I have heard some wacky migraine treatment techniques, and thought if anyone is on here, it could be a potentially interesting light-hearted thing to discuss.
Reddit swore by McDonald’s fries (salt intake?), but what prompted me to think to post this was my new DIY “heat treatment” for retinal migraines.
I like warm or cold things on the pain, and cooling strips etc are sold as migaine treatments. So one day I figured blasting my eye pain with a hair-dryer was worth a punt because why not?
Instantly pain free! I swear by it, it is temporary relief like I have never had before! The internet says heat possibly tricks pain receptors, I say dumb method works! I thought this was funny enough to share.
With this tale out the way, what are Lemmy’s wacky migraine superstitions or unorthodox migraine strategies?
Edit: blasting one’s face with a hair dryer is not medical advice! I am just a moron on the internet, and this is purely anecdotal
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It feels illegal, but alcohol kinda helps. A slightly cooled beer works as a nice cooling pad and relief medicine in one. (That’s really only an option when not taking pain killers!)
Otherwise energy drinks do the trick for me, probably because of sugar and caffeine.
Not really soothing so much as minimizing but I try not to darken the room. I find that being in darkness actually makes the headache aspect much worse even though it is soothing in the short term.
I did a double-take when I re-read and saw the word “not”!
That’s really interesting, I’ve always darkened or wore an eye mask, hmm I kind of want to try this for science now, but don’t want a migraine - I’ve done my quota for the week!