In Bed – Joan Didion

In Bed – Joan Didion Subject Matter: Migraine headache Personal Experience of the writer About medical information for migraine Migraine: [extremely bad headache] a recurrent, throbbing, very painful headache, often affecting one side of the head and sometimes accompanied by vomiting or by distinct warning signs including visual disturbances. Symptoms of Migraine Headache: Headache is not continuous if it occurs it lasts long. Migraine attack occurs almost four to five times in a month. Flush (blush or redness) of blood in cerebral/brainy arteries/blood vessels. Vision is not clear (temporarily blind) Mild hallucinations / false sense perceptions / illusion / nightmare Gastrointestinal / stomach / digestive / gastric disturbance Overpowering fatigue/exhaustion, tiredness, weariness, weakness, lethargy, etc. Aphasia/lack of language abilities Chilling/sweating Nausea/sickness of the stomach / the unsettling feeling in the stomach that accompanies the urge to vomit Causes of Migrai...