can someone please advise me on how to get rid of a bad headache. I have had it since 10:00 clock am Tasmania time yesterday. I have taken 6 tablets in less then 24 hours, drank heaps of water, slept heaps,and last of all have tried the ice pack on forehead. Please any suggestions.
I just thought I'd add two of my favourites to this discussion, in case anyone else with a headache looks it up, or you come back to it after another busy day!
I was recommended the 4Head stick several years ago - it's menthol and you rub it sparingly (or your eyes water!) on your forehead. Dont ask me how it works, but I could use it throughout pregnancy and even use it on kids. Great stuff!
The other thing, which I used to resort to if I had to buy myself some "driving home" time with a migraine, was a high-caffine drink. It doesnt cure the headache as such but I heard on the radio that caffine floods the pain receptors in your brain temporarily and so you dont feel the pain for a while. I had a 35 minute (minumum) drive home from my last job, so I needed something to help me drive safely - some years ago I forgot we'd been excavating a hole in the front garden and "parked" the car in it with a headache!
Work out what gave you the headache. Was it over sleeping? if so no use trying to sleep it off. I can sleep in like an hour extra then normal and get a killer of migraine. The only thing that seems to work for me then is the panadol and getting out and going for a walk, not in the sun glare though.
i was a bit overwelmed yesterday and was rushing around a bit, so i reckon thats why i had a headache.. I defiently didnt oversleep as i only get about 8 hours a nite. Thank you for your advise. and its seems to be easing off a bit.
I don't know if its an old wives tale, but I was told that when you get a headache its your body telling you that you are dehydrated. So, anytime my children complain of a headache thats the first thing I ask them..have you drank any water today? Have a couple of big glasses of water, ( you should be drinking at least eight a day to hydrate and detoxify your body) It should ease it up, if it doesn't and the tabs don't work either its most probably your sinuses and you need to take a sinus relief tab. Hope you're feeling better.
thank you and i will try the old wives tale, as i know my self i don''t drink water that much. Its starting to ease off a bit, so hope fully it will pass soon
Try caffeine, panadol, and aspirin. Like a cup of coffee with one panadol and one aspirin. It is what is in Excedrin HA medicine (from the US) and it is the only OTC thing that works on my headaches.
If panadol and other methods are not working go to the doctor they maybe able to give you something to cure it. Sometimes when I get a really bad headache I have to get an injection because it is the only thing that will work.
I find the best cure for that is get someone to give you a gentle neck shoulder and head massage. If you don't have someone else to do it even just massaging your head yourself can help.
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