Massive Headache - Week 3 1/2

[happierme]

Okay,

I have had the worse headache for two days. It's making my entire head pound and spin. I feel kind of sick and lethargic. Shouldn't I have already went through the withdrawal stage of Atkins? I feel really crappy and my head won't stop pounding.

Chris

[Terry]

Any chance you have allergies?

At 3 1/2 weeks you should be way past the induction flu stage as your body should already have gotten rid of all that yucky stuff in the first week of induction.

Hope you are feeling better soon!

[happierme]

Hi,


I thought so. I never had the headahces or flu like symptoms so I am just kind of baffled as to why I am having headaches now. I don't know if I have allergies. Could it be pollen this time of year?

Chris

[Finelly]

Nope, not induction flu. Let's see:

- doing anything physically different in the last 5-6 days? When I started doing free weights on upper body, I got a headache because of some muscle thing in the shoulder....

- Are you experiencing the heat wave that the rest of us on the west coast are going thru? That is a MAJOR culprit.

- drinking enough water? Try at least 100 fluid oz per day.

Here are some things that work for me:

* take 4 ibuprofin (800 mg). It will usually knock it right out. That's the same amount as prescription form of ibuprofin, so it's safe.

* if you belong to the gym, go and do an upper body workout on the machines. It will bring more blood flow to the shoulders and neck, which is where many headaches start.

* Drop 25 lbs of frozen bratwurst on your foot. (my mom did this. Broke 2 toes, but the headache went away.....lol)

* Get a massage.

Hope it gets better!