Knocked up with a migraine
I get absolutely horrible migraines. They do not like to leave my head. They also stab the back of my eye and slowly make their way down to my neck and shoulders. Normally I can pop some excedrin migraine or fioricet and be good a few hours later. Problem is the baby taking up residence in my belly is susceptible to all the crap I put into my body. My alternative right now is Tylenol, which is just a joke. After three days of the pain growing increasingly worse I finally had enough and started bitching on facebook and ended up with some great advice from my friends who also are blessed with migraines and have also been knocked up. Thought I would share some of the tidbits I learned. So here we go:
Ice Packs - on your head, your eyes, your neck etc.
Powdered Gatorade with water, chug it and then apply Tiger Balm (got mine at Walgreens) to your temples, hairline and neck.
Tylenol with Pepsi.
Tie a handkerchief around your head to constrict the pain/blood flow.
Lay upside down with ice packs on your eyes so the blood rushes to your head.
Peppermint essential oil on neck and head.
And visit the chiropractor if you are able to. Mine has a hydro decompression bed that really helped ease the pain in my shoulder and neck.
Hope this help any knocked up migraine sufferers!!
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