聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 On the day I鈥檓 writing this, I鈥檓 finding that I鈥檓 having a little trouble focusing on work. There could be multiple reasons for this, what with it 小蓝视频 a Monday. I鈥檓 caught up in weekend memories and housecleaning goals I procrastinated on and a flood of emails in my work inbox. Unfortunately, there鈥檚 another issue plaguing my productivity, and that is the always-beloved migraine.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 My family suffers a lot of headaches, but I鈥檝e found that lately, mine are constant and painful. I was actually having days not too long ago where my headaches would make me so dizzy I couldn鈥檛 stand up. Recently, I saw a specialist and received some medication to take when these headaches strike.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Medication that I, rather foolishly, forgot to bring with me to work today.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In order to combat both the Monday blues and my piercing headache, I鈥檝e decided to take a little trip, courtesy of the great Google, through the Internet in an attempt to find some remedies for headaches. Not normal ones, though, since that would make this quite a boring article. No, we鈥檙e going to find the weird ones.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The first one I found certainly fit my expectations. A blogger swears by taking an electric toothbrush and pressing it to your temple. The vibrations will apparently soothe the headache instead of making your brain rattle around in your skull. Unfortunately, I don鈥檛 have an electric toothbrush in my purse. Surely there鈥檚 another blogger out there berating me for not following her top beauty tips and always carrying an Oral-B in my purse.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Les Brown is a New Age metaphysicist who believes in 鈥榩yramid power.鈥� He claims that wearing a cardboard pyramid will get your headache to completely disappear in 20 minutes, but I don鈥檛 have cardboard and I don鈥檛 want to look even stranger than I do to my coworkers.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Crystals are apparently supposed to help as well, and I do, in fact, have a little amethyst crystal on my desk, which is supposed to be one of the recommended healing crystals. My only issue is figuring out what I鈥檓 supposed to do with it. Do I rub it on my head or something? Just holding it isn鈥檛 doing anything. I鈥檓 sure you aren鈥檛 supposed to swallow it, since that sounds more expensive than just taking a few aspirin.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 All kinds of other folk remedies exist on Internet forums, including one that insists headache sufferers 鈥榯hink of stairs.鈥� Apparently imagining walking up stairs works like magic, and I have to admit, my headache actually feels a little better after trying that one鈥� but then I imagined walking down the stairs and the pain is back and even worse.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Other remedies I found through my deep search through the Internet included putting cabbage leaves on the forehead, wearing rattlesnake rattles, carrying a nut in a pocket, watching oil spread on water, applying dust from the threshold of a door to the forehead, and chewing mistletoe leaves. These seem to run the gamut from odd, to exotic (where exactly am I going to find rattlesnake rattles?), to unsanitary (I don鈥檛 want to rub dust from my doorframe on my head), to flat-out deadly (mistletoe is nicknamed the 鈥榢iss of death鈥� for a reason, after all).
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Some of the remedies just seem to take up far too much time, in my opinion. A rumour in California states that someone should wear a wreath of raw potatoes on his or her head for a headache. When the headache disappears, the potatoes will turn black, but if I have to wait for the potatoes to rot, that could take up to five weeks.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 One remedy insists that I put olive oil in water, and if it takes the shape of two eyes, my headache will disappear, but how long is that going to take? What if the god that makes Jesus鈥� face appear in toast and eyes appear in olive oil is taking a vacation? What if my head hurts too much for me to squint at water? It could take forever! That makes the treatment where I place a piece of hair under a rock and keep it a secret for seven days far more appealing. Though supposedly, since I鈥檝e told you all, I鈥檓 not going to be healed now.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Maybe my best bet is to go buy some Tylenol and keep my fingers crossed.
