Tranquil Mint & Migraines
I knew I liked that Tranquil Mint scrub from Bath and Body Works for some good reason....
Yesterday I had a really nasty migraine, which continued on into today of course. I think it started when I was using some rubber cement at work, because I felt the pain pretty suddenly afterward. Funny, the smell of it has never bothered me before. (and the kids were all being insane, so that tension might have contributed.)
Nothing was helping... Midrin didn't help, and by the time I got home and called in a refill for Maxalt, I was getting nauseated too. I took a dose of it at 8:30, and by 9:30, I was cleaning and disinfecting the toilet because I knew I was going to have to get really friendly with it soon.
In fact, I was slightly playing Warcraft and chatting with my friend, telling him I'd be back later because I was going to go throw up now. For several minutes I thought I was going to do it - muscles trying to work and everything... But I think the tiny dose of Pepto Bismol I'd taken a few minutes earlier stopped me from being able to vomit. (And I really think that my stomach would have felt a lot better if I'd been able to manage it, but I couldn't, and I wasn't going to chance spraining my tongue again by sticking my finger down my throat to force it.)
I went back to the couch and kept trying to use the ice pack until it got wet. Then I just wrapped my arms around my head and neck and squeezed until everything went away. I woke up a few hours later feeling a little bit better, and noticing that I had one of my arms pressed up pretty hard into my head and neck. I guess I was directly constricting the blood flow to the offending vessel in my head.
Anyway, today it's been threatening to come back, and since I remembered that peppermint essential oil is supposed to be good for easing migraines, I decided to scrub my legs, feet, and elbows with the Tranquil Mint scrub before I showered. (Nothing else needed moisturizing.)
Just standing there inhaling the scent made my head feel so much better. :) Buy the time I got out I was feeling almost normal, though tired. I'd slept 14 hours, almost nonstop, since I lay down on the couch last night. At some point I headed to bed with all the lights and the TV on. At the time, it seemed like a sensible idea, but now I can't remember why I did it. I can still smell it on my skin.
A little bit of researched shows that peppermint and rosemary (the essential oils in the scrub) are both good for migraines.
I guess now all I need is a bottle of rosemary oil and I can blend it with the peppermint whenever I need it.
Yesterday I had a really nasty migraine, which continued on into today of course. I think it started when I was using some rubber cement at work, because I felt the pain pretty suddenly afterward. Funny, the smell of it has never bothered me before. (and the kids were all being insane, so that tension might have contributed.)
Nothing was helping... Midrin didn't help, and by the time I got home and called in a refill for Maxalt, I was getting nauseated too. I took a dose of it at 8:30, and by 9:30, I was cleaning and disinfecting the toilet because I knew I was going to have to get really friendly with it soon.
In fact, I was slightly playing Warcraft and chatting with my friend, telling him I'd be back later because I was going to go throw up now. For several minutes I thought I was going to do it - muscles trying to work and everything... But I think the tiny dose of Pepto Bismol I'd taken a few minutes earlier stopped me from being able to vomit. (And I really think that my stomach would have felt a lot better if I'd been able to manage it, but I couldn't, and I wasn't going to chance spraining my tongue again by sticking my finger down my throat to force it.)
I went back to the couch and kept trying to use the ice pack until it got wet. Then I just wrapped my arms around my head and neck and squeezed until everything went away. I woke up a few hours later feeling a little bit better, and noticing that I had one of my arms pressed up pretty hard into my head and neck. I guess I was directly constricting the blood flow to the offending vessel in my head.
Anyway, today it's been threatening to come back, and since I remembered that peppermint essential oil is supposed to be good for easing migraines, I decided to scrub my legs, feet, and elbows with the Tranquil Mint scrub before I showered. (Nothing else needed moisturizing.)
Just standing there inhaling the scent made my head feel so much better. :) Buy the time I got out I was feeling almost normal, though tired. I'd slept 14 hours, almost nonstop, since I lay down on the couch last night. At some point I headed to bed with all the lights and the TV on. At the time, it seemed like a sensible idea, but now I can't remember why I did it. I can still smell it on my skin.
A little bit of researched shows that peppermint and rosemary (the essential oils in the scrub) are both good for migraines.
I guess now all I need is a bottle of rosemary oil and I can blend it with the peppermint whenever I need it.
posted by Me at 6:15 PM
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