Well, the biofeedback practice had mixed results today. Apparently I have developed test anxiety since starting grad school and last year began having migraines on test days. Which really doesn’t make any sense because grades have never been an issue for me. Tonight’s started just after I left work to go to class, while I was on the freeway of course.
I tried to focus my breathing and I was able to hold it back long enough for me to get to where I could retrieve my rescue medicine from my purse. I do think I was able to keep the intensity to a lower level, but for the test I had to have my brain be very active and couldn’t focus on relaxing. Thankfully the Zomig was starting to work by class time and I wasn’t overwhelmed.
So this is going to be on the agenda for the next appointment with the therapist. I need to learn how to balance my need to control the pain with the demand of test taking and having to be mentally active at the same time.