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Rands in Repose: Chill
- endlessvoid94 16y agoI keep forgetting to read this blog. I always love what Rands has to say.
- akkartik 16y agoShameless plug: I had the same problem until I built a tool to solve it. Earlier I'd subscribe to everything on my feedreader, get swamped by my to-read list, only skim it half-heartedly, and occasionally wonder "how'd I miss that?" Now I can focus my feedreader on the 10-20 feeds I never want to miss anything from (Rands is on it), and I'll almost always be current on my reading there. The remaining 1000+ feeds I've moved to http://readwarp.com http://readwarp.com. Give it a whirl anytime you're done reading your usual haunts (HN, google reader, email, ..).
- adamhowell 16y agoI really, really like that t-shirt. Ordered.
- warfangle 16y agoSo do I. Waiting patiently to be notified when size small is available. :-)
- swombat 16y agoForgetting about the t-shirt for a while, are there cheap ways to do this biofeedback analysis? I know someone who could use that sort of treatment. Alternatively, is there a place that does biofeedback analysis that can be recommended in London?
- ghotli 16y agoHonestly, I kind of wasn't aware that biofeedback worked that way. Has anyone else gone through this?
- spydez 16y agoYeah; screw the T-shirt... I've had migraines for years, and my current one has been messing me up for a month or three (yes, a month-long migraine -_-). I wanna hear more about how Rands mitigated (mitigates?) his headaches. He's one of the lucky ones with migraine auras, so he's got a free 15-30 minutes between when his vision goes wack and when the pain pounces... I don't have that luxury, and once the headache hits, it's pretty freaking hard to relax... if I even knew what relaxed me.
- dhimes 16y agoTry Maxalt. You'll need a prescription, but Western medicine kicks ass, and this is a fabulous drug that saves many days of misery.
- spydez 16y agoI've tried all the triptans. None of them work. Neither do muscle relaxants, blood pressure medicine or anti-convulsants (at least not Topamax; it made things worse). Only things that help are narcotic pain-killers and Migranal (aka DHE). And they only reduce the pain, not break the migraine. Alcohol helps a bit when I'm drinking it, but then there's the hangover to pay (on top of the migraine which has come back by then... >:( ) Seriously. My neurologist has given up on me. I've got an appointment at the Mayo Clinic, but until then, I'm on my fucking own.
- Daniel_Newby 16y agoPotential treatments you didn't list in order of decreasing plausibility: amitriptyline, nortriptyline, magnesium (OTC), coenzyme Q-10 (OTC), zonisamide, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, pregabalin, feverfew (OTC), bupropion, verapamil, valproate, memantine. Many of these are bread-and-butter drugs for internists, GPs, and family doctors -- no neurologist needed. For doctors, a headache specialist at an teaching hospital can be a good choice. They tend to be knowledgeable and persistent.
- spydez 16y ago