#prevention of migraines

[lulax-23]

#imagenes #illustration #frases #letras #palabras #picture of the day #textos #12 de septiembre 2022 #Dia internacional de la migraña #migraña #information #real life #realidad #prevention of migraines

[thebibliosphere]

So, I'm one of those weirdos who finds heat more beneficial for relieving migraine pain than ice, and I've just realized I was in so much pain yesterday that I burned myself and didn't notice.

Thought I still had a migraine and that's why my forehead hurt. Nope. It's a burn from where I was grinding the heat pack into my skull to try and relieve the pain. My fingertips are burned, too.

But god forbid the pain clinic prescribe me anything stronger than Tylenol and Asprin because, apparently, this is a better scenario than giving me opioids, aka, the only pain relief that actually works for me.

Fucksake.

#brb slathering myself in aloe vera #fucksake #chronic health tag #no one tell me about migraine abortives #none of them work for me #neither do the preventatives #I'm so tired

[saphushia]

smth different from my usual- i was taught this when i went to PT a couple years ago and i've never seen anything about it online. obligatory disclaimer i'm not in any way a medical professional and this wont cure your headaches, but they make mine a decent chunk more tolerable and sometimes that's all you can ask for

#brought to you by i've been off my prescription migraine meds for over a year because the last ones gave me a severe twitch #and ive been ramming my head against the walls preventing me from getting my new one #so we get what migraine relief we can lmao #migraine #headache #art #idk what to tag this as lmao #chronic pain #i guess?

[ask-artsy-oncie]

Thank you for 20 years, Avenue Q (July 31st, 2003)

#Yes I know this is a day late. I had a migraine yesterday that prevented me from finishing on time #Avenue Q #Josiemod Draws #Broadway #Musical Theater

[sporesgalaxy]

what they dont tell you when youre 12 and very excited to become dependent on coffee is how bad the withdrawal headaches are if you ever want to stop

#i halved my cup of coffee this morning so the headache hit at 8pm instead of noon. so its survivable. but OW #adddna #complaining #honestly ive had migraines much worse. its knowing that i will have it again tomorrow and knowing exactly how to prevent it that is hard.

[hermitcraftreblogs]

the dim, anti-instagrammable lighting enthrals me. he should be watching inuyasha on that setup. he should be on newgrounds.

#i'm not being facetious btw his setup seems like it could prevent a migraine from 200m #ethoslab

[magentasky234]

Heads up photosensitive epileptics and people who get migraines , if you see this ad, scroll past. It features rapid flashing lights.

#epileptic #epilepsy awareness #epilepsy #actually epileptic #epilesy problems #migrains #migraine prevention #kfc #kfc do better

[icewindandboringhorror]

sometimes looking at like Self Help Strategies lists for the symptoms I'm having is always just like:

thing that I already do

thing I have tried 10 times

thing I already do

thing that I don't have the money to do

thing I already do

thing I've been doing since I was 10yrs old to no avail

thing that is impossible given my situation

thing that doesn't apply to me

thing that I already do

thing I have already tried

hrmm, oh wait, maybe finally- OH, yeah.. okay. thing that I already do but it was just phrased slightly differently

