Yeah, so this morning just before my mom left she yelled out “How’re you feeling, Jay?” All I could do was mumble something incoherent. I wasn’t sure just how bad I was feeling. So I lay down in bed staring at the ceiling for a while. By 7, I knew that if I was going to go to work I would have to get out of bed then. As soon as I sat up, I knew that I wasn’t well at all. So, I called in sick.
I don’t have a fever. I’m not drippy, coughing, or congested. I just have headaches and dizziness. Yesterday, when I left work, as soon as I stepped out of the building, I was hit with horrible head pains. I don’t get migraines, but I’d imagine that that’s what they feel like. When I sat down in the driver’s seat of the van, I sat there pounding me head against the head rest. I remember thinking, “how the hell am I going to drive home in this condition?” I remember having a bit of shortness of breath as I was trying to get the pain to subside. Eventually it stopped long enough for me to start the journey home.
The pain died out for a little while. It came back when I went to sit on the can. I was bent over clutching my head in pain. Sorry for the mental image, but that’s what happened.
Today, I spent most of my day in bed, only wandering around when I needed to take medicine. I’ve been taking Sudafed Cold and Flu but I’m not sure at all whether it’s helping or not. I still feel like crap.
I really would like to return to work tomorrow, but…I have no idea whether I’ll be in any condition to do so.
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Migraines can develop at any point in your life, and they can be pretty debilitating. Dizziness is not uncommon, though it’s not one of the "official" symptoms (or, I don’t think so); if you had nausea and sensistivity to light/sound, and the pain in your head was one-sided, I’d say you probably had a migraine and should get to a doctor pretty quickly in case you have another.
If the pain went around your head, instead of being one-sided, it’s probably a hatband headache, which isn’t treatable in the same way as a migraine.
You should google cluster headaches and sinus headaches to rule out the possibility of those. You might have a sinus headache, which would be unfortunate, but not nearly as scary as cluster headaches. It doesn’t sound like you have those, because your face hasn’t swelled up, but it’s a possibility.
If it isn’t any of those (which, I’ll admit, it doesn’t seem like any of the major pathological headaches to me), then you’re probably just sick with a bad head cold, and should stay home, stay hydrated, and wait.
Thanks for the good info, Jamaica.
I don’t think it’ was one-sided, but there was definitely sensitivity to noise. My father was singing karaoke in the living room and it was making me hurt.
I think I may be good to go tomorrow. I’m still feeling a bit dizzy right now, but I think it’ll be gone by tomorrow.