I have a really bad headache, what can I do?

Question:

I've had it all day and I've taken medication for it twice. Its too soon to take some more. And it just keeps getting worse! what can I do to help it?

Answers:
Try a cold compress over your eyes and temple lay in bed with this and take a tylenol pm. Hope you feel better. If you arent any better soon go to the er.

Sounds like you might try a different med..I like Advil, and excedrine when that doesn't work. If you still can't get rid of it, try seeing your doctor, you might be having a problem with migraines.

Sometimes a towel with ice cubes laid on the back of your neck can help. Have you taken Excedrin with Caffeine in it? That will generally make my worst one go away. They make you a bit wired but they relieve the pain.

Maybe
~Take some migraine med's (best option I'm sure)
~Press on your temples and find the spot that reduces the pain.
~Eating
~Go to sleep
~Also a heating pad over my neck and forehead have helped me (especially if my headache is caused by neck stiffness)

Sounds more like a tension headache. Or and eye/headache.

When all else fails the only thing that works. Its going to sleep in a dark dark dark room with night lights, no sound.

Since over the counter meds are not helping and it is getting worse that means it is time to head to urgent care and get it checked out.

hey! drink a glass of cold milk, you can add any flavors desired...... u can also sleep for a couple of hours . this will reduce ur head ace

Usually, i'd say, go to sleep, but I learned that a headache can be a sign of an anyeurism, so u shouldn't sleep with one.

eat, if that doesn't work, turn our most of the bright lights and keeep an ice packe to your head. you may need to go to the hospital for kidney failure though. you're showing a lot of the symptoms my cousin had a few weeks ago and when she went to the hospital, they said her kidneys were failing..good luck.

I get really bad headaches all the time so I take Motrin (which is the only thing that works for me.better than Excedrin) and lay an ice pack under my neck. I was also told, but never tried, to put an ice pack on my head and a heating pad on my stomach. The girl who told me that said it would confuse my body..and I guess it would get rid of it. I don't really know.worth a shot though. Good luck!

Headache is a pain in the head, scalp or
neck. Headaches can becaused by minor problems like
eyestrain, lack of coffee or moreserious reasons like
head injury, brain tumors, encephalitis andmeningitis.
Taking painkillers continuously can have harmful side
effects, so it is better to modify your lifestyle. More information
available at http://tinyurl.com/q8696

If this keeps up, please call your doctor or go to the emergency room. Severe headaches that don't respond to medicine can be a sign of stroke. Please be safe.

I have a really bad headache, what can I do?

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