thing I have already done

#I think maybe productivity tips help less if the reason you're unproductive is partially like.. physcial health and other extenral things #out of your control. rather than just like having trouble paying attention or spending too much time on tiktok or whatever #all the strategic to do lists in the world are not going to somehow prevent me from waking up with a debilitating migraine or whatever #or having external stressors or lacking resources and connections or other Productivity Essentials etc. #especially many tips involve stuff like 'cut off from social media' since thats the modern day time waster for so many poeple #and it's like.. lol.. i can hardly even maintain a blog even thuogh i actively WANT TO DO SO. 'shut off your smart phone!' already #done babey i fucking hate smart phones i shall never use an app unless i am forced to. 'delete tiktok' yep. already covered. tiktok and #all of those thinsg are my enemies. 'save money by cancelling some of your services' cool. already ahead of you. #who the fuck is out here paying for like 10 different subscription services. pirated videos uploaded to google drive and youtube to mp3 #my beloved. etc. etc. and so on. 'socialize less' .........LOL.. if only you knew.. mr.writer of the article. i can barely muster #talking to friends more than once a month and even less if I'm actively sick (often occurence) etc. etc. ... hewoo #I think maybe instead of generic productivity tips I need more like.. how to refocus and be productive anyway even if you have a headache #or are nauseous or etc. Not that those are always things to ignore. and of course you should let your body rest and etc. But plenty of peop #e have mild physical symptoms and just work through them. Ithink something about the way my body/mind is SOO hyper attuned to all #sensory information just makes it like... constantly 'GRR well I cant focus on WRITING right now because my lef #t ear feels weird and my socks are too itchy and my back has a strange pressure and I'm vaguely warm and my eye feels some ssort of #way it doesnt normally feel and I'm hyperaware of my breathing and also nauseous for no reason' and like half of those things I #think '''normal''' people wouldnt even notice or at least would be able to just live through. but for me it's like.. nealry impossible to i #gnore and soooo distracting always. like 'wahh.. nooo we can't draw or get anything done.. my legs feel slightly heavy or something!!' #like............. ok......... who cares. thats not even a PAIN sensation it's just something weird. but it's just like.. NO. constant #mental alerts about the 'heaviness' of your legs be upon ye. Though Imean like.. yes.. 70% of the time I am in genuine pain #or having some sort of actual ailment with trackable physical symptoms. but sometimes it's just like... we could totally be working right #now and ignoring this silly thing but my brain is fixated on it for no reason uncontrollably. etc. etc. I guess it's the same way that like #most people can go to a grocery store without the whole experience being so overwhelming and so much stuff going on at once #that they have to rest afterwards but like.. in my own HOME doing NOTHING i feel like I should be able to not get overwhelmed lol. ANYWAY #Rolling my bastard little rock up a dumbass hill and so on and so forth

[qwertyfingers]

who up fighting for their fucking life

#migraine citayyyyyyyyyy #i'm supposed to go to yoga today which would help PREVENT a migraine but i won't be able to if i have one at the time. SUCKS!!

[walking-fnaf-encyclopedia]

im starting to wonder if im the only person who deliberately draws in dark mode. like makes the canvas a dark color instead of the white/grey transparent.

#its partly bc im photosensitive so it helps to prevent migraines #but like my text is typically a light color and i draw/sketch in pale colors #also i use the nightlight feature near-constantly which makes my colors be. off? sometimes #does that make any sense lmaooo #it makes the colors orange-hued to me to combat blue light #bit complaining just talking out loud ig? #*not #x #x chatter #x rambles

[s-ccaam-era-crepe]

GUYS. Everything is going wrong.

#camera talks #I had to make the lights for tech from scratch and it was soooo stressful #and I’ve already cried and I want to cry more but I’m around actors so I Can’t #(we had 35 minutes. and it wasn’t part of the plan it was awful. plus new board) #gahhhhh /neg #tech is so stressful and I’m going to get a migraine I can feel it but I don’t have meds to prevent it :(

[aro-culture-is]

aro culture is taylor swift's midnight rain

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#Anonymous #aro culture is #aro #aromantic #actually aro #actually aromantic #ask #mod phoenix #ngl folks i am. very very much not a swiftie (swifty? idk) #even if i had liked her to begin with #having to learn calculus with her in the background every tuesday for two years of high school #often with a migraine because No One Told Me Regular Intense Headaches Weren't Normal #(and therefore i wasn't doing anything to prevent or really even treat them) #(did not know they were migraines even) #i certainly did not fucking like her by the end of that #does remind me though - that calc teacher had never ever had a headache in his life #and his concern when i had one of the worse migraines of that part of my life was honestly pretty cute #he was... not exactly good at being compassionate or caring for all that he did trpy #and like. this poor man genuinely wanted so badly to be able to respond to anyone suffering but like. if this were a D20 roll. #the highest i saw him roll in 2 years of having him as a teacher was like. a 10. and that was at best twice. #but anyways #i had a terrible migraine. i was also the only person in class who'd done the homework that particular night and therefore the only one #who understood his problem of the day (how we started class) #which was almost always an unusually hard application of the previous day's work that guided us to the next concept #we were given something like 15 minutes to solve them as a class #and i hazily solved it and immediately laid my head on my notebook because light sensitivity is terrible #he did his usual attempts at being motivational (shouting 'come on! you guys should know how to do this!' and such) #(again. he genuinely felt that was motivating and we knew he was *trying* to be encouraging despite the uh. phrasing) #and i just. fuckin cracked one eye open. rotated my head. looked at him. whispered the answers. and went back to dying on my notebook #he responded by going startlingly quiet (his normal volume was LOUD. he had no volume control)

