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>>> Any unsubstantiated theories? Wild speculation? Baseless diagnosis?
>
> Will random guesses do as well? :-)
Sure, why not?
>> Possibly hypoglycaemia.
>
> Was my first thought, too. Though it doesn't fit the symptoms I
> experienced myself in such cases, but maybe that's just "personal style".
I gather one of the other symptons is nausia, which seems kind of ironic
given that the best cure is apparently to eat something...
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>>> Possibly hypoglycaemia.
>>
>> That was my thought too. However, it seems hypoglycaemia produces a wide
>> range of symptons, and I only had one of them.
>
> It is not obligatory to have all the symptoms. ;-)
Sure. But only one of them? That's kind of improbable.
>> Also... why the **** would I suddenly have hypoglycaemia one day? It's
>> not as if I've just had a blood transfusion or I haven't eaten for
>> months or anything...
>
> It is a judgement from One on High for swearing with asterisks.
Oh goodie...
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> So yesterday I was feeling fine. And then around 3PM, I started to develop
> a headache. Now I should point out that for me, a headache is a very rare
> event. And I still have *no idea* what caused this one. It's conspicuous
> that yesterday was my first day back at work after a week off,
I pretty much only get headaches on the first day back at work after some
time off. I just put it down to suddenly having to concentrate for 8 hours
a day without moving about much, and didn't really think any more about it.
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scott wrote:
>> So yesterday I was feeling fine. And then around 3PM, I started to
>> develop a headache. Now I should point out that for me, a headache is
>> a very rare event. And I still have *no idea* what caused this one.
>> It's conspicuous that yesterday was my first day back at work after a
>> week off,
>
> I pretty much only get headaches on the first day back at work after
> some time off. I just put it down to suddenly having to concentrate for
> 8 hours a day without moving about much, and didn't really think any
> more about it.
If by "concentrate for 8 hours a day without moving much" you mean
"spend all day at work surfing the Internet like what I did at home
during every single day of my week off", then... oh, wait...
(And, as I say, I almost *never* have headaches. Certainly it's not a
routine thing for me.)
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Tim Cook <z99### [at] gmail com> wrote:
> Sounds like the migraines I get that are triggered by (and corrected by
> fixing) my poor sleep/eating habits. They can also be triggered by
> sudden change in caffeine level in body.
Note that "migraine" is not a synonym for "headache". Of course I don't
know if you are indeed a sufferer of the syndrome, but it just sounded
like you were simply using it as a synonym.
Migraine is a neurological syndrome with a variety of symptoms besides
headaches. In the worst case migraine can be even lethal, if not treated
(of course you would go through hell before that happens, so it's not like
it doesn't give you a warning). Headaches, on the other hand, can be caused
by a myriad of other reasons than migraine.
AFAIK it's not atypical for a person to become more susceptible to
headaches as he becomes middle-aged, even if he never drinks any
caffeine. This can be triggered eg. from lack of or poor sleep, something
gets aggravated by age. (When one is young and energetic, one could go
on for 48 hours without sleep with no problems, but as one gets older,
lack of sleep can become really stressful and present itself very
typically in the form of persistent headaches which won't go away until
proper sleep patterns are returned.)
--
- Warp
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Am 10.08.2010 12:33, schrieb Invisible:
>>> Possibly hypoglycaemia.
>>
>> Was my first thought, too. Though it doesn't fit the symptoms I
>> experienced myself in such cases, but maybe that's just "personal style".
>
> I gather one of the other symptons is nausia, which seems kind of ironic
> given that the best cure is apparently to eat something...
Yup.
As a small kid I had it all of the time, whenever I forgot to (or
refused to) eat in the evening. In the morning, it would then be too
late, and my digestive system would insist on being underpowered to deal
with the breakfast, so right back out with it.
Best way to deal with it is actually to take some glucose to give your
body some short boost, /then/ eat something substantial as soon as you
feel a bit better. And of course give your body as much rest as
possible. That should get you back "up & running" within two or three hours.
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On 2010-08-10 07:18, Warp wrote:
> Note that "migraine" is not a synonym for "headache". Of course I don't
> know if you are indeed a sufferer of the syndrome, but it just sounded
> like you were simply using it as a synonym.
>
> Migraine is a neurological syndrome with a variety of symptoms besides
> headaches. In the worst case migraine can be even lethal, if not treated
> (of course you would go through hell before that happens, so it's not like
> it doesn't give you a warning). Headaches, on the other hand, can be caused
> by a myriad of other reasons than migraine.
It was my eye doctor that told me they were textbook migraines after I
started getting them in middle school...they start with parts of my
vision getting all weird flickery and turning into large blind spots,
which subsides after a while, followed by a severe headache in the eye
regions combined with nausea and extreme sensitivity to sound and light.
Actually, lately I've just been getting the first stage...the rest has
been mild if it happens at all.
--
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.freesitespace.net
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Am 10.08.2010 12:32, schrieb Invisible:
> Perhaps I drank less tea on Monday. However, the "tea" that I drink
> might more accurately be described as "warm milky sugar-syrup with trace
> amounts of leaf tannins". Surely the amount of caffine it contains is
> negligable. And besides, I tried drinking more and it had no effect. Nor
> have I ever suffered tea withdrawal symtoms before.
Maybe the "tea" has become an essential part of your daily
anti-hypoglycaemia diet?
Also note that "brain work" burns quite a lot of glucose. (Though I'm
not sure from your anecdotes whether your daily work does qualify as
"brain work" :-P)
Still just random guessing though.
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>> Perhaps I drank less tea on Monday. However, the "tea" that I drink
>> might more accurately be described as "warm milky sugar-syrup with trace
>> amounts of leaf tannins". Surely the amount of caffine it contains is
>> negligable. And besides, I tried drinking more and it had no effect. Nor
>> have I ever suffered tea withdrawal symtoms before.
>
> Maybe the "tea" has become an essential part of your daily
> anti-hypoglycaemia diet?
It's plausible I suppose. Still, sometimes in summer I go for weeks
without drinking any tea at all, with no ill effects. (I switch to
drinking fruit juice, rather like what I did yesterday.) So I still
don't think that's the cause.
(I also may have exaggerated the amount of sugar in my tea. I did not,
however, exaggerate the amount of *tea* in my tea!)
> Also note that "brain work" burns quite a lot of glucose. (Though I'm
> not sure from your anecdotes whether your daily work does qualify as
> "brain work" :-P)
>
> Still just random guessing though.
Yeah, well, even when I'm laying in bed my brain never really switches
off. I'm the kind of person who will go for a walk beside a beautiful
lady, watch the ripples on its surface, and wonder what the transfer
function of a 2D system with surface tension is, and whether it acts as
a one-pole low-pass filter attenuating high frequencies, or what degree
of dispersion it introduces. Seriously, there's something wrong with me...
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clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Also note that "brain work" burns quite a lot of glucose. (Though I'm
> not sure from your anecdotes whether your daily work does qualify as
> "brain work" :-P)
I'm pretty sure that constant frustration and facepalms do burn more
glucose than any brain work you could do... :)
--
- Warp
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