God I miss NSAIDs. In addition to medication overuse headaches, pay attention to your kidneys if youāre using NSAIDs a lot, though lower dose aspirin is better than most in that respect.
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& pay attention to your stomach, my gastro swears up and down that my GERD and gastritis were caused by my (constant) use of ibuprofen before my endometriosis surgery
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I very much doubt Iāve taken more than 60 Aspirin and Paracetamol in my entire life to date so Iām hardly an addict but thatās what would bother me, the potential side effects. Itās tempting since the neuro more or less suggested it to try Soluble Aspirin for the rear head pressure. Not because it is painful, but because of the apparent knock-on effect on my balance. Trouble is, itās a slippery slope, If it worked, I might become tempted to keep repeating the experiment until it became a habit. And I donāt want that to happen. Helen
Then set guidelines. No more then a certain amount in any given day and week. Rescue drugs are regulated. Two per day no more than two days in any given week - that sort of thing.
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Endometriosis for me meant a steady diet of NSAIDS and in the months before surgery - codeine. My husband remembers that as my worst time. I think the surgical adhesions and MAV combo are worse, but maybe thatās because Iām essentially unmedicated and donāt resort to rescue meds unless Iām actively vomiting, have major aura or the symptoms have pushed me back into bed for days. Or maybe itās just living on narcotics means you donāt remember much. And that was a discrete period with an end.
Yoga helps me. I was a little hesitant at first to try it when I have bad head pressure flares, but it really takes the edge off for me.
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Is that tension headache? Ibuprofen may help and try meditating also.