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[ShrekDawg]

I’ll try to work on a summary version

 

[casportpony]

I’ll try to work on a summary version

Go for a walk!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Go for a walk!

Yeah I’m going to now!! I need to get back outside

 

[casportpony]

MIke's outside right now and is about to pass all of us!

 

[ShrekDawg]

In the meantime though....

The past two weeks.

Last week I slowed down a little bit but I’m trying to pick back up this week.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Oh and I should also note that Thursday I didn’t wear it so that messed with my stats a bit. I didn’t just lay in the bed all day or whatever.

 

[hysop]

Dropping sugar and upping water intake will also help. I’m horrible at dieting, but I have noticed that if I drop sugar I lose a lot of weight and feel better within a few days. Granted the second I start eating sugar again I gain all the weight I lost.

But water water water!!

I have found just restricting one thing like sugar, is easier to stick to than to wake up one day and say I’ll eat salads and homemade food and healthy proteins forever.

 

[CindyinSD]

I used to get horrible headaches as an adolescent, and on through my mid-20s. My (closed-eye) "vision" would go all white and spotty. It was less agonizing if I could hide in a dark, cool room. The sight of a television screen was excruciating. (And I loved TV.) I was always relieved when (hours later) I finally began to vomit, because that meant I was nearing the end of the acute phase. I would throw up again and again until there was nothing left but stomach acid. Then I'd drink sips of cold water so the acids wouldn't burn my throat so badly and I would continue to vomit until even the acids ran out. Then I would sleep. My head would be what I called "settled sore" for a couple of weeks afterward. These headaches generally happened maybe a month or two apart. When my periods started, the headaches usually came then, and typically every month--some worse than others, but all of them awful.

I went to the ER with one, finally. That was near the end of my battle with debilitating headaches. I'll bet that doctor would be shocked and bemused if he knew that what he said to me was the cure I needed. He gave me an injection of Demerol and told me it was a tension headache.

It doesn't have to be an actual migraine to be debilitating. Lots of people claim to be migraine sufferers who are not (I'm talking about myself--no idea of your correct diagnosis). When I heard "tension," my first remark was, "You mean I'm doing this to myself?" He seemed to think he needed to mitigate what he had said--that I might have been offended, but it was wonderful news to me. If my head hadn't still been throbbing so terribly, I might have broken decorum and hugged that man.

After that, I have made it a point not to allow myself to become so tense. There have been maybe a dozen or more times since then. My life has been difficult in many ways (though others have certainly had it worse.) Somehow I did find a way not to permit that pain to translate into physical tension. I don't know how. It was the doctor's unintendedly magical words which, to me, said, "You're doing this; therefore you can choose NOT to do it."

So, now that I, too, have written a dreaded "novel," let me put this into a (rather large) nutshell:

• Refrain from allowing strong emotion to overwhelm you.
• Refrain from inactivity.
• Refrain from overdoing (or underdoing) it (ie: TV, internet, gaming, eating, exercising, lazing around, too much or too little sun, faux "food," strong negative emotion, giddiness, high ketone foods (chocolate & cheese are examples I need to keep in moderation). Be moderate in all things as much as possible.
• Have a bit of restful quiet time every day.
• Drink coffee (in moderation) but not sugary soft drinks.
• Be careful of wines--some are triggers (for me) Or better, just don't drink alcohol at all.
• Avoid highly processed foods, especially sugars and white flours (incl pastas). For occasional small treats only.

That's enough, and all I can think of at the moment. Take this seriously, though: Inactivity and non-nourishing foods are absolutely your enemies. Both are highly addictive, BUT stay away from them long enough, and you will grow to hate them. And I think, you will also learn to love and enjoy life.

 

[kelseyk]

I used to get horrible headaches as an adolescent, and on through my mid-20s. My (closed-eye) "vision" would go all white and spotty. It was less agonizing if I could hide in a dark, cool room. The sight of a television screen was excruciating. (And I loved TV.) I was always relieved when (hours later) I finally began to vomit, because that meant I was nearing the end of the acute phase. I would throw up again and again until there was nothing left but stomach acid. Then I'd drink sips of cold water so the acids wouldn't burn my throat so badly and I would continue to vomit until even the acids ran out. Then I would sleep. My head would be what I called "settled sore" for a couple of weeks afterward. These headaches generally happened maybe a month or two apart. When my periods started, the headaches usually came then, and typically every month--some worse than others, but all of them awful.

I went to the ER with one, finally. That was near the end of my battle with debilitating headaches. I'll bet that doctor would be shocked and bemused if he knew that what he said to me was the cure I needed. He gave me an injection of Demerol and told me it was a tension headache.

It doesn't have to be an actual migraine to be debilitating. Lots of people claim to be migraine sufferers who are not (I'm talking about myself--no idea of your correct diagnosis). When I heard "tension," my first remark was, "You mean I'm doing this to myself?" He seemed to think he needed to mitigate what he had said--that I might have been offended, but it was wonderful news to me. If my head hadn't still been throbbing so terribly, I might have broken decorum and hugged that man.

After that, I have made it a point not to allow myself to become so tense. There have been maybe a dozen or more times since then. My life has been difficult in many ways (though others have certainly had it worse.) Somehow I did find a way not to permit that pain to translate into physical tension. I don't know how. It was the doctor's unintendedly magical words which, to me, said, "You're doing this; therefore you can choose NOT to do it."

So, now that I, too, have written a dreaded "novel," let me put this into a (rather large) nutshell:

• Refrain from allowing strong emotion to overwhelm you.
• Refrain from inactivity.
• Refrain from overdoing (or underdoing) it (ie: TV, internet, gaming, eating, exercising, lazing around, too much or too little sun, faux "food," strong negative emotion, giddiness, high ketone foods (chocolate & cheese are examples I need to keep in moderation). Be moderate in all things as much as possible.
• Have a bit of restful quiet time every day.
• Drink coffee (in moderation) but not sugary soft drinks.
• Be careful of wines--some are triggers (for me) Or better, just don't drink alcohol at all.
• Avoid highly processed foods, especially sugars and white flours (incl pastas). For occasional small treats only.

That's enough, and all I can think of at the moment. Take this seriously, though: Inactivity and non-nourishing foods are absolutely your enemies. Both are highly addictive, BUT stay away from them long enough, and you will grow to hate them. And I think, you will also learn to love and enjoy life.

I am a tension headache sufferer as well. I don't get them near as often when I am more active. I also see a massage therapist every 3 months as well as regular chiropractor appointments (I can tell when my tension in my shoulders pull my neck out of alignment as my headaches increase drastically when this happens). I also suffer from allergy headaches (they start between my eyes). As long as I stay on top of my allergy meds I do okay.

 

[BullChick]

Since I’m not competing, I’m not doing extra steps. My bpm has actually improved. Fewer steps equals more zen. LOL!