Children, etc.
I've decided to start a new message because I just can't figure out how to reply and quote -- especially with the migraine I have today from the huge winds blowing a new front into my neighborhood. Here in Minnesota, we are actually smelling smoke from the Montana wild fires. For those of us "blessed" with heads that can predict weather, I'm sure you can understand this was a headache waiting to happen. I am so relieved that my 19 year old daughter has had only one headache that seemed to be a migraine. She's an athlete and I wonder if the exercise helps her. My 22 year old son gets them when he eats too much chocolate -- I wish it was that simple for me. I could avoid chocolate, or at least just eat it on days when I would know I could crash the next day. When we were cleaning out my father's house after he passed away. I found an diary of mine when I was around 13. Almost everyday I wrote something about having a headache either at the beginning or end of the day's events. Somehow, I had problems making it through a whole day. Maybe that's because I couldn't eat on a pattern that would keep my blood sugar even. Maybe it was the lights, the noise, the stress, the early mornings. I don't know. I rememember having maybe three or four migraines a month through college and my twenties. I'm now 46 and these things have been getting worse for about the last five years. My heart aches to think of any child suffering with the chronic headaches I have now. If we can't get our bosses to understand, how to explain to the teacher, the gym teacher, the principal. This reminds me way to much of trying to educate my son's middle school a decade ago when they didn't understand ADD. There are now laws and support groups that help parents with ADD kids. There must be web links or something that would bring together parents of these kid with migraines. If people could share ideas of what worked - school wise, med wise, etc., then everyone would benefit. Jan B. Going off-line soon to find my pillow and blankie