• stoy@lemmy.zip
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    8 months ago

    The quickest way I got rid of a headache was when I ate salt.

    I had a terrible headache, and my mom told me that headaches can sometimes be connected to having too little salt.

    So I poured some salt in my hand and licked it up, and within seconds the headache just lifted.

    It was fantastic.

    So if your headache is due to having too little salt, you can try this

  • acetanilide@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Agree with the others here.

    For future prevention, if you have money and since it’s a tension headache - you might consider some corrective massage.

  • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Paracetamol. Make sure you are well hydrated and a bit fed as well.

  • leanleft@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    8 months ago

    migraine with aura doubles persons chance of stroke.
    find the cause (inflamation, etc)

  • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Sometimes, I’ve found that headaches can be caused by muscle tension or aches. I grind my teeth at night, for example, and if I forget to wear my mouthguard, I have headaches the next day. Often the tension is hard to spot until it’s gone - I speculate that this is part of why sleeping tends to help with headaches.

    If this is the cause, I’ve found that a strategy to identify and relax areas of tension is to work through an area and consciously tense the muscles, and then relax. It feels like turning something off and on again. Like if I’ve been doing computer work, my muscles around my eyes may be tired, and tensing the area for a few seconds and then releasing can help reduce that.

          • triptrapper@lemmy.world
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            8 months ago

            I do a lot of face-to-face interaction at work, and I started getting tension headaches from the minor smiling and face control. When I notice I’m tensing my ears and scalp, I try to be mindful about relaxing them. If you’re not experienced with mindful meditation, you might try a 5-minute “body scan” exercise to get familiar with targeted relaxation. You don’t have to do the whole exercise every time, but it helps to learn what “relaxing your scalp” feels like.

            My doctor also prescribed me diclofenac gel, which is a topical NSAID like Ibuprofen. It’s usually prescribed for arthritis pain. I’m bald, so I can put it on the top and back of my head. It’s completely changed my workday. I’m less exhausted at the end of the day. My scalp might be tightening but I can’t feel it.

  • Apytele@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    Tylenol + caffeine + an NSAID (advil/motrin/aleive/aspirin) is the usual OTC drug combo, assuming you don’t have any disorders that prevent you from taking them any of those things safely. You can also usually buy them as a combo pill under the brand name “Excedrin” (I think it has aleive specifically, also called naproxen).

    Lifestyle: drink plenty of water, reduce your stress, get plenty of sleep.

    Alternative/holistic:

    Pinch your daiths. Some people get them pierced to prevent migraines.

    Press your “third eye” pressure point, it’s the spot between your eyebrows or where an Indian woman would wear a bindi. Idk about the liver or whatever else pressure points, but I can feel this one taking the pressure off.

    I had a friend who swore by this pressure point for occasional nausea, if you’re having that too.

  • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
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    8 months ago

    As other’s have said, hydration. But that’s only if you’re dehydrated. There is a pressure point near the base of your thumb, a bit towards your pointer finger. You can look it up for more specifics. I find that hitting that pressure point helps about 20% of my headaches.