Other than naproxen or ibuprofen and caffeine, here are some of mine that usually help:
- ice cap/pack on head
- sleep and/or darkness (sunglasses otherwise)
- hair tugging (like another rec said!)
- gua sha
- hot shower
- staying hydrated and avoiding excess sugar
- ginger tea or ginger hard candies to help with nausea
- OTC allergy meds
- some people swear by exercise but that rarely works for me, always worth trying if you’re up for it though
- orgasm
- forcing myself to snack even if the migraine is making me nauseous (goldfish crackers are great for this)
Apr 23, 2024
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Starting in eighth grade when I had one that was so bad the pain made me faint in the middle of a Best Buy and I knocked over a ton of camera tripods on display. Embarrassing…
My doctor prescribed me all kinds of medications for it including Topamax (which people call Dope-amax because it literally makes you stupid and that’s probably why I can’t do simple math to this day) and Fioricet (a barbiturate 😎 lmao) but I went off of medications a few years ago and worked on treating the symptoms myself.
I don’t eat heavily processed foods or seed oils and try to limit sugar because of their inflammatory effects, I get lots of healthy dietary fat and try to remember to drink enough water, I do yin yoga regularly, and I take magnesium glycinate every night before I go to sleep.
I almost never get headaches anymore but when I do they’re more like killer tension headaches. I have a mask similar to this and I microwave it and strap it on my face or around the nape of my neck and it really helps. I also apply White Flower Oil to the area where the pain is originating and dab some under my nose—it’s a life saver (search White Flower Oil and you’ll probably find my rec about its other uses)!
And Yoga with Adriene has AMAZING headache and migraine yoga videos you can follow along with that should also give you some much-needed relief.
May 4, 2024
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any one will do as long as it’s comfortable. works for tension headaches sinus infections anxiety attacks. great stuff
Feb 11, 2024
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Migraines? Not today, Satan! These babies have heat and gentle massage and rolling pressure. When you feel a migraine (or any headache really) coming on, pop these on for 20 minutes and you’re saved.
Feb 8, 2024
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bc it’s what I originally wanted when I first went to college at 17 but I was scared to make writing my job and got a B.S. in Nutrition instead lol
Now the goal is an eventual PhD in Victorian Literature but I’m just happy to have made it through this part at 32!
Stacked is everything I read in my English courses—barely pictured are the 5 stuffed accordion folders of other reading materials under my chair haha
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the only place i win the social interaction
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conflusional. delonfident, even
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