Take Two and Call Me In The Morning

[SeeDRankLou]

The side effects of over-the-counter medicine almost always outweigh how I feel before I take them at least tenfold, so I'm one to take medicine. Especially for headaches, there's really no reason to leave yourself with a headache, that's just mean.

[Lindy]

Never, drugs are for the weak.

Headache, pain, whatever, I never take anything for it, and I usually carry on with whatever I'm doing too, no point stopping for a little bit of pain.

[Resha]

I bang my head against the wall. IT DOES HELP.

[edczxcvbnm]

I drink water. Whenever I get a headache it is because I

A) Slept wrong...so I am screwed and there is nothing I can do
B) I start to get a bit dehydrated

Those are the only reasons I get a headache now. So I just drink some water.

[udsuna]

I don't get headaches... I get migraines. Vision-blurring, mind-numbing, eye-watering, nauseating migraines. And I just work through them... in fact, as far as I know, there is no medication available that work for me. I find that eating something helps, the chewing motion works for some reason. "Fortunately" my migraines have a tendancy of actually rendering me unconcious, so, when I get one, and nothing helps, I don't have long in the waking world before blissful oblivion claims me for a while. I've actually gotten to the point where I can ignore the pain that long.

[Yamaneko]

I never take pills unless I'm dying.

[Raistlin]

I take Advil/Tylenol(whichever's around) and get a soda. The combination of caffeine and meds seem to help head aches more often than not...for me, anyway.

[UltimaLimit]

Yeah, caffeine's a good temporary cure for headaches.

I bang my head against the wall. IT DOES HELP.

[Erdrick Holmes]

I take Advil/Tylenol(whichever's around) and get a soda. The combination of caffeine and meds seem to help head aches more often than not...for me, anyway.

I'd try that but I can't have caffine.

Usually just drinking some cold water and lying down for about 2 hours helps.

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

I generally just try to tough it out, it may drive me to go to bed earlier though.

[Leeza]

Sometimes a coffee will help. But when I get a really bad headache, which is not very often, nothing seems to help so I just try to sleep.

[XxSephirothxX]

I usually take a couple advil, and sometimes eat a snack. Apparently I get headaches a lot if I'm really hungry. And if that doesn't work I take a nap.

[CaptRory]

It depends on what sort of headache it is.

If it is a sinus headache I'll take a nap, that normally helps.
If it is another variety I'll take an over the counter product like Advil or IB Profen.

Sometimes headaches are caused by dehydration so drinking water will help sometimes.

I just remembered what my mother did for the patients in the nursing home she worked in (she was the administrator at the time and had spent a good deal of her career tending the elderly)

In between your thumb and index finger is a pressure point. It's where the webbing is. It feels a bit like a clam, by massaging it and applying pressure it can help relieve headaches. It really works.

[UltimaLimit]

Advil = ibuprofin

[The Captain]

In between your thumb and index finger is a pressure point. It's where the webbing is. It feels a bit like a clam, by massaging it and applying pressure it can help relieve headaches. It really works."

That's absolutely fascinating. I shall have to try that the next time a headache strikes. Thank you kindly.

Thanks everyone your advice and responses.

Take care all.