Ouch.. headache.

I've got a headache. Any tips?

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Tylenol
Advil
Motrin
Excedrin (NOT combined!!)
Neck rub
Take a nap
Power down PC and go for a walk

I hate headaches.

haha Sasha, thanks.

I took excedrin. Hopefully it'll help.

Neck rub/nap/power down PC will have to wait 'till after work.

Many different headaches. Check the internet. I found one excellent site, but unfortunately don't remember where. Might have been called migraines something. Don't take thos drugs too often or a rebound effect will occur. If you want to provide more info, I may be able to help. Best overall advice is to lie down with something cool over your eyes, in a quiet darkened room. Sometimes fresh air will help.

I lay down with a cold rag on my forehead.

Get away from your computer for awhile.

You can also massage uppermost part of the spine between thumb and forefinger tip, putting pressure where the neck curves in at the top. This especially good for migraine relief.

Put your feet up and watch some TV.

Seriously... caffeine. Drink down a Mountain Dew. The active ingredient in any of those "headache" meds is... caffeine. Don't get diet Mountain Dew either... the headache could be caused from low blood sugar too so if the caffeine doesn't work, the sugar will. Then follow up with a big glass of water... on the off chance that it's just a dehydration headache.

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What Sasha said. My ex wife would get horrible migrains and the doctors weren't much help. One finally prescribed a medication that had caffine as one ingredient. We later discovered that a No-Doz and a coke would work just as well and was much less expensive.

I have heard that if you take really deep breaths of air that can help

My migraine med is Cafergot [1mg ergotamine and 100mg caffeine]. Must be taken very early in the headache. Start with two, then one evey half-hour until pain stops, to a maximum of six, and ten a week. Not to be mixed with certain other drugs. Makes me nauseus, therefore I use 1/2-1 gravol also. There are much better stuff available, but expensive, so government only provides this. If you already consume a lot of caffeine, it may not be advisable or as effective. Ask your doctor, or if no help there, see a neurologist. Most common sure sign of migraine are visuals, not to be confused with what you see after shining your flashlight in the mirror and staring at it.

Excedrin Migraine formular. It works the best for me. Has caffine in it.

I took an excedrin with caffeine and I feel better. Not 100%, but a lot better than before. Phew...

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I lay down with a cold rag on my forehead.

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greenLED said:
Motrin

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Mmmmm. Good stuff.

I would always get migraines at work. Read somewhere that raising a computer monitor's refresh rate can help eliminate eye strain. Tried it - it works.

I used to take some weird med combinations back when I had migraines. I'm lucky that they went away with age. I *do not* miss the flashing/dancing lights, throbbing head, throwing up, etc. :eew:

These days I've come to realize most of my headaches are tension related. Excedrin tension headache works great for those, but I guess I'm too sensitive to the caffeine 'cuz I'm kinda shaky afterwards (I don't drink coffee). Given a choice between shaky and headache, I'll take shaky, twice.

Sasha, good advice on the Mountain Dew, I'll have to "do the dew"+tylenol or one of the other pain killers one of these days. Does the caffeine work equally well with Ibuprofen or Acetaminofen? (sp?) Thanks!

Edit: One more question. It seems like I can't change the refresh rate on my LCD. Is this something you can do only with CRT's?

Yes, you should be able to but you just can't go higher then the native pixel resolution of the LCD. LCDs don't look good when down-resized though. Unlike a scanning CRT, each pixel is either "on" or "off" so interpolation has to be used and the text looks fuzzy. I would love a nice 19 or 20 inch LCD but don't have one because of the downsize problem and the native resolution is just too small for my poor vision.

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Edit: One more question. It seems like I can't change the refresh rate on my LCD. Is this something you can do only with CRT's?

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