Tylenol + caffeine + an NSAID (advil/motrin/aleive/aspirin) is the usual OTC drug combo, assuming you don’t have any disorders that prevent you from taking them any of those things safely. You can also usually buy them as a combo pill under the brand name “Excedrin” (I think it has aleive specifically, also called naproxen).
Lifestyle: drink plenty of water, reduce your stress, get plenty of sleep.
Alternative/holistic:
Pinch your daiths. Some people get them pierced to prevent migraines.
Press your “third eye” pressure point, it’s the spot between your eyebrows or where an Indian woman would wear a bindi. Idk about the liver or whatever else pressure points, but I can feel this one taking the pressure off.
I had a friend who swore by this pressure point for occasional nausea, if you’re having that too.
Really? I get migraines. Does it have to be done a certain way by a medical provider, or can I just go to a place that does piercings? My migraines are incapacitating, so I’ll try anything
I would try pinching them first to see if it helps but I think most people just go to a piercer. I was thinking about having the spot marked by an acupuncturist then going to a piercer but haven’t got round to it.
Yeah, I should see if I can find an acupuncturist here. There are probably meds I should be on, but the ones they prescribed me at the regular clinic didn’t work, and I can’t afford to keep going back.
Tylenol + caffeine + an NSAID (advil/motrin/aleive/aspirin) is the usual OTC drug combo, assuming you don’t have any disorders that prevent you from taking them any of those things safely. You can also usually buy them as a combo pill under the brand name “Excedrin” (I think it has aleive specifically, also called naproxen).
Lifestyle: drink plenty of water, reduce your stress, get plenty of sleep.
Alternative/holistic:
Pinch your daiths. Some people get them pierced to prevent migraines.
Press your “third eye” pressure point, it’s the spot between your eyebrows or where an Indian woman would wear a bindi. Idk about the liver or whatever else pressure points, but I can feel this one taking the pressure off.
I had a friend who swore by this pressure point for occasional nausea, if you’re having that too.
Really? I get migraines. Does it have to be done a certain way by a medical provider, or can I just go to a place that does piercings? My migraines are incapacitating, so I’ll try anything
I would try pinching them first to see if it helps but I think most people just go to a piercer. I was thinking about having the spot marked by an acupuncturist then going to a piercer but haven’t got round to it.
Yeah, I should see if I can find an acupuncturist here. There are probably meds I should be on, but the ones they prescribed me at the regular clinic didn’t work, and I can’t afford to keep going back.