Yesterday was the first pain free day i have had in almost 3 weeks.
At last i managed to catch up with the house work as normally i don't get a chance either i am in so much pain i cant move or when i get my pain free days i am so depressed i don't want to get out of bed. It makes a change i am actually in high spirits for once. Cleaning, ironing, washing and dusting, these are all things i normally put off because of my mood swings but for once i just got on with it. Music up full, hoover out and duster in hand, oh my god what a lot of work i did yesterday. Completely knackered myself out.
Was good in a way as i managed a good sleep, not as good as i could have been as i was up at 4am with another attack. This time it was set off from laying on my left side. I have noticed sleeping on the same side as my attack seems to irritate it . It may be that pressure from sleeping on that side builds up during the night or maybe its just because i am conscious of the pain on that side of the head all the time so i might be setting of the attacks from worrying during the night. As to what are the actual triggers are i don’t really know.
I have kept a record of my attacks but there doesn't seem to be a pattern apart from they always become worst in the evening and the night and that extreme cold will also set me off. I suppose this IS a kind off pattern, but i think its more to do with the weather and the changes between high and low pressure.
Anyway, apart from the abrupt wake up call this morning i don't seem to have any shadows at the moment and i don’t have any of the small electric shocks up the back so it looks like i may have another pain free day on my hands ( i sure hope so 
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I did try and get out the flat for a bit yesterday but only managed an hour and that was to go to the shops as i needed shopping urgently. Shutting myself away isn’t healthy and i do need to get out more but i am so scared of getting the attacks outside and then not having help at hand is also an off putting thought. I will try again today to get out for a bit as the weather seems like its going to be nice again so i can’t shut myself away. Even if its just getting out the back and relaxing in the sun for a bit, even that would be better than stuck in doors watching the time tick away, worrying what's going to happen next.
