post migraine notes
Aug. 30th, 2005 01:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pantryslutMigraines alter my sense of reality.
This shouldn't be a surprise, but honestly, I don't really notice this effect until afterwards, when the world turns back to normal.
When I'm thinking at normal speed again. When I can handle sensory input normally again. When the white noise disappears and my head is no longer a conch shell. When I no longer have to *pay attention* to notice things.
Not to mention the lack of vertigo, and no more light confetti in my vision. (Oh, I miss light confetti sometimes. Floaters are not the same.)
The coffee shop this morning was quiet and full of subdued colors. Yesterday it was so bright! So active! Bustling and busy!
Today smells are just smells. There's no texture to them any more.
On the one hand, there's a lessening of intensity; on the other hand, there's an increase in my ability to focus on things. I mean 'things' as in actual physical objects, not tasks or ideas in my head. But I do not mean focus as in 'visual,' I mean focus as in attention. My surroundings get kind of wavery and borderline hallucination-like when I have a migraine.
The headache part starts to seem the least of it, eh?
This shouldn't be a surprise, but honestly, I don't really notice this effect until afterwards, when the world turns back to normal.
When I'm thinking at normal speed again. When I can handle sensory input normally again. When the white noise disappears and my head is no longer a conch shell. When I no longer have to *pay attention* to notice things.
Not to mention the lack of vertigo, and no more light confetti in my vision. (Oh, I miss light confetti sometimes. Floaters are not the same.)
The coffee shop this morning was quiet and full of subdued colors. Yesterday it was so bright! So active! Bustling and busy!
Today smells are just smells. There's no texture to them any more.
On the one hand, there's a lessening of intensity; on the other hand, there's an increase in my ability to focus on things. I mean 'things' as in actual physical objects, not tasks or ideas in my head. But I do not mean focus as in 'visual,' I mean focus as in attention. My surroundings get kind of wavery and borderline hallucination-like when I have a migraine.
The headache part starts to seem the least of it, eh?
