since getting covid and w a history of head injuries

that’s it that’s the post my head just fuckin hurts always now and I want to gripe about it online

  • plinky [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    11 days ago

    do you know if it’s blood pressure related or neurological?

    (also have you tried cold showers for the head (1-2 minutes), it helps sometimes (i tried it, works like 30% of the time on my headaches) to relax muscles if it’s pressure related)

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      11 days ago

      def neuro, comes with some wicked visual snow as well. never thought about a cold object on the head, a cold shower sounds intense but maybe i will start with like a bag o peas on me nut. thank u for the suggestion

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        you can freeze wet towel as a cheapo reusable option meow-fiesta but i think cold compress is not exactly the same as it is prolonged (still worth a try!), compared to shower.

        it’s not full body cold shower, just neck-up, so can be done even in the sink, if your faucet is high enough (although if you have long hair definitely too much hassle). i think the theory was some vessels might relax after cold shock in the neck and skin, and help circulation or something, dunno if it’s some belief or real shit tbh.

        It kinda feels like head goes numb from cold, and then sometimes with numbness headache disappears (and sometimes doesn’t, but still pog when it works, takes like 10 minutes to determine what happened and go to drugs if it didn’t)