Headache Cures

The ClubHouse: General Discussions - Jan -Apr. 2001: January: Headache Cures

Mishamisha

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 01:55 pm Click here to edit this post

I'm desperately looking for ideas today. This is day 3 of a vicious headache. What works for you? I tried ice, heat, massage therapist, sleeping it off, ibuprofen. I'm about to break out the 222s but they don't so much stop the pain as just make me not care as much. HELP! (oooh, no shouting)

Digilady

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 01:57 pm Click here to edit this post

Mish: is it a migraine?

Get some Imitrex called in.

Norwican

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 02:01 pm Click here to edit this post

Excedrin is the only thing that works for me Misha... but don't take it on an empty stomach.

Mishamisha

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 02:02 pm Click here to edit this post

No, not a migrane per se. It's more of a tension headache, but a chronic one. I already take medication daily that's supposed to help (technically an anti-depressant because it affects your nervous system) but it's not always a help. I did have to go to the Doctor once for a shot of Demerol, but I was in real bad shape that day. Today is a 7 or 8, that was a 10.

Moondance

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 02:04 pm Click here to edit this post

There is this Island and it has these single men on it.... you said tension headache.

Mishamisha

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 02:04 pm Click here to edit this post

Nod Nor, isn't that a ••••• though? You feel too sick to eat, yet most meds are bad on the tummy if you haven't eaten. The catch 22 of headachin' it. That's why the one time I had to have the shot. Couldn't eat for 2 days. Or sleep, or even rest. It was a nightmare! Now I don't feel quite so bad, remembering how I felt that day. :)

Merlin

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 02:06 pm Click here to edit this post

Mish,
try a couple hours of sex.
My dad taught me that was the cure for all female problems, or was it in college that I learned that? Maybe watching flint dance has got you tense.

Mishamisha

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 02:08 pm Click here to edit this post

All I can say is ROFLMAO Merlin!

I prolly pulled something in my neck watching him try to catch those Toonies in his fur lined thong.

Merlin

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 02:21 pm Click here to edit this post

way that I remembered it,
those toonies were hitting you in the neck.
That may be the problem.

Flint

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 03:42 pm Click here to edit this post

And where exactly IS my fur lined thong?????

Mishamisha

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 03:42 pm Click here to edit this post

Search me! I mean, "beats me". I mean, how would I know?

Noslonna

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 03:46 pm Click here to edit this post

Massage the base of your big toe... sounds weird but it works.

Mishamisha

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 03:48 pm Click here to edit this post

I'm too high on codeine to FIND my toe. Anyone want to help?

Moondance

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 03:51 pm Click here to edit this post

Lets ask Flint!.....

Noslonna

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 03:56 pm Click here to edit this post

Mish... look down... down... towards the end of your body you will find a lump of flesh... at the end of the lump are five stumpy things. Those are your toes...

Hang onto the biggest stumpy thing with your fingers and feel under it... then start to rub viguourously til it hurts... that is the place your headache relates to. Keep massaging, even though it will hurt cause of headache... eventually the pain will ease in both noggins.

Mishamisha

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 03:58 pm Click here to edit this post

I don't know which lump of flesh to stop at.

I also think you're assuming I have 5 toes.

Noslonna

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 04:14 pm Click here to edit this post

oops... i did assume you had 5... if you are a frog please just hop around on 3 to feel better... and kiss a lot of princes.

Twiggyish

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 07:01 pm Click here to edit this post

I think Aleve works the best for me. But, there is an article at the Prevention website which might help (using natural cures: http://www.prevention.com/healing/spotlight/headache/relief.html

Flint

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 07:05 pm Click here to edit this post

If it is pain from sinuses, or anything like that what you need to do is;

Get some eucalyptus oil.
Boil some water in the kettle.
pour a capful or two of the oil in a large bowl, or medium sized.
1/2 to 3/4 fill bowl.
Inhale.

An even better way to get the same relief is have a HOT bath and add the oil to it.

