Bad headache?

shel90 said:
Yea, if the headache isnt too severe, drinking pop with caffeine usually does the trick.
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really? i learned something new today. the next time i have a headache with mild or moderate pain, i'm going to give that a try.
 
Hear Again said:
really? i learned something new today. the next time i have a headache with mild or moderate pain, i'm going to give that a try.
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I discovered that by accident a few years back...one day, I had a minor migraine and no headache meds for it and I was stuck at home. I started craving pop so I drank 2 and headache went away. At first, I thought it was a coidience so when it happened again, I tested it...worked! I told my mom about it and she said that yea, it works sometimes for people who have minor ones but for major ones, it wouldnt work. Yesterday, pop didnt work at all and instead it just caused me to throw it all up anyway.
 
shel90 said:
I discovered that by accident a few years back...one day, I had a minor migraine and no headache meds for it and I was stuck at home. I started craving pop so I drank 2 and headache went away. At first, I thought it was a coidience so when it happened again, I tested it...worked! I told my mom about it and she said that yea, it works sometimes for people who have minor ones but for major ones, it wouldnt work. Yesterday, pop didnt work at all and instead it just caused me to throw it all up anyway.
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oh, wow. i'll definitely have to give that a try -- although i don't think it would work for my migraines since they are always so severe. however, i'm sure this would work for my milder headaches. there have been times where i've been caught without any tylenol or extra strength excedrin for mild to moderate headaches, so i'm really glad i learned about this tip! :D
 
smithtr said:
I don't understand warning more worst to headache. I don't understand I have frustrated. I don't like about to headache. I got bad worst to headache is serious. I don't know what is pain my headache. I don't understand concern about to migrane. I concern about headache. I am upset. I hate medication...

I have problem my cause headache one week. whoa that is very dangerous. I don't like tyleno. I don't understand cause very dangerous headache. I am :eek3: very serious headache. I am stomach pain my stomach and I don't like cause very pain my stomach very serious that is warning my stomach ultersound my kidney damaged my medication.

I avoid my medication... I have talk to doctor family on Dec.22 11:00am. I will interpeter for explain to talk to Doctor. I talk to ENT. I don't know how can figure out my plan. I don't know how can figure out to my stomach. I am very concern about to kidney is very dangerous.

Doctor say not allow drink alcohol. Because I have problem my health. I don't know situation figure out to my kidney....

I tell me about to about to migrane. Idon't know how strong medication to mend my headache.. I ask you support to medication do you experience headache very bother migrane or anytime very pain headache. I ask you AD :welcome::welcome::welcome::welcome::welcome::welcome::welcome:
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Hi Travis -

I would suggest Motrin for your headaches, but since you said something about kidney damage, so I really wouldn't recommend Motrin unless it is for VERY seldom use. Like once a week or something like that. Motrin and other NSAIDS are hard on the kidneys.

But there are still a couple of other options you could ask your doctor about for your migraines. There are two good medications for migraines, and they are Zomig and Imitrex. I do not think they are NSAIDs, but I am not 100% sure. But, ask your doctor about them.
 
sara1981 said:
im been headache for years since i was 17 years old and im not feels good but im using my dad's medicine from tylenol that wrong!

After im visit my dad's house in Jonesboro,Ar but i never tell my parents about that! they later im going back to school im so patient more headache heats but i told my old teacher im not felt good so my old teacher give me slip going to infirmary give me rest for hours till im felt better.

but im usually tylenol for headache lots but my neurology says not using lots tylenol for headache because im major sezuire when i was 12 years old cant using too much tylenol everyday makes more worse! but i listen to doctor's advise.
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I didn't know Tylenol can cause seizures. I never heard of such a thing. I'm not even sure if you are correct...And if you do have a seizure disorder, you need to go on a seizure medication. I also hope you don't drive.
 
Hear Again said:
kristina,

i didn't know caffeine was something that could prevent headaches. i've always thought of it as being something that caused headaches. perhaps this has to do with the amount of a person's caffeine intake? hmmm. interesting!
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I'm not sure if I remember correctly what I was told by another friend, but it has to do with the caffeine causing the blood vessels in your brain to get bigger, allowing for more better flow of blood throughout your brain, thus reducing your headaches or migraines. Something like that, but lousy memory pwns me at the moment, so if someone knows, feel free to correct me.

It works for me about 85% of the time when I get a headache. I grab a Dr. Pepper and then I feel better, but if it is a headache from sleep deprivation (like going to bed way too late like 3 am) then a Dr. Pepper will not cut it. I just simply need to go to bed. And when I get those headaches, I end up throwing up every time, and they are not even migraines. I know what a migraine is like, I had only had one in my whole life, and it was the WORST migraine ever! It was so bad, I couldn't even move, I couldn't even handle light. I had to steal one of my friend's medication pills (I wasn't on that specific medication at the time but I am now) and it was 800 mg, so I could knock myself out. That pill knocked me out for the entire day. When I woke up, the migraine was gone, thank goodness! I just simply WILL NOT put up with trying to deal with a migraine if I can simply just knock myself out. It's just easier, even though I know it's not right to take someone else's medication, but at that point I simply did not care, all I cared about was NOT SUFFERING. (No, I would not recommend anyone here on AD to take someone else's medication for any reason, but I had to do what I had to do so I wouldn't have to suffer all day long with a horrible migraine. I just simply could NOT handle it at all and was desperate. It was so bad and so painful. Sure, I could go to the ER, but I knew that I could not handle walking the 4 blocks to the hospital with that horrible migraine, - one friend was in a hospital three hours away, the other friend was out of state at the time, and neither friends had a car - when I couldn't even move my head to start with! Suffice to say, desperate situations call for desperate measures, that's all.)
 
