Hello everybody, I was wondering does anybody else get migraines from their intrusive thoughts. Let alone even just thinking? Id literally just think any thought and my head is full of anxiety and migraines . If anybody knows a good remedy or a technique please let me know. Love to hear your thoughts/experiences.
Yeah it happens
It happens to me too. They come with nausea and stomach ache. Normally painkillers don’t work. What I try to do (not fully there yet though) is meditate and try to keep busy as much as I can. Ginger and lemon brewed in hot water is a natural remedy that may help, cbd oil too.
@Amanda Denholm Sounds good thank you :) i apreciate it
@haidar7878 If it gets really impairing there are also migrane-specific pills. When I was lamenting these symptoms my doctor prescribed them to me saying: try normal painkillers first, if it does not go away try these, if they make it go away then you know you have migrane. I don’t know if they work the same way for psychosomatic migraines. I never took them. But just for you to know they might be an option you can talk to your doctor about, for very intense episodes only though. They’re quite heavy.
@Amanda Denholm Sounds good thank you I have a psychiatrist appointment today. So il ask them.
Thanks for sharing what you are going through. OCD can manifest in so many ways. I don’t get migraines. However, I have had instances where I get physical symptoms, when battling high obsessions. When the thoughts come up, try not to engage with them nor try to push them out of your head. Often the harder someone fights the thoughts or tries push them out of their mind, the stronger they get. Instead, try to allow yourself to have the thought and respond with a neutral statement like “thanks” or “maybe it’s true maybe it’s not” without engaging any more or less than that. I know easier said than done, but with time and practice it does get better.
I am sorry that you experience this. I used to have a friend who would have awful migraines and she would get so sick and be in bed for the entire day- so I know how debilitating this can be. Have you sought treatment from a medical doctor for migraines? I know that stress and OCD can definitely impact our physical help. A mixture of both medical and mental health can be so helpful in treating this. I do not get migraines per se, but have had some pretty bad headaches and have found migraine ice patches- basically these patches that go on your forehead to be very helpful. I just purchase them on Amazon as they are hard to find.
Do you ever get headaches from your OCD/anxiety? It seems like I get stressed from my OCD thoughts and rumination and it gives me a headache in the back of my head and makes me dizzy and disconnected?
Can anyone give me tips on how when I have an intrusive thought that doesn’t mean I did it. Like I’ll have a thought of something then my head will tell me that I did this .. anybody else deal with this
I am not educated that well with the different types of OCD. But being here opened me up to it all. I am struggling with intrusive thoughts and i can’t stop thinking of those thoughts until i physically feel ill or nauseous. I struggle with getting over things that has hurt me especially when I see the people who have hurt me the flashbacks always come. I am not sure if this is a form of OCD. I just can’t stop thinking of the certain thing and I feel as if I am self sabotaging myself when I have good things in-front of me because my intrusive overthinking thoughts will not stop.
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