Oh, my aching head!

I went to the doctor yesterday. Why? I don't know.

I say "why" because by 5:01pm (read: office closed for the weekend, rendering me unable to cancel the requisite (penalty fee-less) 24-hours in advance), my headache had all but disappeared. Huh. Kinda like the car + mechanic = what noise. Go figure.

I kept the appointment mostly due to pressure from Chebbar and The Mom. That being said, neither could come up with a reason to keep the appointment other than the fact that I had a headache for a week. However, at that point, a) I had pretty much figured out the cause (medication overuse headache, anyone?) and b) it was pretty much gone. Details schmetails!

Needless to say, I felt like a bit of a tool sitting there explaining that I had a god-awful headache for a week, but I figured out why and it was gone now. *eye roll* Basically, she confirmed my innertubez learning and confirmed that basically the only way out of a rebound headache is cold turkey and that it would be best to avoid pain relievers when at all possible. She also suggested I start tracking my headaches (which I've been doing since that doozy took up residence inside my skull) to see if a pattern emerges -- sleep, weather, food, hormones, stress, etc. Then she sent me on my way. Aside from the fact that she told me she isn't worried about anything serious *causing* my headaches, it was pretty much a waste of time. But, whatevs. At least those bossy people who love me are satisfied.

Currently, my head is achy. It's really more of that shitastic pressure I (believe I) talked about in the previous post. The only difference between today and this past weekend is that, instead of coming in short waves, it's been constant since I got up. And seeing as how I'm trying my damnedest to stay away from my little green liqui-preciousssssss, I'm hitting the water bottle/Tiger Balm/(one measly can of) Diet Coke. Yeah. Not working.

Again? My fault.

I've forgotten my allergy pills three doses in a row. Oh, and guess what?!? All I have on me is Benedryl which, while it will likely help, will make me sleepy, and I have to hit the highway in less than three hours. (Have I mentioned that the drive home lately has been making me so bone-tired that I've caught myself doing that slowwww blink more than once? In a car? Hurtling down the road at 110+ km/hr? Yeah.)

I'm tired and cranky and my head feels like it's gonna asplode, and all I can do is laugh. What else is there? Crying?