WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED????

[SmugColditz]

I had to draw my curtains at 10.30 am, and lie 'supervising' the children with my eyes closed because of a very sudden onset headache that was only slightly relieved by me pressing my temple.

At 2.30, I threw my guts up.

Head ache now gone (acfter a nice glass of water)

What on earth happened?

Migraine?

I always thought migraines were longer and more debilitating?

Ds1 had a head ache and 'neck ache' yesterday, but wasn't at all sick!

yes migraine

I had them just as you describe once a month from about 14 to 16yo

If you need lie still in the dark, that's pretty debilitating, isn't it?

What on earth counts as debilitating in your world?

It doesn't sound like a classic migraine, exactly - no aura? And was the headache asymmetrical? But it certainly sounds like a migraine.

Sounds like a migraine. YIf this happens often, you might want to visit your GP and ask for some triptans. They are fab!

relief of hand-to-temple (one temple not both) makes it sound asymmetric to me

Oh, yes, if only one temple.

DH has had great success with Migraleve, as long as he takes it right on headache onset, well, ideally, when he gets the aura.

Oh, and the usual 'being aware of triggers' stuff. (Some foods are triggers, exhaustion and stress and failing to eat can also do it. My only trigger is Gus Van Sant movies, thankfully.)

Well actually I had some yellow sort of lights on the left eye (which is the side the head ache was) but I had just pegged the washing out and thought it was afterglow from the sun.

I feel fine now though, my head feels like it's been released from a vice - sort of sore on one side.

Is it going to come back then? cos I've got to go to weight watchers tonight!

Not a stroke surely

Afterglow is normally the opposite colour of whatever you were looking at. That sounds like an aura.

I don't think it will come back now - they tend to space themselves out better. You may never have another, or you may get them more often. Just try to pay attention to whatever seems to cause it.

Obviously this has been triggered by housework, which will now be avoided at all costs...

I wouldn't expect it to be a stroke because I am now absolutely fine, no after effects at all.