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Coping with triggers and roommate

HobbitsandElves March 25th, 2019

Hello all! So I have chronic migraine. Its mostly under control thanks to my amazing doctor and a variety of supplements and lifestyle changes. I was having 3-4 migraines per week and now in a good week Ill maybe get 1, if any.

Well, one of my biggest triggers is secondhand cigarette/vape smoke and vapor. It can and does trigger a migraine and the prodrome is the shortest out of all my triggered migraines at around 20-30 min. My roommate vapes and she vapes in our dorm room (Im in college).

Ive talked to her about it and her response was basically that I need to get over it (wtf) and that she cant stop (her words not mine). I went to housing to report it, armed with the no-smoke policy for the campus and a note from my doctor about my condition and triggers. I even had pictures as proof that she was vaping, dating back to December.

They went to her and asked about it and she lied! She said that she never vapes in the room and maybe only did it once on accident! I am beside myself because nothing got done and shes still vaping and Im still getting migraines.

Im at a loss of what to do now. Theres only 7 weeks left in the semester, but if I go back to 3 migraines a week Im gonna lose my mind and my grades are gonna suffer.

Sorry about that. Im actually in the middle of a migraine right now but this was super cathartic to type out. Thanks for reading.

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AffyAvo March 25th, 2019

That's horrible! Smoke is a trigger for me too, so I can understand how awful that situation must be.

I recommend to keep on documenting dates and times and pictures or videos with timestamps and keep on reporting. Hopefully your roommate will stop!

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HyoidBone March 25th, 2019

I agree with this. Keep taking photos and videos to show that she's been vaping recently. She can't lie about that.

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