# Rantlet: Two weeks of headaches **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 23, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rantlet-two-weeks-of-headaches/544241 "2010-06-23T14:50:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rantlet-two-weeks-of-headaches/544241/21 "2010-06-26T17:02:04Z")
I can empathize! I am going off a med that my doc had prescribed for chronic fatigue. The med didn’t seem to help, but damn going off is killing me! Head spins and headaches going on 4 weeks now. My doc said it wasn’t uncommon and it usually lasted just a few weeks. Here’s hoping that _just a few_ end soon! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rantlet-two-weeks-of-headaches/544241/22 "2010-06-26T17:52:54Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > …This was just a simple “Man, this sucks” sort of thing. > > Understand, there’s nothing really new here. This has been going on since the third grade, for crying out loud. It comes and it goes, there are good periods and bad. I was just going through a bad patch, and felt like venting. For what it’s worth, I finally got a decent night’s sleep last night and woke up feeling fine. As I knew I would sooner or later. > > The cycle continues. But thank you all for your kind words, your advice, and your concern. I’m with you on the commiseration thing, **Smeghead**. Sometimes I think I’ve had the same fucking headache since 1965. I know very well that there are worse things, but, …yes, it does profoundly suck. ---
**Author:** ![pinkyvee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@pinkyvee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkyvee)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rantlet-two-weeks-of-headaches/544241/23 "2010-06-27T20:27:55Z")
[http://www.achenet.org/education/patients/ChronicDailyHeadacheAnOverview.asp](http://www.achenet.org/education/patients/ChronicDailyHeadacheAnOverview.asp) Drug rebound headache from Excedrin. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rantlet-two-weeks-of-headaches/544241/24 "2010-06-28T02:30:41Z")
I get a lot of headaches too (worse now while I’m pregnant which sucks because I can’t take much of anything besides acetaminophen, which is useless) but have never had much luck with Excedrin. I know you said it helps but you seem to be having some bothersome side effects. Have you ever tried Advil Liqui-Gels? They are a MIRACLE for me. Two pills and twenty minutes later and usually I’m totally fine, even with my worst headaches. The regular brown tablets, or whatever they are, are totally useless; they have to be gelcaps and they have to be Advil brand. I miss Advil. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rantlet-two-weeks-of-headaches/544241/25 "2010-06-28T03:12:48Z")
> [@Silver\_Fire](#): > > I get a lot of headaches too (worse now while I’m pregnant which sucks because I can’t take much of anything besides acetaminophen, which is useless) but have never had much luck with Excedrin. I know you said it helps but you seem to be having some bothersome side effects. > > Have you ever tried Advil Liqui-Gels? They are a MIRACLE for me. Two pills and twenty minutes later and usually I’m totally fine, even with my worst headaches. The regular brown tablets, or whatever they are, are totally useless; they have to be gelcaps and they have to be Advil brand. > > I miss Advil. ☹ Hijack/ I used to get wicked headaches when pregnant and the only thing that worked was alternating hot and cold compresses. As hot as I could stand alternating with wet washcloths from the freezer. As soon as the hot one cooled a bit I switched it out. It was a pain, but after 20 minutes or so the headaches went away. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rantlet-two-weeks-of-headaches/544241/26 "2010-06-28T10:03:20Z")
Sorry, I have to offer one: propranolol. I know it’s not migraines, but, for some reason, it seems to make headache medicine like Excedrine work better. Have you tried it. And I commiserate with you, too. I don’t know how anyone can take constant headaches like that. The one week I went where I had a severe headache every day, I thought I wouldn’t survive. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rantlet-two-weeks-of-headaches/544241/27 "2010-06-28T11:36:54Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Sorry, I have to offer one: propranolol. I know it’s not migraines, but, for some reason, it seems to make headache medicine like Excedrine work better. Have you tried it. > > And I commiserate with you, too. I don’t know how anyone can take constant headaches like that. The one week I went where I had a severe headache every day, I thought I wouldn’t survive. It’s funny what you can get used to. When I had daily migraines I rarely missed work and my kids were small so there wasn’t much hiding in a dark room going on either. Now I take a preventative drug whose name I cannot recall for 6 months and have a couple of years of no migraines at a time but when that breakthrough migraine hits I’m useless for at least a day. The headaches aren’t any worse but I’ve lost the tolerance for pain. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rantlet-two-weeks-of-headaches/544241/28 "2010-06-28T13:16:00Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Hijack/ I used to get wicked headaches when pregnant Hey, thanks for the tip! I’ll have to try that next time. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rantlet-two-weeks-of-headaches/544241.md?page=1)