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[fj]

Strange. I just walked into the cube of a cow-orker, who told me she had just taken medication (Maxalt, orally disintegrating, 10mg) for a migraine. I excused myself, but she said to sit down anyway, because some of what we had to discuss could not wait. While she was fighting to keep the technical conversation on track, I was seeing all the symptoms I knew so well from the outside: the drained color, the hypersensitivity to light (turning to the monitor she looked at a minute ago, she now goes "Ooh that's bright" and turns it off), the slow movement to handle the nausea.

I realized that I became, and ringht now slightly still am, sympathetically nauseous.

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[spwebdesign.livejournal.com]

I'm going to have to learn how to recognize the visual symptoms. K suffers from migraines and was floored by one on Sunday morning.

[fj.livejournal.com]

No need; the patient is sure to tell you.