroom counter, and especially when I'm leaning a bit, like when I'm looking in the mirror more closely, or spitting in the sink.

If I've been sitting in a dim room, the flickering lights may be all but gone. But once I'm in the lit bathroom, the intensity goes waaaaaaaay up, and the flickering becomes strobe-like.

Why the bathroom? I just don't get it. It might have something to do with all the white in there, and the bright lights. Holy crap, that's weird.

I am currently on day eleven of a new glitter migraine. I believe it was brought on by the asthma attack I had caused by a fog machine at the Dangerous Liaisons play. I sure hope it goes away. This is the first longterm migraine I've had in about four years.

Comments

[sidruid.livejournal.com]

What do they look like? I've been dealing with what i suspect are Ocular (Opthalmic) migraines for years, i get them once or twice each month, but never get the headache of a migraine.

[featheredfrog.livejournal.com]

Have you tried an antihistamine?

Sorry to hear that you're hurting

[montecristo.livejournal.com]

Hope you're feeling better soon.

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

Any bathroom, or yours in particular? Is there small tile in checkerboard pattern or something like that? Fluorescent lights? Those both make the migraine visuals MUCH worse for me.

I'm sorry you're dealing with this. It's horrible. I hope it ends soon.

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