Headache

_jayciemarie_
_jayciemarie_ Posts: 574 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Last Thursday (Thanksgiving) I got drunk and had a hangover the next two days. By Sunday I pretty much felt better, but I still had a slight headache. I've been chugging water for days, taking sudafed in case its a sinus headache, and advil. I've tried caffeine. I still have a headache. Today it is pounding. Anyone have any suggestions (other than see a Doctor)?

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  • jwdieter
    jwdieter Posts: 2,582 Member
    Have you tried a nap?
  • _jayciemarie_
    _jayciemarie_ Posts: 574 Member
    I've been on vacation all week so I have napped a few times. The temperature dropped drastically and I'm wondering if I'm sensitive to the difference in air pressure.
  • uconnwinsnc
    uconnwinsnc Posts: 1,054 Member
    Migranes? Allergies?

    You expect us to diagnose your problem through a few sentences on the internet. Go see a doctor.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,454 Member
    Are you in your mid-thirties by any chance??

    Do some research and talk to your doctor about migraines: common in women in their mid - thirties, and I was one of them. Barometric Pressure and some foods are triggers. You can start a headache journal to help you find relief. Include all food and drinks daily (easy with MFP). Include your menstrual cycle and the barometric pressure. These things are all important in solving this puzzle. Sometimes stress plays a role, as well.
  • cafeaulait7
    cafeaulait7 Posts: 2,459 Member
    You could try an antihistimine in case it's allergies or swollen sinus passages. If you've just been taking a decongestant, I mean :) Check what's in your Sudafed. Sometimes that really helps.
  • _jayciemarie_
    _jayciemarie_ Posts: 574 Member
    Are you in your mid-thirties by any chance??

    Do some research and talk to your doctor about migraines: common in women in their mid - thirties, and I was one of them. Barometric Pressure and some foods are triggers. You can start a headache journal to help you find relief. Include all food and drinks daily (easy with MFP). Include your menstrual cycle and the barometric pressure. These things are all important in solving this puzzle. Sometimes stress plays a role, as well.

    I have suffered migraines for the last 20yrs. I get less than a handful. Usually I lose my vision with them.

    Another poster said "go to the doctor". I can't get in until Monday. I was hoping someone could give me another home remedy to try.I'm going to take an antihistimine now. Wish me luck.
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    As someone who had headaches daily for over a year and wrote off going to the doctor, I understand your disdain for those saying, "Go to the doctor." However, ultimately you should. When I finally went after many tests and a brain MRI I found that I had a rare brain condition and needed to have brain surgery earlier this year to alleviate the symptoms.

    So...since you are looking for quick fixes until then I can suggest the following:

    1. Ice pack on your forehead or back of your head in a dark, quiet room.
    2. Heating pad (preferably microwaveable in case you fall asleep) in a dark, quiet room.
    3. Lavender and/or peppermint oil on your temples.
  • lydiaannepage
    lydiaannepage Posts: 172 Member
    an anti-imflammatory and caffeine are usually a fix for me if nothing else works.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Chocolate and exercise.

    I've found with regular exercise, my migraines have lessened in both frequency, length of time they last, and pain.

    When I do find one coming on (and this depends how fast/bad it comes on or how long I wait it out because I can be dumb:P), chocolate is a great first defense. It has natural sedatives and caffeine. If it continues, then I'll hit the tylenol. If it gets really bad - excedrine (regular extra strength) or if really really bad - Excedrine Migraine.

    Yeah. I have a system :laugh:
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,454 Member
    Are you in your mid-thirties by any chance??

    Do some research and talk to your doctor about migraines: common in women in their mid - thirties, and I was one of them. Barometric Pressure and some foods are triggers. You can start a headache journal to help you find relief. Include all food and drinks daily (easy with MFP). Include your menstrual cycle and the barometric pressure. These things are all important in solving this puzzle. Sometimes stress plays a role, as well.

    I have suffered migraines for the last 20yrs. I get less than a handful. Usually I lose my vision with them.

    Another poster said "go to the doctor". I can't get in until Monday. I was hoping someone could give me another home remedy to try.I'm going to take an antihistimine now. Wish me luck.

    :flowerforyou: Luck

    I ended up in the ER after not being able to even drink water, Thought I would die after the second day of throwing up even H2O,

    Antihistimines, I remember trying those.

