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Derekrex


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Yeah I get those crazy eyeball to the back of the brain headaches too. Feels like I got shot with a pellet gun in the eye. : / It's been getting better though. Thanks for all the love and attention on the matter.

-Derek



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I seem to gain a headache every arvo and by evening I have to take paracetamol+codine. I messed around with rubbish 20 years ago and really had no probs when I decided I'd had enough(user not abuser). So whilst on treatment and since I can't have a beer, i'll take what ever I have to to get though this. I do and always have drunk plenty of water so I feel for me as long as within (usually well under) recommended dose, I'm not going to stress about it. Good luck to us all ....onward!!!



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Shaun wrote:

I would get these headaches behind my right eye and in the right rear of my head. I also had a hard time drinking enough fluids. Lack of appetite made it hard to drink fluids.

Water was the best cure, at least 8 glasses a day. Ibuprofen helped a lot too. Appreciate your honesty Derek. I would be very hesitant to take painkillers myself because I was in a similar boat with opiates 13 years ago.

 wow. i have headaches sometimes too, niggly ones, in the right rear of my head as well.  i eventually take an OTC painkiller, as im in the same boat, been clean now about 18 months, so dont want to take any narcotics... been there done that...



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Wow thanks surfergirl! I'm gunna look into all this stuff. I really appreciate the suggestions and help. I'd rather do the natural stuff if possible. :D

-Derek



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your headaches are probably from treatment but not necessarily.  They may be caused by something else...it is so hard to tell what is causing what on treatment because we are on so many drugs and there are so many side effects.    Keep a journal of:

1.what time of day your headaches come on

2. how much water you are consuming.

3. how much sleep you are getting

4. what you have eaten that day before the headache.

5. what stressful things did you encounter that day.

This will help you determine where it is coming from.  

Check out the American Headache Society at http://www.americanheadachesociety.org/

Also, it could be stress in the neck/shoulders or an issue with your cervical vertebrae.  This is called "referral pain" and where you feel pain might not be your problem area...it is just where the pain is showing up because nerve roots feed that particular area.  Try stretching your neck and shoulders.  Here is a link to some stretches you could tryhttp://www.memorialmedicalgroup.org/SMIEd/neck%20strain%20rehab%20exercises.pdf

Lastly, there is a physical therapy technique called trigger point therapy that is helpful too...here are some tips on that so you can do it yourself:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4PHaGSc3ME

 

good luck and try to stay off the drugs...try natural things first :)

aloha,

Meghan



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Thank you all for the advice and support. I havent been feeling very well so havent felt like writing much. thanks again.

- derek



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Derek--sorry about the headaches- I have started have more of them myself and I drink a lot of water. My doc said I could take one ibuprofen and one extra-strength tylenol--it helps to knock back the pain. My best friend is a massage therapist--lucky me--and she gives me a massage almost weekly. That really helps relieve all kinds of pain, stress and helps me relax.
Hang in there!!
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I would get these headaches behind my right eye and in the right rear of my head. I also had a hard time drinking enough fluids. Lack of appetite made it hard to drink fluids.

Water was the best cure, at least 8 glasses a day. Ibuprofen helped a lot too. Appreciate your honesty Derek. I would be very hesitant to take painkillers myself because I was in a similar boat with opiates 13 years ago.

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Five years clean is like a whole lifetime, and 4 months on tx twice as long. You've come a long way Derek. Hang in there. I have taken a few Vicoden during tx for some back pain, and probably a few that I shouldn't have. I good friend and advisor put it bluntly. If I'm not willing to hand them over to my wife for control, I may have a problem. She was shocked to put it mildly. Water is a miracle drug, but completely unnatural for me. I have to stay on top of it constantly.



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Awesome Anna! You're almost there. It's got to be exciting. That is a good way to look at it. I am mixed between the way you are looking at the situation and partially feel like my headaches are ways my body is telling me to eat more Narco's, not that that makes any sense. But I am just a little bit worried. Thanks for the encouragement. I too believe getting through this is the most important step in life at the moment. Good luck achieving SVR. And thanks for the words.



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Most important thing is to keep sharing about it and take what you need but no more. Let someone close to you know exactly how many you are taking and how often. You will be OK.  Who wants to be strung out on norco or ativan. Not worth it at all. You will be done soon. You are over the hump now. You are going to have a wonderful clean and hepatitis free summer starting in a short while.I can't wait to get all these drugs out of my stytem including the ativan. I don't like how any of it makes me feel. Hugs



-- Edited by Anna Christie on Thursday 15th of March 2012 03:05:26 AM

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Derek, so sorry u are having such bad headaches. The water hopefully will help. Sounds like you are taking the pain pills appropriately. I feel like I will take whatever I have to to finish this treatment and once done get off of it when these drugs are out of my system. I started taking Ativan after 3 months for sleep and panic like anxiety. I don't know if I could have finished the treatment without it. I have one shot left. I consider this an acute medical problem and will take what I need to while having this acute problem.I will not continue to take Ativan afterwards. Sounds like u are doing good considering the situation you and we all are in. This treatment is rough and hard to do. Hugs!!! You don't have long to go now. The end will come. 



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Wow, thanks guys. Come to think of it I'm not drinking nearly as much as I was in the first few months. So that could be a easy fix. I forget to drink enough water, Which I'll push very hard now to do so, if it may be able to help with this... Thanks for the feed back.

My doctor knows about my past, I told him about all the things I'd done in my past. I was one of the few who felt badly and was sick a lot before treatment. So I explained all these things before I had all my blood tests done. On that note, I feel the medicine is much more important then it is harmful. I dont know how I could deal with the gnarly pain without them. And thank god, I'm blessed with a very strong will and had a rough enough past with the drugs that makes me never want to be there again. More then anything. So I'm very glad my Dr. let me make the choice, which may not be best for most. But it sure will help me get through this treatment and into a better place in life. I do find myself wanting to eat it when the headaches start to come rather then wait for them to get crazy bad, but now I'm trying to stick them out unless I NEED them.

Thanks again both of you, for contributing so much to the forum. You help so many. I'll drink as much as possible and hope that it will get better. And if not, I realize I'm doing this for a better life, and to stick these things out is worth it. :D

-Derek



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First off I'd like to say congradulations for using your head and trying to not take those things all the time and also for 5 years clean my man. I had headaches and they were usually resolved with a large amount of water. Drink alot (it always took me a lot of water). It's most def worth a shot. I hope you feel better.

God bless,

Mike 



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Hi Derek! good to see you again. I know everyone on treatment is all about water, I presume you are consuming copious glass-fulls. Dehydration is a terrible culprit.

Yes dear, do be careful with those Norco, I think you are wise in taking a break every few days, but even so...how are you doing being on meds like that considering your past? Does the Dr. know about your addiction? Geeze honey, I wish there was a way to get you some help, I don't suppose Ibuprofen 800's would work? Or the old stand by...ice pack. Try the water anyway, it can't hurt. Good luck, Blessings, Iris



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I'm just past the 4 month mark, so I'm not on Incivek anymore, Just Peg and Interferon. I've been having crazy headaches and Migraines through the whole treatment but they're getting more often and more painful. I have them atleast 5 days a week and the pain is never fully gone. Does anyone else have this problem?

My doctor prescribed me Narco (like vicodan) which helps tremendously but being an x herion addict (clean for over 5 years), I am hesitant to use for more then 3 days in a row which leads to very painful headaches. I'm just wondering if this is something other people are dealing with too and if there are any tricks to help out.



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