Deja vu and headaches.

[kate]

marina is off to DC for the day, and she'll be sleeping at synecdochic's tonight and tomorrow because of my brother, ARG. I mean, I love the boy so much, but seriously, his communication and sense of timing suck. He's taking his super duper comfortable bed back to Boston tomorrow, and sleeping on it tonight. With the new potential boyfriend material. I like the new potential boyfriend material, actually, he's sweet and funny and they seem to get on quite well. But still. I wish he could have pushed this back a weekend or two. He's also taking his computer chair back, which means we need to get something for soleta to sit on.

I just had a massive deja vu; it was this SGA fall meme over on LJ. There's a bit of fic, and then a pic of action figures with a quote, and between that and the response to it, it was SO sharp. I remembered it exactly - so much so I checked to see if it was perhaps the old meme they were referencing, but no. And I remembered the John Hannah thing that was on the TV and the red blanket I'm sitting under (which we just pulled out for Marina last night, so it's not like the red blanket is something that's normally around for me to sit under). So clear, seriously, it was bizarre.

Also, I have a headache I can't get away from. I've tried Advil, stretching, lots of water, and it just won't budge. I don't have headaches like this; dehydration ones are taken care of with lots of water and any other ones I have (eyeball headaches, tension headaches, or slight caffeine withdrawal headaches) are all handled with an Advil or two (and sometimes stretching my neck). I've had four Advil and four glasses of water now, and my head's still pounding. :(

On the other hand, it is a glorious 50° outside. It can stay like this until next spring, please.

Comments

[evilawyer]

Hope the headache goes away.

(Have you tried breathing in steam, maybe with a little bit of eucalyptus leaves boiled in the water? The change in the weather sometimes makes my sinuses act up in non-nose ways, which results in a headache even though I'm not congested. Encouraging the nose to work so I can blow it has helped.)

[jesse_the_k]

Headache remedy: bag of rice (beans/peas). freeze for 1 hour or nuke for 2 minutes. recline. roll a handtowel so it just touches the back of your neck (don't hyperextend the neck). place hot/cold bag on forehead, with extra covering top of head. relax for 30 minutes. if you still have headache, switch hot and cold and repeat.

[dandelion_salad]

Maybe try a heat pack? I put dry rice in a sock, tie a knot in it, and heat it in the microwave for a couple of minutes. If it's too hot, wrap it in a towel. I usually find the heat helps my headaches when nothing else will. Hope you feel better soon!

[sian1359]

Way late, I hope, but have you tried saltines for the headache -- I know it sounds very counter-intuitive, but when I get migraines, crackers and caffeine sometimes work where even my prescription stuff didn't always.

[springwoof]

Seriously hope your headache disappeared by now.

As the sufferer of many Fall & Spring headaches, I second your reader who talked about sinuses possibly contributing to a headache that pain pills won't touch. If her remedy wasn't effective--although it should be--try a decongestant along with your pain meds next time. The hot/cold compresses are also good ideas.

More headaches in the Spring/Fall are often due to more allergens floating round for your sinuses to react to, plus leaf-mold & other mold-type allergens. You might also want to get on an all-day allergy med like zyrtec.

(a second cause of headaches that pain pills won't do much for: sensitivity to atmospheric pressure changes. If your doesn't-respond-to-pain-meds headaches often come just before or just after storms, that might be the cause. there's not a lot you can do for these buggers, just suffer through them...)