Julie is mean and I really really don’t like her! She showed up in my life a long time ago and refuses to leave, I’ve never wanted someone to leave so bad! I never invite her over but she just shows up and ends up staying around for days! I try so hard to get her to leave but she just is too stubborn and won’t go easily!

She gets so bad some days that I want to cry and vomit, it’s disgusting! She just doesn’t get the fact that I don’t want her hanging around! I have meds that are supposed to help keep Julie away but sadly they haven’t been helping much! She causes so much pain, dizziness, nausea, vision issues and more! I’m so mad at her, I could spit!

I should probably tell you that Julie is a human, but an ugly migraine! Yup I named my migraines, I mean why not, they name storm & hurricanes!

They say the peppermint is great for migraines, but sadly I am allergic to peppermint and it gives me a migraine! I do know some of my migraine triggers, peppermint, eucalyptus, cinnamon, the 1st 3 months of the year! No joke on that last one, 24/7 migraine for at least 2 1/2 months (Jan-March). I finally broke down and bought some Excedrin migraine pills, they dull the pain a tiny bit sometimes, but I can’t takes this a lot as they have caffeine in them and I can’t consume caffeine anymore since my Nissan Fundoplication (they should take the “fun” part out of that word, since it’s no where near fun).

I went to see my pcp to talk about better meds. I am so tired of Julie that I asked for an injection medication and I am absolutely horrified of needles, but I am to the point of trying anything! I’ve tried CBD oil and the taste and the way it made me feel, I don’t want to take it! My pcp increased the dose of the Imitrex I was taking from 50 to 100, that didn’t help at all which I’ve been telling them for years, and it added extreme pain in my neck and shoulders for a good hour, it got so bad I was ready to go to the ER! I finally got off that one and tried another as she said insurance won’t cover the good meds until I try other meds of course! The new meds help to dull the pain a bit, but not enough! I would love to be able to go places without carrying a drug store with me because I need 3 different meds to get calm down Julie! My nausea meds help a little too as Julie makes me very nauseous!

Next step is seeing a neurologist, which isn’t fun for me as they don’t ever take me seriously! Of course this is one that I have seen before and didn’t really like, but there aren’t any others around here! I said I’d go see him as this is migraines we are dealing with and not some mystery he doesn’t want to solve! The only thing is I am afraid that he will messed around with the little shit they like to do oh so much that I have already tired and drag this out instead of saying oh let’s get rid of Julie shall we! I could be surprised and he may jump on it and tackle it good right away, but seriously I’ve seen him before so I have more doubts about that!

I may have a “small” issue getting along with some doctors as I can tell if they will be a good match for me and helpful within 15 seconds! I am very rarely wrong about that even with going in very optimistic and hopeful! I have tendency to let them spew their bullshit and then tell them what I feel and they won’t want to help me anymore! Sorry, not sorry, but I am dealing with myself & my health here and have learned to not take their meaninglessness bullshirt anymore! I have said it a million times, doctors need to go back to school and learn how to talk and listen to their patients and learn that not one thing works for every person! They could learn a ton from their nurses and aides as they are usually always amazing! Shhhhh, I could go on for days, but I’ll shoosh myself here!

Here’s hoping this doctor can help get rid of Julie, or at least make it so she can’t Vivian as often! My door mat says “GO AWAY”, not “WELCOME”!

Do you deal with migraines? Do they stick around so much that you named them? What works for you to ease the pain?