[savetheghost]

save do you have any tips for managing migraines

uhhhhhh lessee

personally i have prescriptions for it cause mine screwed my brain up but obvious ones like proper rest + maybe log what you eat and see if theres any correlation + general put nutrients in your body stuff which is actually kind of hard to keep track of

i have some REALLY WEIRD scent based triggers so i have to stay away from ammonia-like scents and eucalyptus cause those will put my ass out flat IMMEDIATELY, thats not an everyone thing but maybe note if theres sensory stuff around you that might be a trigger

for me warm toned lights and screen tints are way better than cool tones/white light and if youve got light colored eyes wear amber tinted sunglasses outdoors

water + salty snack > pedialite > gatorade and depending on caffeine sensitivity maybe moderate that cause it can either help or hurt, kinda depends on the person, but water and saltines will get you electrolytes and its cheap as fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck even if it doesnt taste as great as gatorade

sunlight on your skin and not in your eyeballs

also vitamin d just in general helps but its way better to actually use the sun for that than trying to digest it so like just 10ish minutes in the sun is what my neurologist recommended on top of taking 2000mg tablets

thats what ive got off the top of my head

#im not a neurologist but i dont get them as bad anymore at least #also if learning what you feel like beforehand so you can nip it before it starts helps a LOT #if you can take a painkiller before it starts itll do way more for you #but also dont undertreat it like dont stick it out thats what fucked me up hardcore just take the painkiller #i have to take at least 800mg of ibuprofen if i even sniff a migraine coming on but check with a doc before you do that #i also gotta pair it with sumatriptan and i can only do that 3 times a month Or Else #if ibuprofen doesnt knock it outta me its an er trip and they stuff an iv in me and pump my ass so full of drugs #oh also too much water can also cause migraines #best to stick with the 8 8oz a day thing and not go too far over #but yeah being proactive and preventative is better than coasting and treating them when they come #sometimes ill sip a little pickle juice causenits got magnesium and potassium on top of the sodium for electrolytes #i know food logs arent GREAT but they can help with stuff like this even just kinda checking in on if youre getting everything you need #i go sorta peasant with it like as long as ive had a couple greens in a week i should be good to go #snap peas or artichoke hearts or other really solid veggables #or #god bless #The Cucumber #cucumbers are the powerhouse of the vegatable

[fatcowboys]

frustrating how fucking. disabling. being disabled is rn. im tired

#migraine buddy helpfully showed me my midas score which puts me in severely disabled bc of my migraines based on their impact #which on one hand was helpful in a sense of like. hey dude. these things fuck you up and have a huge impact and jts a thing #most peiple dont have to deal with. but also was like. god yeah i sure am and also i sure am still working full time and having to just. #work thru them and cope bc i certainly cant afford to have less money #its so fuckin i furiating being disabled in the us. i cant stop working bc then ill loose my healthcare which still costs me so much money #scream. tired. #my PA for nurtec was denied bc my ins wants me to try a diff one first #which is stupid bc like one why do u get to override my dr for your budget. #why does my healthcare need to suffer because youre cheap. you arent living with this shit. #and also the alternatives they suggested are injection based which. is scary for me as someone who used to have a terrible needle phobia #jax is able to help me w them which is good bc i know i cant give myself them (maybe could do the auto injectors but idk) #but its still so. why are u like thia. also it took u so long to deny my PA and im on no preventatives rn waiting for Something #to be approved. ugh. scream.

[forestials]

Maeglin wearing glasses that’s it that’s all I’ve got

#maeglin #the silmarillion #lómion #little mole elf #yeah perfect elven eyesight sure but he grew up in the gloom #this is the equivalent of needing blue light glasses for work okay man’s gotta prevent a migraine #all this damn bright light #using art to represent my struggles in the office #the silmarillion art #my art #forestials art

[magentasky234]

Heads up photosensitive epileptics and people who get migraines, there's an ad for the app VideoLeap that briefly has flashing lights. The ad features a Caucasian man with black hair, talking about the app. If you see it, please click away

#epilepsy problems #epilepsy #actually epileptic #migraine prevention #migraines