Migraines

I had one just today during the test portion of my CPR training class of course.

I get a visual ora. It is almost always to the left of my field of vision. Kinda looks like a snake made of flashing triangles curved around the left edge of my periferal. It is usually intense and makes it hard to focus both on objects and on tasks, like taking a written test. Nausia and sensivity to light and sound are nromal too. This portion usually fades after 15-45 minutes and is followed shortly by a pounding head ache with a duration of 30 minutes to several days. Which I always look forward to because it is way easier to function with an ache in my head that the ora that makes it unsafe to drive or opperate equipment, type an email or virtually anything else important. Some times excedrin migraine or ibuprophen works some times it has no noticeable effect on either the ora or the headache after. I've tried numerous prescription and otc drugs over the last 20 plus years with mixed results. Now I just do what I have to do to get trough it. At times a Coke or Dr. Pepper will help since they have caffine.

In short they suck. Some are worse than others. And in my experience, no two people have the same effects. Its very subjective.