    Sometimes they work. Other times not so much. Depends on the headache. Ugh. SO glad to be past that after 30 years. Just. Ugh.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,454 Member
    omg joy joy. Chocolate made it eleventy seven times worse for me.


    more ugh.
  • artsygrandma
    artsygrandma Posts: 5 Member
    Check your blood pressure even if to rule it out. You shouldn't Have a hang over this long.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    omg joy joy. Chocolate made it eleventy seven times worse for me.


    more ugh.

    Some people told me coffee or soda. That made it worse for me. But even within my family, our treatments can differ. two of my aunts and my mom both have migraine issues (it's hereditary). Each of them have some different triggers and treatments are pretty different.

    Examples: One aunt can take a variety of pill type medications, the other aunt and my mom had to go with injections
    Two of them do the chocolate route, the other can't because it sets them off.
    My aunts and mom love peanuts (and nuts in general), those set my migraines off.

    It's funny when I think about it. :laugh:
  • TonyaPietrzak
    TonyaPietrzak Posts: 59 Member
    Go for a nice long walk... a slow leisure relaxed one... and if that don't work EXCEDRIN :)
  • megginanderson
    megginanderson Posts: 276 Member
    stress can be a trigger too.
    You should really try and just stick to water only, no caffeine if you can, those trigger headaches too.
    to determine how much water you should drink a day divide your body weight in 1/2 and those are the ounces - at the very least.
    rest and what you are doing, if you still feel crummy monday then get an appt.
  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    Sounds like a migraine. (especially since you have migraine history) Ice pack, moderate exercise, magnesium, vitamin B2...... that's all I've got that may work quickly and without a doctor.

    omg joy joy. Chocolate made it eleventy seven times worse for me.

    Me too. :sad:
  • jomama519
    jomama519 Posts: 21 Member
    could it be blood pressure related?
  • no2thdk
    no2thdk Posts: 22
    I feel your pain. I have a headache right now as I type this. I ended up in the hospital after having a constant migraine headache for over 7 weeks last year. They tried everything to get the headache to go away. The pain was so bad that even the highest pain medication they could give me didn't work. I was absolutely miserable by head felt like it was literally about to explode. When I left the hospital after four days the headache was less severe but still there. Fast forward one year.

    I can't have Red Wine, Artificial Sweetners or lemonaide. They cause bad headaches, lemonaide for some reason its almost instant.

    Believe me when I say I have tried every type of headache medicine out there. None seem to work for me. I have to take way more than the recommended dose to even touch a headache and I have to take it immediately when the symptoms start or I'm screwed.

    Start a journal to narrow it down to what foods/things trigger them. It will be different for you then anyone else that tells you their triggers.

    Good Luck! I hope you figure it out. I really sympathize with you!
  • icimani
    icimani Posts: 1,454 Member
    My go-to hangover remedy was chocolate milk over ice. I made my way through college with chocolate milk over ice. But I digress.

    I'm glad you have a Dr's appointment. In the mean time, you could try any of the over-the-counter migraine tabs. They're generally either tylenol or aspirin with some caffeine. The caffeine amps up the effect of the pain reliever. It's become my go-to otc pain reliever now for anything from minor headaches to arthritic pain. I just use the Walmart brand that's both acetaminophen (Tylenol) and aspirin, and the caffeine.

    If you're sensitive to caffeine just be aware - it does have about 65 mgs of caffeine per dosage. That's just a tad less than a 20oz bottle of Diet Coke.
  • HollisGrant
    HollisGrant Posts: 2,022 Member
    Last Thursday (Thanksgiving) I got drunk and had a hangover the next two days. By Sunday I pretty much felt better, but I still had a slight headache. I've been chugging water for days, taking sudafed in case its a sinus headache, and advil. I've tried caffeine. I still have a headache. Today it is pounding. Anyone have any suggestions (other than see a Doctor)?

    If you are prone to headaches, you can get a headache when the Advil etc. wears off in your system. It's called a rebound headache. Google "rebound headache" and Advil or other headache meds for more info.

    If the headache persists you should go to the doctor.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Last Thursday (Thanksgiving) I got drunk and had a hangover the next two days. By Sunday I pretty much felt better, but I still had a slight headache. I've been chugging water for days, taking sudafed in case its a sinus headache, and advil. I've tried caffeine. I still have a headache. Today it is pounding. Anyone have any suggestions (other than see a Doctor)?

    You need to go see your doctor because hangovers don't last this long and you are in enough pain to where over the counter and home remedies are not working.
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    Could be any number of things. Is this headache constant or does it come and go, or get worse as the day wears on? Your eyesight may have changed suddenly, you wear glasses. How is your vision, can you see well out of each eye alone with your glasses on?

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