No, Honey, not tonight.. I have a headache.

I know, I know.. That is soooooo cliche. But really, how many times do you hear that? Or do you hear - I have a migraine.

Boy, this is putting a burr under my saddle. I have been a migraineur for about five years now. I was gifted with these little gems following a surgery in 2004.

Being someone who has had three different doctors working on hers regularly, the one thing I get sick of is trying to explain my migraine to the non-migraineurs, hereinafter called the NM's.

So one NM says to the other NM, i cant go out with you tonight because i have a migraine.

You know, I'm not saying the NM doesnt have a serious headache. Hell, the pain from a severe headache can be quite significant. But a migraine is not the same thing as a severe headache. A regular headache can have any variety of sources. It may last for a few hours to a day.

But a migraine, its different. The worst part is when you try to explain it a NM who says, yeah yeah i had a friend who got those.. she used to have sex and it would fix them.. or she liked D/s pain and the endorphine rush fixed it..

Do you have any idea how many times someone says, does sex help your headache?!?

I want to yell, except for the fact that my head hurts and loud noises are one of my triggers, that its not a god forsaken headache. Migraine is a medical condition in and of itself that affects the vascular system of the brain. You cant take a pill for a tension headache and get results for your migraine and vice versa.

Also, getting laid wont stop the blood vessels in your brain from spasming either. Just as likely, I dont see a flogger striking your backside ceasing the tremor either.

Ugh.