I'm assuming you've taken aspirin/tylenol/ibuprofen already. I have often been surprised to find that if I will take a decongestant, such as suphedrine (Sudafed, the li'l red pills), my headache will clear right up. Particularly in allergy seasons, I have headaches complicated by sinus congestion.
I stayed away from the computer (looking at the screen made it worse), had a glass of wine and went to bed. Thankfully, it's gone this morning. I always find sleep is the best cure for such occasions. :-)
I'm assuming you've taken aspirin/tylenol/ibuprofen already I'm a firm advocate of Excedrin, myself. Several years ago, I had a headache that lasted DAYS. Went to the Dr. It wasn't a migraine because of how/where it hurt and the fact that having my husband rub the back of my head would lessen the pain for a bit. Dr. decided that it was tension headache and gave me a prescription pain pill specifically for headaches. When I compared the ingredients, I found that only one was different between Excedrin (apap, aspirin, & caffeine) and my Fioricet (apap, butalbital, & caffeine). While the Excedrin doesn't completely kill the really bad headaches, they take care of just about everything else.
I once tried one of these otc pain killers and had a fun time puking :-( Since then, I've always tried to get some sleep asap, and it usually does the trick.
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Date: 2008-03-22 05:50 am (UTC)I agree. When I have a headache, I am miserable.
I'm assuming you've taken aspirin/tylenol/ibuprofen already. I have often been surprised to find that if I will take a decongestant, such as suphedrine (Sudafed, the li'l red pills), my headache will clear right up. Particularly in allergy seasons, I have headaches complicated by sinus congestion.
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Date: 2008-03-22 03:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-03-22 05:06 pm (UTC)I'm a firm advocate of Excedrin, myself. Several years ago, I had a headache that lasted DAYS. Went to the Dr. It wasn't a migraine because of how/where it hurt and the fact that having my husband rub the back of my head would lessen the pain for a bit. Dr. decided that it was tension headache and gave me a prescription pain pill specifically for headaches. When I compared the ingredients, I found that only one was different between Excedrin (apap, aspirin, & caffeine) and my Fioricet (apap, butalbital, & caffeine). While the Excedrin doesn't completely kill the really bad headaches, they take care of just about everything else.
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Date: 2008-03-22 05:59 am (UTC)My bext door neighbour (oh he of the power tools) is happily making noise...making it awfully hard to sleep.
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Date: 2008-03-22 03:43 pm (UTC)And here be some Crucio to your power-tool-wild neighbour.
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Date: 2008-03-22 04:15 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-03-23 05:31 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-03-22 05:00 pm (UTC)But I can thoroughly agree, headaches are not conducive to writing or to doing anything for that matter, except sleeping.
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Date: 2008-03-23 05:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-03-22 06:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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