Rantlet: Two weeks of headaches

[Khadaji]

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!

[koeeoaddi]

@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.

[pinkyvee]

http://www.achenet.org/education/patients/ChronicDailyHeadacheAnOverview.asp

Drug rebound headache from Excedrin.

[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.

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

@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.

[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.

[Moonlitherial]

@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.

[Silver_Fire]

@IvoryTowerDenizen

Hijack/ I used to get wicked headaches when pregnant

Hey, thanks for the tip! I’ll have to try that next time.