Griping as head goes *pound pound pound*

[breakinglight11]

After over a week of exhaustion and stress, I feel particularly lousy today. There is a low-grade headache in the top right side of my head that isn't as bad as it was last night, but still hasn't gone away even after a night's sleep.

I spent last night helping Jared work out the writing of his thesis. The first half was due today, and he used me as a sounding board to figure out the structure and flow. I agreed to read it once he was done and make suggestions as if I were the theoretical "mean, lazy, and stupid" reader that his professors warned him to write for. At some point I noticed I had developed a halo in my left eye. This has happened to me before and gone away on its own, so I wasn't too worried, more annoyed because I knew it would make it difficult to read. Then the headache set in, starting high on the right side of my head and spreading to just behind my hairline. I drank tea and grumbled as Jared finished the first part of his paper. The halo eventually went away, thankfully, and I read the paper and I think made some helpful comments. It really is a good work; I'm incredibly proud of him. Just one more section to go, and the second part is supposed to be easier than the first.

As I lay in bed that night, still headachey and now with nausea settling in, I wondered idly if I had a brain aneurysm. I was tired enough that I decided if I woke up dead the next morning, well, at least I'd get to sleep in.

Well, needless to say I did not wake up dead. Head still hurts, though, so perhaps my aneurysm is just a lazy-ass that's taking it's own sweet time to kill me. I feel zombie-like, quite useless for any form of productivity.

Traffic on my Livejournal has dropped drastically from last month to this. I am depressed about it. Maybe I've been less interesting. I feel less interesting, so it would not surprise me if my entries were becoming less so as well. I even look less interesting; I think the look of tiredness that's been dogging me makes me appear ten years older.

I think I need to take it easy for a little while. This week I shall do things to take care of me. I have a couple of minor social things I'd like to indulge in. I have a hot date, heehee, with blendedchaitea this coming Friday night that we've been meaning to have for a while, and I've been meaning to have Michael Hyde over for dinner sometime, so that would be an enjoyable way to spend an evening. Maybe I need to just take a little time to pull myself together. At least until this heavy, overwhelmed feeling goes away.

Comments

[ultimatepsi.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better soon! Also, the decrease in traffic could be people reading your blog on Buzz, rather than here.

[twilighttremolo.livejournal.com]

how do the traffic figures work? I usually read entries from the digest-format comfort of the friends page, rather than from the individual's page. I assume lots do this.

[laurion]

"I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo

Hit me like a ray of sun
Burning through my darkest night"

Ok, Beyonce was singing about a different halo. Sorry.

[valleyviolet.livejournal.com]

What kind of halo affect are we talking about? Between that and the timing of the headache and nausea that sounds suspiciously like a migraine to me.

Take some Advil and try to relax. Be careful about how much you're self medicating with caffeine. If you get addicted enough to start having withdrawal headaches it can be bad news. On the up side, if it is migraines, controlling your stress levels and getting more sleep can work wonders. :)

I hope you feel better soon!