If I sent you this message, what would you do?

[QuestionableMouse]

Message was "help migraine pills drink help please"

I sent it to my sister after waking up with the worst migraine I've had for a while. I never ask for help, ever. I sent it at 12:20. She's still out shopping and I've had no help from her or my parents. Just managed to make it downstairs to get a drink.

I'm feeling pretty sorry for myself and quite fragile so I'm not sure if I'm being unreasonable in feeling a bit annoyed and upset.

[HappenedForAReisling]

I would have thought someone had overdosed on painkillers and booze then panicked.

[Armchairanarchist]

Why did you post like that to your sister but so clearly and long winded on here? It's the equivalent of putting on a 'phoning in sick' voice. I suffer from migraines and couldn't have posted what you just have in the midst of one.

[shapeshifter88]

do pills work for anyone once it's actually got bad? if i don't catch mine within the first 10 mins of just noticing my eyes feeling a bit funny, ive missed my chance and get the whole b thing. blindness/vomming/pain the lot and just have to ride it out

[Bearbehind]

That message didn't even make any sense at all so I would have done precisely nothing.

Did you seriously expect your sister to stop what she was doing, go to your house and pass you water and tablets?

I really hope nothing serious ever happens to you.

[cheesefield]

“Feck! Girls! Arse!”

[CantSleepClownsWillEatMe]

Sorry Op, I'm sure you're feeling rotten but that text reads like a dying woman struggling to gasp her last words having crossed a sweltering desert. Except it's a text message and to somebody not even in your immediate vicinity.

If I got that from my sister I'd be a bit because I'd think wtf does she think I can do from here? Chances are that even moving at snails pace you'd get to your tablets and a tap long before she could get to you and possibly even before she'd see the text! I probably would have phoned to be fair but I'd have done it thinking she was being a bit wet and ridiculously dramatic.

[MrMeSeeks]

Ffs, i think the op ibu, but All the posts saying ‘ you can’t have a migraine’ ‘you’ve text’ ‘you’re looking at a screen’ etc
You do realise everyone is different?
I get them horrendously, but they don’t affect my eyesight in the slightest, nor does the change in light unfortunately.

[SheGotBetteDavisEyes]

do pills work for anyone once it's actually got bad?

Yes, I go straight to the 'middle of the pack' Migraleve (can't remember whether pink or yellow) and they definitely help me to function better. I drink lots of water as well.

PP who said its the equivalent of a 'phoning in sick voice' sums it up perfectly!

help..See....how....ill...am...can't type complete sentence...head...send...help...

[Awwlookatmybabyspider]

I'd panic and ring you as I wouldnt know what to make of it. Are you saying you need tablets and a drink or that you've accidently taken too many. I get you're not well but you need to be much clearer.

[AcrossthePond55]

I think this is a reverse.

But at any rate, my reaction would depend on the person. I have family where if I got such a message I'd know it was an extreme emergency and I'd call right away as I was rushing over. I have other family where I'd look at the message, sigh, and put my phone on silent.

Which type are you, OP?

[Cauliflowersqueeze]

Ive had 2 migraines in my life. On both occasions I was rigid with pain and tears were streaming down my face. Even breathing sounded like an earthquake in my head.

Are you sure you don’t just have a headache. I could barely open my eyes for the pain of the light from around the thick curtains.

Absolutely horrific both times.

[Dontfeellikeamillenial]

Dunno.

If I had terrible migraines I'd always have pills in.

[SuchAToDo]

I wouldn't have the faintest idea why you were on about

Why not write, I've a migraine, can you bring me pills and a drink please

Your text makes absolute no sense at all

[Conseulabananahammock]

If you had a migraine you wouldn't be able to look at a phone. I was in shades on the sofa no lights on no nothing for two days with my last one. Even opening my eyes hurt

[SuchAToDo]

HappenedForAReisling I would have thought someone had overdosed on painkillers and booze then panicked

So would I, it does read like that

[Lyricallie]

I’d text back saying sorry I’m out. If I lived with my sister I’d bring stuff back but I wouldn’t go out of my way to rush back. Then I’d probably text my mum about how rude my sister was being. Hey ho. Good thing we now live 250 miles from each other.

[WhateverHappenedToTheHeatwave]

Sounds really dramatic given you can post on mumsnet to be honest OP. If my sister sent that i would think wtf and call her. I guess it depends on your relationship how a sister will react and both of your personalities.

Do you think she thinks you are attention seeking? Or perhaps thinks you need rest not pills?

[SandAndSea]

One of the few good things about migraine is that you find out who your friends are.

[NerrSnerr]

I would have thought you'd overdosed on migraine pills and alcohol.

Why couldn't you have sent a coherent text if you can write coherently on Mumsnet?

[GruciusMalfoy]

It would depend on my relationship with the person. One of my sisters, or my mum, then I'd reply to ask what they needed. My other sister I'd probably just ignore because she squeals about the most minor of things. I wouldn't personally text someone like that because it may panic them, and although the pain can be horrendous, you don't die by having to go and get medication from downstairs. Been there, crying and vomiting, hoping I keep the pills down.

[TallulahBetty]

Surely a reverse. Come on

[catpooproblems]

I suffer from focal migraines and there is virtually no way I could use my phone during an episode as my vision is so distorted

[SuchAToDo]

Op if you can make it downstairs to get a drink then you can get a painkiller from where ever you keep them...

Op if you had a real migraine I doubt you would be creating a thread on mumsnet, you would be in agony, lying in a dark room with your eyes shut waiting for the pain to pass

[Notsohorriblehistory]

I have an idea that your sister saw this message, sighed, rolled her eyes and put her phone back in her bag.

I've also never sent a text like that before. Even when I broke my foot falling down the stairs. I'm genuinely not an attention seeking person. I just needed some help

You see OP, breaking your foot due to falling down the stairs is a reason to call for help.

A headache (not a migraine) that permits you to post a thread a couple of hours after supposedly being at deaths ‘s door is NOT a reason for anyone to go out of their way for you.

[TheNoodlesIncident]

I get ordinary headaches, not actual migraines, and I keep strong painkillers which are useless but never mind in my bedside drawer. I have a bottle of water as the cat thinks my glass of water is hers, so I choose not to share that.

If I got migraines which can strike any time, I absolutely would have medicine very close. Why wouldn't you? Is this your first one, do you never get headaches usually? This is the only reason I can think of that you wouldn't be prepared.

If I got a text like that I would ring up and say "Are you all right? You don't sound like yourself" but would be worried you'd taken an overdose. I'd be a bit cross tbh.