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I have a very similar story. Have you tried any medicines against anxiety? It could be something as simple as magnesium and water. Or Atarax or Buspirone. I've
by Flow 10y ago
I have a very similar story. Have you tried any medicines against anxiety? It could be something as simple as magnesium and water. Or Atarax or Buspirone. I've discovered these reduce the chance of a headache breaking out by quite a bit.
But if there's a real tension/migraine headache, ibuprofen is the only medicine that I've tried that helps.
But these days I'm very careful about taking ibuprofen, it hurts my stomach and I've already suffered vitamin B9/12 deficiency once. Not fun at all.
- beefield 10y agoHave you tried something like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omeprazole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omeprazole when eating ibuprofen? I am not a doctor, but I have understood that it is recommended if you have issues with ibuprofen and stomach.
- Flow 10y agoYes I have. It works ok most of the time.
- nibs 10y agoFYI you may want to take a genetic test. I found that my migranes came from HLA-DQ2.5 gene (Celiac) and that my stomach pain from Ibuprofin came from a gene that I have that causes inflammation when taking ibuprofin. And both gave me B12 deficiency (among other things) before I stopped eating wheat and taking Advil to cure the problems it created. Lots of this stuff is driven by genetics most people are not (but could be) aware of.
- jakobegger 10y agoI've tried magnesium and water, but that just gave me diarrhea (which is a result of too much magnesium, I think). Haven't tried any of the others. I also had stomach troubles from ibuprofen, so I try to vary painkillers (Paracetamol, Parkemed also seem to work), but fortunately I have less headaches now...