Brain Drain

I feel as if I'm learning all over again. This entire week I have had the strangest headaches. Monday I experienced 10 seconds of pain that felt like a tsunami in my head - every time I stood up. Tuesday that subsided a bit, but I started feeling pain in my head whenever I turned it or moved my eyes too fast. Wednesday the same pain and at night I was weak and had a fever of 99. Thursday morning was just fine and I realized that Tylenol at 9am kept my head pain-free until 5pm (up until then I had been taking Allegra thinking it was allergy issues). Today I'm keeping the Tylenol going .. woke up with pain and it lasted til the pill kicked in. I always bug my mom about how Tylenol is her mithai (sweets) and that she can't go a day without it, and now I'm hoping I don't turn into her!

I feel fine otherwise and it's not allergies so I can't find a reason. What makes the most sense is that my brain is just strained. My mom has these symptoms after a long day of woking where her head gets really hot - same thing happened to me and at times I had to clutch my head to make it stop spinning. The top of it felt like fire. I'm thinking this is because I haven't been in the real corporate world for almost 2 years now. I've been on my own schedule and haven't had too much stress (most days). But now I have to get up at 5:30am - get to work by 8am - get home by 7pm - sleep by 11pm. Way too much for someone who would get up between 7 and 10am and work on her own schedule.

So I'm hoping my brain catches up and gets used to this SOON. I can't afford this tylenol dependency and pain every time I have to turn around. Hubby says I have to keep working hard or else my brain will degenerate and I'll become a retard. How sweet you are =) haha. But it's true .. if this is happening after not being at a job for 2 years - i can't imagine what it will be like if I decide to stay at home with the kids for a few years and then go back to work!

Here's hoping my brain gets smarter =)