Question.
Anyone know of a good over-the-counter pain medication?
I got the biggest mother of a headache last night. Now, recalling past experiences with aspirin-products, I opted NOT to take the Excedrine we have in the apartment, being that it's loaded with caffeine, and this was right before bedtime. So, I tossed and turned for an hour or so before finally falling asleep. I woke up this morning to take the dog out and get breakfast for Kieron, only to discover that said headache is still pounding away at my skull. Went back to sleep. Few hours later, wake up, and headache is still being a pussy bitch. So I caved and took some Excedrine. That was four hours ago, and I'm still having the shakes and feeling faint and sweaty. It's a toss-up as to which is worse--the headache or the jitters. I don't want to take Ibuprofin or Aleve either, since the labels warn of possible stomach bleeding. Is there a natural cure for headaches that doesn't involve possible hemorraging or caffeinated convulsing?
8.26.2006
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Advil?
If you're getting jittery, it might not be from the Excedrin. It might be from a lot of things that caues or make headaches worse.
Are you dehydrated? Drink lots of water. Are you hungry? Eating a lot less than you're used to can make your head pound something firece.
I'd especially suggest the eating something bit if you've been avoiding food because you feel shitty from the headache.
Other than that and pills, I have no suggestions. I love aspirin. I love ibuprofin. I love Excedrin. Mostly, I just pop some aspirins and...poof...headache over.
An emergency room doctor once told my mother that combining ibuprofin with acetominiphin (2 of each) would help her migraines. She tried it and it really worked, and its also worked for me.
I was also told by my therapisy to use buffered aspirin to help my headaches. If you are nervous about stomach bleeding, which isn't really a risk unless you take something regularly over a long period of time, buffered aspirin would be another good choice.
therapist*
Heat works, use a hot water bottle or something.
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