Things my body tells me fall into two camps. Migraine-related, or medication-related. I barely entertain the thought that I can just have a stomach ache or a bad mood or a racing pulse.

I stop myself from going to look at side effect lists when I try a new medication. I don't need any help manifesting physical stupidity. When someone else has a spell of insomnia it's stress or a bad couple weeks. I'm convinced that it's because of a medication change, or a shift in my migraine pattern.

It's like I'm willing my body into total subservience--no straying from the topic allowed.

So I wonder--is this just a stomache? I mean, I did just add a new med this morning.