I Blame the Weather

Every time it starts to get cold or rainy outside, I get a migraine. It’s the barometric pressure changing.

With the constant change in weather around here the past week I’ve been having mini migraines damn near daily. And apparently so is Thomas.

Really it’s a wonder we don’t have constant 24/7 migraines what with the way Ohio weather works. All the more reason to move to Arizona.

Actually, seriously go to the site above. It’s really informative and barometric pressure headaches and migraines in general.

Anyways, what did you guys think of my attempt to research migraines in people with BPD? There is nada for information out there. Everyone agrees the two go hand in hand but no one seems to know why.

Borderline Personality Disorder and Migraines

Borderline Personality Disorder and headachesSevere headache and migraines appear to be more prevalent in patients with BPD then the general population. It is hard to know why without a better understanding of what causes BPD and migraines. While scientist have their theories, exact causes are unknown.

For more information on migraine headaches, please go here.

For an interesting case study done on people with BPD and migraines go here.

Sick Kid Update

Thomas had another nasty migraine Monday. Vomiting and everything. I took him to the chiropractor, dosed him up on meds, and then sent him to bed.

Poor kid was so sick he willingly took a nap, and couldn’t eat a popsicle because it was too cold.

Oh, and yes his eye was still twitching yesterday, but I still think it is migraine related. It does not twitch in his sleep though so that’s a good sign.

Long Day, Sick Kid

The first call from my mom during the work day was to let me know Thomas had had a migraine in the middle of the night. He woke up, puked and went back to bed.

The second call was to let me know his eye had been twitching all weekend, was this new? Yes, yes it was new.

The third call was to let me know he had a fever of 103.6 what did I want her to do.

At that point I left work early and had her meet me at the urgent care right by my house. The doctor there gave him a thorough exam and couldn’t find a reason for the fever. We think he was thinking meningitis. Anyways, he told us to take Thomas to the local children’s hospital emergency room. So we did.

3 hours later there was still no solid reason for the fever, but it finally came down with the help of Tylenol. The doctors think his headache and the fever might just be a virus that isn’t causing any other symptoms. The flu or something. They did a step culture and it came back negative.

Pat thinks the fever is being caused by the migraine. I’m inclined to agree.

Either way the kid stays home from school tomorrow.

Oh and we are suppose to keep an eye on the eye twitch. If it keeps up even when he’s asleep they may need to do an MRI or something.

Poor kid.