I better not be getting migraines again

[xt1me]

On Thursday after lunch, so around 2ish, I got a sudden terrible headache.
I don't what to call it a migraine because I used to get migraines a lot when I was younger but I haven't had one in years and years.

When I used to get migraines they'd always start with an aura. A blind spot that would spread out in a ring and by the time it reached the end of the eye and I could see again the pain would have hit. The aura was the queue to immediately take medication to try and shorten recovery time. If I missed it, usually because it struck when I was asleep, it would get so bad I would have to trow up. And of course in those cases I would have to wait until I finished throwing up to take the medication.

I was on something stronger then the 1st level migraine medication, I remember that. Synflex I think. It's (thankfully) been a while.

The day of the migraine all I could ever do was lie in my bedroom as dark as it could get and wait for the medication to kick in enough that I could sleep it off.
The next day, even if I was feeling better I was usually useless for anything. Pain takes a lot out of you and migraines leave you really fuzzy. But I was usually fine the 3rd day.

 

It's why I'm so hesitant to call what I got a migraine.

I didn't get an aura and the only medication I had was some paracetamol someone had in the office but that at least made enough of a dent in it that I was able to get home.
Yes, the pain was so bad I felt nauseous and I had to leave early.
But I was able to get home and crawl into bed and sleep for a few hours.

I obviously didn't have didn't have any migraine medication since it's been so long but panadol seemed to be enough to let me potter around and get myself something to eat (even if I wasn't feeling hungry) before going back to bed again.

I was feeling better the next day. But better isn't well, and I probably shouldn't have gone back to work. Even if I was working from home.
I ended up leaving early again but I made it half the day at least.

It's been 2 days since then and I am feeling a lot better.
Still not 100% though.

To be honest, it probably was a migraine, if technically a lighter one then I used to get.

But I really don't want to admit it. 

I really don't want to get migraines again.