How long do you let a headache linger until you finally take something for it? Like 7 hours, 8? My dumbassery is strong today. - ThreadSky

bushybritches.bsky.social • 84 days ago

How long do you let a headache linger until you finally take something for it?
Like 7 hours, 8?
My dumbassery is strong today.

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tiggetyboo.bsky.social•84 days ago

If I'm annoyed with it to go take a nap, i'll take advil.

But most times i think hunger is causing my unrelated pain so i eat things I dont need to. I can't feel if Im hungry sometimes.

bushybritches.bsky.social•84 days ago

I could maybe eat. I just took some Tylenol. I’m thinking I might need new glasses.

tiggetyboo.bsky.social•83 days ago

This chart might help?
There are more detailed charts than this, but this one gives the most examples.

winifrederick.bsky.social•83 days ago

I read somewhere that if it turns out to be a migraine, if you don't take the painkillers early enough, they might not work at all. that and that alone is the only thing that has terrified me enough into taking them instead of suffering

argylepiratewd.bsky.social•84 days ago

bushybritches.bsky.social•84 days ago

Oh you too? We’ll dwell together in our dumbheadedness. Welcome, I’ve got snacks.

donickafromcicero.bsky.social•84 days ago

Regular sinus headache-hot coffee. If that doesn't work or it's a bad sinus attack, one acetaminophen. And if that doesn't work, I crank up the vaporizer and go to bed. Used to use ibuprofen like popcorn, can't anymore due to liver issues.

bushybritches.bsky.social•84 days ago

I’ve just been too lazy & out of it to actually take anything. I’ve got all kinds of stuff I could take, but it’s over there and I’m here and my cats don’t have thumbs to carry the bottles.

donickafromcicero.bsky.social•84 days ago

Hope you feel better soon!🫂🫂🫂

argylepiratewd.bsky.social•84 days ago

Seconded. Feel better soon, @bushybritches.bsky.social 🫂

bushybritches.bsky.social•84 days ago

Thank you💙🫂

argylepiratewd.bsky.social•84 days ago

I always fall for the mental lie "I'll just sleep it off." Rarely works

bushybritches.bsky.social•84 days ago

It just makes it worse and I get cranky from the nap.

texacilian.bsky.social•83 days ago

It depends. I have yet to take anything for mine today. I also have headaches all the time, so I only take something if it’s really bad or bothering me.

hinekosama.bsky.social•84 days ago

an hour at most, sometimes less 🥲 i try to catch it before it goes full migraine

bushybritches.bsky.social•84 days ago

I wish I was that smart😐

hinekosama.bsky.social•84 days ago

just take iiit, less pain (possibly)

bushybritches.bsky.social•84 days ago

Ok. Tylenol taken.

hinekosama.bsky.social•84 days ago

I hope it heeeelps ❤️🥺

bushybritches.bsky.social•84 days ago

I might try listening to Michael reading Wind in the Willows. That always knocks me out.

bushybritches.bsky.social•84 days ago

You’re right, you’re right. I know you’re right.

caspianthegeek.bsky.social•83 days ago

It depends on if I have a guess on what's causing the headache 😅 And if I actually need to be productive and need my brain. There's levels of treatment 😂

traceylynntobin.bsky.social•83 days ago

Hard to say, bc as nonsensical as it sounds, I often don't consciously realize that I'm experiencing a headache until it has gotten to the point of actual throbbing that I can feel from the outside with my fingers pressed to my head. 😅

texacilian.bsky.social•83 days ago

Sounds about right. I’ve just gotten used to them. Oops.

traceylynntobin.bsky.social•81 days ago

I read somewhere that people with a variety of neurodivergencies (most specifically ADHD and autism) should judge their pain by two scales when speaking to health care professionals: the actual physical pain, and the discomfort it's causing. The basic idea was that neurodivergent people can be...

sedsconnective.org•76 days ago

We are the neurodivergent and hypermobility community (all) charity and health affects us differently from head to toe inside and out. https://www.sedsconnective.org

traceylynntobin.bsky.social•81 days ago

...in constant physical pain but automatically tune it out because there's too much other stuff taking up their brainpower. But once the pain starts to cause actual discomfort, snagging their attention, that's when it becomes a major concern. Bc we're so good at ignoring (or not even noticing)...

traceylynntobin.bsky.social•81 days ago

...our own pain, that if it's actually sneaking to the forefront of our attention, it must actually be really bad.

neurodivergent07.bsky.social•81 days ago

I've had headaches of varying degrees all my life - now 62 - had them checked by MRI and all manner of tests. They never found anything and we came to the conclusion that it was what I call 'neurodivergence tax'. The cost of hyper-sensitivities, super fast brain speed and a hostile NT environment.

texacilian.bsky.social•81 days ago

I had MRIs done when I was a teenager- came back with nothing. Just have headaches. Great. Wouldn’t be surprised if they’re all related to my untreated anxiety. I know it’s definitely affecting my TMJ causing different headaches.

neurodivergent07.bsky.social•81 days ago

I think there are so many unresearched health issues that accompany neurodivergence, but the industrial health complex will never look unless they can monetise it. In the meantime, we keep having to adjust our pain scales as we grow tolerant of increasing levels and have to just keep pushing on.

traceylynntobin.bsky.social•81 days ago

Yup, that sounds about right to me. I've never had a shortage of headaches but they've been ramping up the past year or two as I go through perimenopause, and I expect it's because my ability to handle overwhelm and environmental sensitivities has plummeted violently. lol

neurodivergent07.bsky.social•81 days ago

I can only imagine being male, but it makes sense that the natural changes in body chemistry would be detrimental to your overall sense of well-being. Given how little research is done on women's health, coupled with virtually zero research on autism in older age - me not you! - it's scary.

bluerose1066.bsky.social•81 days ago

That’s not a headache that is a migraine and critical thinking goes offline during an attack.

bushybritches.bsky.social•81 days ago

Fortunately it was just a headache. I do get migraines & those take out my vision, cause severe vomiting, ice pick pain behind one eye and passing out. I can’t even move when I get one.
Dark room, absolute silence & migraine medication get me through. They’ve gotten less frequent as I get older.

bluerose1066.bsky.social•81 days ago

My migraine attacks aren’t always incapacitatingly painful but it’s all the other stuff that knocks me back.

bluerose1066.bsky.social•81 days ago

I learned from my neuro (who also has migraine attacks) that we don’t tend to ever have just headaches. If it throbs it’s a migraine. Maybe not a severe one but it is still a neurological event. I’m in the process of researching this for an article.

dimi000.bsky.social•83 days ago

i can't take painkillers in any form at all due to a sensitive stomach; so i take nothing and suffer! LOL then it usually lasts like 2~4 days. (ig i have migraines, more so, but still AGHHhrh)

bushybritches.bsky.social•83 days ago

Nooo! 🫂💙

keyasaurus.bsky.social•83 days ago

I do this every single time. Whyyyyy

handyginger.bsky.social•83 days ago

Same. I want it to go away on its own, and don’t want to give in too soon. Eh, give it another half hour, it’ll pass. Over and over again.

gleafer.bsky.social•83 days ago

Seconds. I am a wimp.

tennantsideburns.bsky.social•83 days ago

same

cinnamofox.bsky.social•83 days ago

Hi there, other dumbass at this end 😬 some times I wait the whole day until I take something 🙃 always with the thought: ah, it’ll go away. Yeah, no, it won’t.

sylviaaa1996.bsky.social•83 days ago

after 4 or 5 hours if i haven’t take meds i’ll explode on the spot 🥲🥲

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