Headache

[Leita]

I’ve had bad headaches. Lasting 4-5 days. Wondered if they were tension sinus/headaches/migraine. Tried migraine tablets but don’t help. Mine are a band around head.

 

[bcfc999]

Mine have been shit!!

Mine too!!

I don't think it's the weight itself they were meaning but more the diet, when I went onto a healthy eating diet an started clean eating to lose weight and then maintain it stopped the headaches as I was limiting the sugar I took, I don't think my weight mattered just what I was eating an drinking, I found when I ate more fruit an took in more water i would hardly get any, if I had a bad day where I just binged badly I'd have a killer of a headache

I don't think mine are entirely due to diet but they're definitely affected by it - I drink loads regardless of what I eat tbh but I'm def more likely to get a headache on a day I've been eating less healthily!

 

[Suzesnooze]

I don't think it's the weight itself they were meaning but more the diet, when I went onto a healthy eating diet an started clean eating to lose weight and then maintain it stopped the headaches as I was limiting the sugar I took, I don't think my weight mattered just what I was eating an drinking, I found when I ate more fruit an took in more water i would hardly get any, if I had a bad day where I just binged badly I'd have a killer of a headache

Yes I would say diet too as when I cut out sugar and started eating healthily my headaches stopped. Over xmas I've started eating chocolate etc again and my headaches are coming back, so I'm going to be good again!

 

[cosmo girl]

Is anyone on here bothered by headaches?

I've had a bad headache since Saturday and it's not shifting. Tried taking some tablets etc. but nothing is helping. I don't see the point in going to the doctor as not much they can do at the moment with COVID.

Any suggestions on what could be causing it?

have you stopped doing something? Could be a withdrawal symptom? I know when I drink too much coffee I get one. the other week I had a headache for a week. I think it was down to my hay fever.

 

[Snippysnips]

Did you have it done at a piercing shop?

This is all they do, they have three clinics and there is an hours assessment to determine the exact place to help. It is not cheap but I have been recommended so I'm going to take a look. I'm open to anything as no tablet works for me.

It was a tattoo place but the guy I've known for years an he is trained an has all the qualifications an knowledge for piercings an advised me on how it all works an what side I should get it done on as the side you get it done can also affect if it works or not, he also knows where it should be done as its a piercing that goes through the pressure point I believe he told me an he also asked if I was fine getting the earing itself rather than what I was getting it for as he couldn't guarantee it was going to work, he said he had around a 60% range of how many had gotten it done an it worked for them, he had mentioned for those that it worked with they had told him they felt like their headache was like a balloon an as soon as it was done it was like someone popped the balloon so once I had it done he asked how I was an when I said I felt the same he mentioned then there was a change I was one of the ones it might not have worked for

Overall I was fine getting the earing wither it worked or not, I was the same where I felt like I had nothing to lose, if it worked great but if not then I was still fine with the earing an taking care of it, I think overall its limited the migraines as I don't get them much now, I used to have migraines every few weeks, but headaches themselves still remained, it was after I changed my diet I noticed a difference with them

 

[Hello Kitty]

I've had an earache for over a week that comes and goes, had a headache earlier this week too. I have been drinking more coffee the past week or so, so not sure if it's the caffeine? Paracetamols aren't doing much, so I've stopped taking them now. It could be my period as it started a week before my period, so hopefully it's just that.

 

[Abcd123]

I agree with the methol/4head/tiger balm type rub. Really helps to relieve the headache for me. Also massage the pressure points.

Mine are usually temples, and in my eye sockets...

Pitching the bit of skin between your thumb and second finger is supposed to help too!

 

[Shineyshine]

Don’t know if anyone will find this helpful but last week I had a real foggy thick headache all down the back of my neck and my forehead. I had it for about 5 days in total and absolutely no tablets were helping. I would go to bed with it and wake up with it. I even booked a massage thinking it was muscular.

Then I read online somewhere about cold water helping. So I showered, washed my hair and rinsed the conditioner out with really cold water. Low and behold, headache was gone within an hour. And hasn’t come back.

fluke maybe, but thought I’d mention it!

Thanks for that tip. I haven’t tried cold water as a treatment. I sometimes find just having a shower helps lessen the pain for a while, so next time I’ll try reducing the temperature and see how it goes.

 

[Suzesnooze]

I have awful posture too and weirdly someone at work suggested to me that might be the cause, but I dismissed it thinking posture wouldn't have that big an effect. I wonder if I should give it a go. It definitely sounds like being more active and upright has helped you!

Do you work at a desk? I have for years and I never sat correctly, I was always slouched or hunched over. I've got big boobs so I spent my life hunched over trying to hide them! I used to find it really hard to correct my posture and I also had terrible neck and shoulder pain but since walking over 10K a day everyday, the improvement has been vast! But also, I have dieted too and cut out a lot of crap and cut down on chocolate, sugar, dairy and wheat that I always thought made me sinusey and gave me headaches.

I've never been a big coffee drinker. I have one or 2 a day and I don't like fizzy drinks so I only ever drink water and I'm always well hydrated, so I know my headaches weren't from that. I do think they were from my diet and my bad posture. Also, getting out in the fresh air upto 3 times a day has definitely helped.