suggestion for quick pain relief (head hurts so bad)
 

well I guess I over did it last week. I was so encouraged by the fact that I was doing better and able to do more. I think the icing on the cake was the noisy restaurant...which actually the crash came 2 days later.

yesterday and today its raining..and my head has been pounding for 2 days. I took a tylenol sinus in the event that the rain and pressure has something to do with it (not sure)

I need some immediate relief. My head feels like someone is banging it with a hammer. Any suggestions??

I have a heat pack on my neck
drinking a cup of hot tea

I just feel awful...and so mad at myself that I thought I could start doing more.

any suggestions?

I find surrounding my head with something freezing is good. I've bought 2 big cold packs for the purpose, but frozen peas would be good too. Lay my head on one and put the other on my forehead, moving it around when it makes the skin too cold. Feels like the overheated wires in my brain are being cooled down and going from red to blue...

Works well for me, though you sound more of a 'heat' kinda guy. I can't imagine a hot pack doing anything for me at all. Weird!

Oh and when you've decided on a strategy, get off the computer. It can't be helping!

I agree with Klaus. I put an ice pack at the base of my neck and then one on my forehead/eyes. The cooling sensation helps to take the throbbing away and the blood flow better through my brain I think.

I too have chronic sinus issues, especially related to weather. So this is something I would do even before my accident to take away a migraine. If you feel it could be sinus related, make sure you keep really hydrated. It thins the mucus so you head doesn't feel so clogged inside.

Feel better!

thanks...switching to ice now.

I am not on computer much...few mins here and there.

I even layed on the couch for a half hour just shutting my eyes...nothing is helping.

trying ice now. will report later. thanks

Wtrpk, place your left hand on the area that hurts and envision you are drawing out the pain through your left palm and its is cycling through your body and out through your right hand onto the floor. During this, think about your healing, releasing the pain, and how you will feel some relief. When you have held the area for many minutes and you feel some relief, then switch hands. Place your right hand on the area and imagine you are filling up that area with healthy energy and pain-free energy.

You can also put one hand on your forehead and one behind your neck and take long deep breaths. This promotes relaxation as well. Someone suggested using icepacks....this is the same but using the healing touch of your own hands.

I concur with ice packs on forehead and neck.

You can also try taking max dose of aspirin and max dose of tylenol at the same time. Some people have reported that it helps, but it doesn't seem to do much for me.

And, to state the obvious, try to lie down someplace quiet and dark.

Hope you feel better soon.

I do find that any change in the barometric pressure affects my headaches..they get much worse. Ice and my yoga nidra tape seem to work the best for me. I agree with nightnurse about visualizing the pain leaving your body.

Please check out Yoga Nidra, if you are so inclined. There are short clips on YouTube and you can buy the relaxation tapes to guide yourself. It 's a great tool to help yourself, very easy and a wonderful way to destress and calm yourself. The military has been using Yoga Nidra for PTSD in a program called IRest since 2006.

Interested that you mentioned yoga nidra helping with PTSD in the military, because a large scale study was just done at Camp Peddleton with PTSD and healing touch vs only therapy. The results were astounding! All the patients had such a remarkable response in the healing touch group that after the study was done, they offered Healing Touch to the non-HT group that only had therapy.

Nightnurse, did your experience with HT include both hands-on (such as cranial-sacral therapy) and hands-off treatment?