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After going through hell the last 7 days I finally feel better! Yay! No more excruciating pain for at least a couple of days!

But one of the worst parts has only just begun. Worse not because I feel any more shitty than during the pain, but because no one who hasn't experienced it first hand understands it.

Everyone's like "Oh you're not in pain anymore? Then you can go back to work, right?" And some part of me, the blissfully ignorant past-me probably, thinks the same. It blames me for being lazy and work-shy.

But I can't go back just yet. I'm physically not able to. I'm glad I even got out of bed today, not letting the depression and anxiety devour me. I may be not in pain anymore, but I don't feel any less shitty. Not yet.

I need some rest.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I find I'm most creative the day after a migraine. I'm also completely unable to solve any logical problem on that day.

The migraine isn't just pain, it's all the symptoms involved. If you can't work the day after the pain stops, then you still have a migraine.