Headaches

byFloridagrany

343 followers

5 years ago

I want to share my life experience with headaches. When I was in my 20's I enjoyed having a few coctails sometimes on friday nights. Hence, TGIF. Since I worked all week I felt like I deserved it. My favorite coctails were rum and cokes. Then I graduated to Bicardi and coke and Captain Morgan and coke. I also loved Margaritas, Schnapps, white russians, sangria, basically any sweet drinks but three was my limit and I didn't mix. So when I did indulge, on saturday morning I was NOTa happy camper. Hmmmmm? I wonder why? Well, ya, uugghh! OH NO!! OH YES!! HEADACHE!!! (another word for hangover) uugghh!

I would go into the medicine cabinet and grab some over the counter pain killers. Then I would go to the freezer and grab some ice and put it in a plastic zip lock bag and tap it around my head and neck.

I would open the blinds and look ouside and the sun would be shinen all over the place, the sky was blue and the puffy white clouds were slowly making their way across the sky. OMG! what a gorgious day!! Another gorgious day in paradise. Naples,Florida.

I always wanted to go to the beach. Ya, I think I'll go get ready and go to the beach. No. forget it. I can't. I have a headache and it really hurts too much. I can't go out in the sun its too bright and I don't wanna be suffering in front of people and ruining their day.

Back to bed in the dark room.

Some saturday nites I would work at a second job and if I had one of my headaches that day I remember taking up to 1800 mg of ibuprofen before going to the job and still having the headache until I got home at 11:45pm. Then, I would take an extra strength sinus/allergy pill or two or up to three and become drowsy and fall asleep. Next morning awake feeling a little medicated but Yay!! No Headache!!.

I consumed quite a bit of ibuprofin, extra strength excederin and extra strength sinus/allegy pills. The sinus/allergy made me drowsy so I could only take them when I was at home.

These headaches continued and I finally realized one day that I was getting them when I hadn't had any alcohol for over a week or two. I decided to go to a doctor. I was given allergy meds to try and try and try and try, etc. I was prescribed Claritin, Allegra, Zertec, Singular, Flonase, Rhinocort, Astelin to name a few that I remember.

I gave up. I was done with the doctors practicing on me. This was now after 1992 and then I was 40 something years old. So I carried on the best I could and I just wanted to be happy. Being pain free was being happy to me.

IN 2014 I finally decided to go to a homeopathic doctor. I think I was 60 years old. I found a nice female homepathic MD who left the medical industry for the natural healing industry. I told her I think I am suffering with sinus headaches. I asked if there was a natural cure. She directed me to get tested for FOOD ALLERGIES! RIght away! She did not mention any medications. I was so shocked about her not wanting to use me for practice. ( Here try this here try that.)

I got the test and my results. Turns out eggs are the worst food for me. Funny story about eggs. I was about 8 years old and my aunt Rose was taking care of me and made me a soft boiled egg with a slice of toast buttered and cut into strips for dipping into the egg yoke. I loved that as many people do. But I hated the taste of the egg whites. Aunt Rose made me sit there until I ate the egg whites which took me about a day and a half. Well maybe not that long but it felt like it to me. I choked down as much as I could and felt like throwing up.

I never got headaches back in those days. Back to my test results. So the next terrible things for me to eat are gluten, wheat, dairy, to mention a few. Yes there are more. I couldn't believe it! I left the office somewhat depressed but also somewhat happy to start my new way of eating eliminating these foods. I was so looking forward to not having headaches.

I was extremely careful for three months and can honestly say it worked! To this day I know I have to stay away from eggs,wheat, gluten and dairy or plan on having a headache. It may take 3 or 4 days for the headache to rear its ugly head. Thats what makes it so hard to determine which foods are the cause. I have to be mindful of what I eat at all times. Some things may be gluten free but when I read the ingredience they have eggs.

I got this insperation to write about this subject from reading the live chat section here at WA. Someone is leaving because she is suffering with excrutiating pain. She is taking prescription medication and it is not helping. Obviously!! I asked her if her doctor suggested a food allergy test. Guess what the answer was. The answer was NO. I am so appalled that a doctor would send someone away to suffer like that!! I know different people have different issues. But this person is in excrutiating pain.

I sent her some info and I hope she will at least try to start TODAY to eliminate eggs, wheat, gluten and dairy it will not hurt and it might be the answer to her nightmare like it was to mine. Its not an easy way to live but for me its the only way and no medication!!!

I'm also afraid of how this INFLAMATION in my head when I have a headache is affecting my blood vessels and wonder if It could possibly cause something to happen that could be fatal. I quit all pain killers a few months ago because I don't trust the side affects from them. I have a constant ringing in my ears I think its called tinnitis and I wonder if all the over the counter pain killers that I have taken for so many years have caused it.

Thank you for spending your time here with me. If you have any questions please dont hesitate to ask. I wish all of you to have a happy, healthy, long and prosperous life! Deb/floridagrany