It's not the worst headache I get, though. The pain is minimal compared to the migraines -- which depress me, but it's patently because I'm having Yet Another Migraine, and not about whatever's at hand. And the normal headaches that start from the back, or the sinus ones -- those are just irritating. It's the ones that start in my teeth and spread out to the nose and chin (and I think they're the ones that fuck with my speaking too) make me want to cry because I'm a waste of oxygen.

I generally give celebs a pass for stupidity in interviews. I figure that could have been a "I'd love to share this with someone who hasn't experienced it" sort of comment, as easily as a "I want a rube who's content to worship me" sort of thing.

The switcheroo, on the other hand, I can't get past that. I know he was young, and probably in over his head, but it makes my skin crawl.

ita, that just sucks. I keep hoping your docs will figure this out and make you better.

I always know when I'm really sick because I completely lose the ability to deal with anything.

Seconded. I get this way when I'm really sick or really really stressed.

ita, in all the testing you've had done, has anyone checked your hormone levels, thyroid, endocrine gland--that sort of thing? A lot of your headaches are due to the post-concussive condition (right?), but reading the description of the depressive one just make me think hormones (not in a dismissive way).

Speaking of hormones, did you all know that "stop going bald now!" treatments are banned for Olympic athletes? Me neither. It turns out Propecia went on the banned list last year, because one of its key ingredients can work as a masking agent for certain steroids. Gonna see a lot of bald athletes at international competitions in future.

Depressive episodes are bad. I'm gonna take a stand on that one.

So is Nick Lachey going to the Tom Cruise school of finding a baby mama?

It's the ones that start in my teeth and spread out to the nose and chin (and I think they're the ones that fuck with my speaking too) make me want to cry because I'm a waste of oxygen.

I want to cry just reading that description. Not the teeth! Never the teeth!

Heh. The Warriors rookie center Ike Diogu is getting advice on how to guard Shaq for the first time.

Diogu said coach Mike Montgomery has instructed him to do his work early, to establish position on O'Neal and keep him moving, preferably not right under the basket.

Of what that will be like, forward Troy Murphy had a suggestion for Diogu: "Put his car in neutral and try to push it around Pleasanton."

Stupid RSI back - so have not been posting much and won't be for a while. To leave you with good thoughts, this is a really funny (non-political) bit - probably photoshopped

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ita, I'm always depressed the day after a migraine, FWIW. That's so common I've come to expect it.