LuciaDisturbed said:
I'm not sure if I remember correctly what I was told by another friend, but it has to do with the caffeine causing the blood vessels in your brain to get bigger, allowing for more better flow of blood throughout your brain, thus reducing your headaches or migraines. Something like that, but lousy memory pwns me at the moment, so if someone knows, feel free to correct me.

It works for me about 85% of the time when I get a headache. I grab a Dr. Pepper and then I feel better, but if it is a headache from sleep deprivation (like going to bed way too late like 3 am) then a Dr. Pepper will not cut it. I just simply need to go to bed. And when I get those headaches, I end up throwing up every time, and they are not even migraines. I know what a migraine is like, I had only had one in my whole life, and it was the WORST migraine ever! It was so bad, I couldn't even move, I couldn't even handle light. I had to steal one of my friend's medication pills (I wasn't on that specific medication at the time but I am now) and it was 800 mg, so I could knock myself out. That pill knocked me out for the entire day. When I woke up, the migraine was gone, thank goodness! I just simply WILL NOT put up with trying to deal with a migraine if I can simply just knock myself out. It's just easier, even though I know it's not right to take someone else's medication, but at that point I simply did not care, all I cared about was NOT SUFFERING. (No, I would not recommend anyone here on AD to take someone else's medication for any reason, but I had to do what I had to do so I wouldn't have to suffer all day long with a horrible migraine. I just simply could NOT handle it at all and was desperate. It was so bad and so painful. Sure, I could go to the ER, but I knew that I could not handle walking the 4 blocks to the hospital with that horrible migraine, - one friend was in a hospital three hours away, the other friend was out of state at the time, and neither friends had a car - when I couldn't even move my head to start with! Suffice to say, desperate situations call for desperate measures, that's all.)
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You got it right--almost. It has nothing to do with the brain, but the blood vessels in the head itself. Caffeine opens up capilliaries and blood vessels and blood flow is increased to the head.
 
Oceanbreeze said:
You got it right--almost. It has nothing to do with the brain, but the blood vessels in the head itself. Caffeine opens up capilliaries and blood vessels and blood flow is increased to the head.
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Thank you for the correction/clarification! :) :ty:
 
lucia,

could you have called a cab to take you to the ER? i know i've had to do that many times when i've had a severe migraine and have run out of imitrex. the ride to the hospital (fortunately, only a few blocks away) wasn't easy though given my nausea and vomiting. thank goodness i've never gotten sick in a cab when being driven to the hospital.
 
Oceanbreeze said:
You got it right--almost. It has nothing to do with the brain, but the blood vessels in the head itself. Caffeine opens up capilliaries and blood vessels and blood flow is increased to the head.
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this is correct. if i remember correctly, it's the blood vessels that constrict and then expand causing the migraine.
 
lucia,

thanks for the explanation regarding caffeine and migraines. in my 21 year history of migraines, this is the first i've ever heard of caffeine being effective for migraines (although i was aware that medications like extra strength excedrin contain very high amounts of caffeine). the next time i have a mild or moderate headache, i'm going to try drinking a coke to see if it helps. (my migraines are too severe to benefit from caffeine.)
 
travis,

how did your appointment at the doctor go today? i hope you're feeling better. smile! :)
 
LuciaDisturbed said:
I'm not sure if I remember correctly what I was told by another friend, but it has to do with the caffeine causing the blood vessels in your brain to get bigger, allowing for more better flow of blood throughout your brain, thus reducing your headaches or migraines. Something like that, but lousy memory pwns me at the moment, so if someone knows, feel free to correct me.

It works for me about 85% of the time when I get a headache. I grab a Dr. Pepper and then I feel better, but if it is a headache from sleep deprivation (like going to bed way too late like 3 am) then a Dr. Pepper will not cut it. I just simply need to go to bed. And when I get those headaches, I end up throwing up every time, and they are not even migraines. I know what a migraine is like, I had only had one in my whole life, and it was the WORST migraine ever! It was so bad, I couldn't even move, I couldn't even handle light. I had to steal one of my friend's medication pills (I wasn't on that specific medication at the time but I am now) and it was 800 mg, so I could knock myself out. That pill knocked me out for the entire day. When I woke up, the migraine was gone, thank goodness! I just simply WILL NOT put up with trying to deal with a migraine if I can simply just knock myself out. It's just easier, even though I know it's not right to take someone else's medication, but at that point I simply did not care, all I cared about was NOT SUFFERING. (No, I would not recommend anyone here on AD to take someone else's medication for any reason, but I had to do what I had to do so I wouldn't have to suffer all day long with a horrible migraine. I just simply could NOT handle it at all and was desperate. It was so bad and so painful. Sure, I could go to the ER, but I knew that I could not handle walking the 4 blocks to the hospital with that horrible migraine, - one friend was in a hospital three hours away, the other friend was out of state at the time, and neither friends had a car - when I couldn't even move my head to start with! Suffice to say, desperate situations call for desperate measures, that's all.)
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That's the same for me...a can of soda wont work if it is a headache from lack of sleep.
 
shel90 said:
That's the same for me...a can of soda wont work if it is a headache from lack of sleep.
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no, it seems that (at least in my experience anyways) the only cure for sleep deprivation headaches are to sleep them off until they go away. otc's like tylenol or excedrin may help, but they've never helped me. :dunno:
 
that is very dangerous migrane. I don't like very more worst headache. I know really very scared,. I don't want to get hurt to my headache. I don't know what is problem cochlear implant. I know very sensitive.; I know really dangerous. I don't know what happened problem cause headache sometimes winter.
 
travis,

have you talked to your doctor about your migraines? perhaps he/she can give you a migraine preventative as well as a fast acting medication to take whenever you have a migraine.
 
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