Then you are all oily and smell good, and are ready for some thing dancing.

Mishamisha

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 07:07 pm Click here to edit this post

Thanks Twiggy, Thanks Flint. I have tried some of those things already Twig. Flint: I have eucalyptus oil from my henna tattoo kit, I'll have to give that a try. They tell me my sinuses may be partly to blame for the headaches.

Merlin

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 07:20 pm Click here to edit this post

There you go Mish,
fill the hot tub with eucalyptus oil,
add the hubby,
add some ben and jerry's ice cream with brownies,( but keep the ice cream out of the water)
and let nature do its work.

Max

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 07:21 pm Click here to edit this post

Sorry, I have no suggestions. My boss gets cluster headaches (supposedly much worse than migranes) and has tried everything from accupuncture to experimental pain medications with little or no effect. He relies on Mountain Dew (for the caffeine) and a prescription form of Ibuprophen. That doesn't always help, so he's become very good friends with the emergency room folks who give him large doses of Demerol when needed.

My sympathies, Mish. I don't get headaches (knock on wood), but seeing my boss suffer makes me have lots of sympathy for those of you who do. Hope you feel better soon. :)

Mishamisha

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 08:57 pm Click here to edit this post

My husband likes Merlin's suggestions best. All of them. (Well, I didn't tell him the bit about the Toonies for obvious reasons):)

Digilady

Thursday, January 11, 2001 - 09:10 pm Click here to edit this post

Mish,

You might want to try the Imitrex regardless. There are times when I too have a stress headache instead of a migraine: the Imitrex wipes it out in 10 minutes. No grogginess. It is the most amazing drug!!!

Elitist

Friday, January 12, 2001 - 08:00 am Click here to edit this post

OK here is my headache experience if you are a chronic sufferer - this worked for me but is probably not appropriate for most people.

I have suffered from headaches most of my life. It was getting so bad I was having 3 to 5 episodes per week where I would be in so much pain to the point of nausea and pretty much unable to function. I was to the point I was taking antihistamines and advil in combination (the antihistamines usually having tylenol in them), thinking part of the problem was sinus pressure. Most of the time I would have to go to bed and sleep before I got any relief. Prescription drugs didn't seem to help that much either.

I have also had borderline high blood pressure all my life (130/90), even when I was young, active, and in good shape. About four or five years ago it finally got consistently bad enough that my doctor put me on medication. He started me off on a calcium channel blocker called Norvasc. The blood pressure dropped, but even more amazing was the fact that my headaches essentially disappeared. Now instead of counting the number of headaches I have per week, it is number of headaches per year - and that might be 3 or 4. And the severity is much decreased and easily treated with advil - they are now irritating nuisances, not devastating illnesses. The most dramatic instance is migraine headaches. I have had two classical migraines in my life - one before and after I started this medication. Both were preceded about thirty minutes beforehand by the aura and blurriness in the vision of one eye. The first time a knife of pain in my head made me realize what it was and I went to the doctor for relief. The second time I immediately took advil and the headache was very mild and quickly went away.

There are side effects of Norvasc (strangely enough one of them being headaches!), and I have had to adjust my medication and combine it with others to minimize these and keep my BP down, but I will not let the doctor take me off this, to me, miracle drug. My quality of life has improved so much that it is like living a dream.

So as I said, this probably isn't for too many people, but if you are suffering from chronic headaches, get your doctor to help. It makes a world of difference.

Rollerboy

Friday, January 12, 2001 - 08:33 am Click here to edit this post

You might want to ask your Dr. about MAXALT MLT also called RIZATRIPTAN MLT. It works well for my wife. I've also heard a lot of people claim that organic THC works well.

Mishamisha

Friday, January 12, 2001 - 08:35 am Click here to edit this post

Heh, THC. I didn't miss that one :)

Lafatme

Thursday, January 18, 2001 - 12:06 am Click here to edit this post

mish, find VANQUISH at a drug store. it's the best pain reliever there is but hard to find. worth the hunt tho. good luck.