Headache

Hmm, I also find that drinling Diet Coke helps with headaches. I assumed that the caffeine was waking me up.

If you have a headache definitely DO NOT SLEEP during the day as it will make it worse.
Do some exercise if it is not a full blown migraine and it should ease the tension, it does with me.

Yeah I agree with Bide about the Panadol Rapid. It disolves or you could try Aspirin. But you cant take these if you have any clotting disorders …you can also try crushing the tablets and mixing with jam and quickly swallowing them as they will be bitter..
I agree with Bide’s Suggestion of the home remedies, they are good.

You could also try tiger balm its really good to rub on areas where it is sore on your head

Kimbee, if you’re taking paracetamol but hate swallowing you can try taking Panadol Rapid, it dissolves in water and has a lemon taste, so you just drink it instead of swallowing the tablet/capsule.

The best home remedy is to put an ice pack wrapped in a towel around the area where it hurts. sometimes heat works for people, I find that it just makes the pain worse, but experiment to see what’s best for you. If you don’t have an icepack, put some ice in a plastic bag and wrap that in a towel or use a pack of frozen peas.

Sometimes it helps to massage your neck and wrap a wet, cold towel around it.

atm im having pretty bady migraines it’s been going on for two days with taking paracemol panamax
ill admit that i only that 1 a day i reaali hate swallowing tablets ima go for the coke resolution but does anyone have any home remedies that could help?

So true – I hate it when I can’t take something straight away.

Wow thats interesting I never knew this and I am in health care ;-(

If you do feel it coming on, you need to take something straight away otherwise it doesnt work later on when it is worse

Yes I agree goddess, now I need to just make sure I have coke on hand for when a headache breaks out, lol.

These are clever ideas i’ve never heard of before, i get the worst migraines and headaches so might try this with the cola. Can’t try the energy drink as they muck my electrolytes about & cause me to pass out. Total pain in the @ss as my body’s so sensitive to things I can’t just eat or drink whatever i want. I find panamax helps if i take it during the first twinge of pain but if i leave it too long not even padadeine forte helps me, and i’m allergic to anti-inflammatories so nurofen etc are out, makes it hard to treat migraines without old fashioned remedies most times.

Apparently you can also try taking pain killers with something like V – as the guarana speeds up the absortion of the pain killer.