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When it's not a migraine, dehydration or tension headache, but a side effect from medication, what are your headache management solutions?
I don't want to take any more opiate painkillers, but my aspirin and paracetamol aren't touching the sides. I've bumped up my water intake from 2L (my normal) to 3L a day because of the heat and I'm sweating more (side effect from meds on top of the heat wave). I'm running out of valium to keep my neck muscles out of spasm (tension headache issue that I'm managing).
My heatpack is a disaster - I practically become liquid from the sweating.
The headache may (may not) be a side effect from a small desvenlafaxine increase 6 weeks ago, although that should have settled by now. It's not a migraine (had that earlier this week), it's not a straight tension headache (get those, can treat them effectively), and I don't think it's dehydration (familiar with those - been hospitalised for that in the past).
Turning upside down is incredibly painful from the pressure that builds up in my head, which is making yoga a bitch because every time I try downward dog I want to bang my head against the floor from the pain. Cardio Exercise is down because it's limited by the heat and bushfire smoke.
I'm trying really hard to keep my caffiene intake exactly the same every day so withdrawals don't enter the picture.
So, thinking laterally - suggestions for headaches that are really bad, and aren't migraine, tension or dehydration...??? Please tell me I'm missing something obvious...
I don't want to take any more opiate painkillers, but my aspirin and paracetamol aren't touching the sides. I've bumped up my water intake from 2L (my normal) to 3L a day because of the heat and I'm sweating more (side effect from meds on top of the heat wave). I'm running out of valium to keep my neck muscles out of spasm (tension headache issue that I'm managing).
My heatpack is a disaster - I practically become liquid from the sweating.
The headache may (may not) be a side effect from a small desvenlafaxine increase 6 weeks ago, although that should have settled by now. It's not a migraine (had that earlier this week), it's not a straight tension headache (get those, can treat them effectively), and I don't think it's dehydration (familiar with those - been hospitalised for that in the past).
Turning upside down is incredibly painful from the pressure that builds up in my head, which is making yoga a bitch because every time I try downward dog I want to bang my head against the floor from the pain. Cardio Exercise is down because it's limited by the heat and bushfire smoke.
I'm trying really hard to keep my caffiene intake exactly the same every day so withdrawals don't enter the picture.
So, thinking laterally - suggestions for headaches that are really bad, and aren't migraine, tension or dehydration...??? Please tell me I'm missing something obvious...