Headaches trying to start up again

September 5, 2008

Over the summer I’ve had much fewer headaches than usual. I believe I owe it too getting up earlier (between 5-6:30am) on the days without headaches. Also for about 2-3 months I’ve been doing a workout in the morning consisting of 15-30 minutes uphill fast walking on the treadmill, plus an exhilerating 5-6 minute stretch of running. I cool down with walking, stretch my legs, arms, butt, neck…and it definately helps condition by body again over-sensitivity.

Today I had a migraine in class. It was the first day of a new class, new group, new teacher, new room…and I have permission to set up special lights (to avoid fluorescent induced hospital trips), but didn’t have enough time to arrange the room helpfully…and ended up feeing anxious. I keep meds with me, but didn’t take a tramacet until I got home. Thankfully the pain was not intense enough to ruin the class for me altogether. I just had to accept the pain and work with it. I used accupressure on my hands and face to reduce the symptoms and later put peppermint oil on my neck.