My atkins headache cure!

[inkindulgence]

So since getting on atkins 4 days ago, I have had a nonstop headache all day and all night. I have had bad headaches before, and started going through the process of trying to fix it.

I took tylenol one day, advil later that night, excedrin the next day, and when all that didn't work or do anything, I tried precription vicodin...still nothing. So I finally tried something yesterday that I didn't really think would work, but it did! My headache went away almost completely and as long as I kept taking it didn't return! Ready.......BENADRYL!!! I don't know how, but it totally did the job the others wouldn't.

So hopefully this will help someone that is having bad headaches that they can't figure out how to get rid of...give benadryl a try.

[kimbat06]

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Thanks for the tip! I had bad headaches my first couple days but so far they have subsided

[TheMasterMind776]

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Benadryl has sugar in it if I am correct. That's why your headache probably went away. Your body is used to taking in sugar.

[inkindulgence]

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Aspartame (sugar) is only in chewable children's benadry tablets. the benadryl capsules for adults have none. the only nonactive ingredients are Celluloses, dicalcium phosphate, D&C red No. 27, polyethylene glycol, polysorbate, starch, stearic acid, titanium dioxide, wax, and zinc stearate.

[kristenxo]

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I think cellulose is a form of sugar. I'm not an expert though.

http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/consumer/faq/what-is-cellulose.shtml

[inkindulgence]

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IIIiiiii didn't find anything about sugar in there...except that it derives hemicellulose from sugar, which isn't the same type of cellulose found in anything we eat. Also that its found in carbohydrates.

[inkindulgence]

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http://fdb.rxlist.com/drugs/drug-4375-Benadryl+Allergy+Oral.aspx?drugid=4375&drugname=Benadryl+Allergy+Oral

look under "precautions" and it tells you what forms have sugar in it.

[TyCowboy]

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Cellulose is undigestable or at least minimally digestable. It is configured in such a way structurally so that while it is essentially a polysaccharide containing long chains of glucose (specifically anhydrous glucose), they can not be broken apart in the human stomach. If you're a cow, a deer, or a rabbit, however, you may have some problems, but human stomachs can't handle it. So if you're typing with hooves or paws, and you have multiple stomachs, watch out!

Hemicellulose as I understand it, are essentially the foundations of sugar alcohols.

Ty.

[inkindulgence]

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Thanks tycowboy well put! good explanation! Oh and I should have been clearer with my last post...*aspartame (OR sugar)* as aspartame is just a sweetener.

[TitianWasp]

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4th week, wicked headaches all week. Argh. I will try the benedryl.
Cellulose is the structural material of plant architecture. Largely undigestible unless (as previously noted) you have 4 stomachs or are a termite.

[inkindulgence]

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Darn my 4th stomach!! It always was trouble....

[byfaith]

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Thanks for the info. I have headaches weekly so I will be glad to try something new and see if it works. Most of mine are food intolerances so it might just work.

[valcan]

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Hi Taylor,

Did you continue to lose while taking Benadryl? If you did then then I would not worry about it.

Val

[7Miriam]

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I had terrible, terrible headaches off and on (mostly on) during the first 10-12 days of Induction. Then they went away. I think they were due to breaking my body's addiction to carbs. Now I only get them occassionally, when I've gone to long without eating, and they are very mild compared to the bad headaches I used to get when I needed to eat pre-Atkins. Also, after they want away, I realized that I had gotten so used to having hypoglycemia headaches pre-Atkins that I didn't even realize that most of the time pre-Atkins I had at least a mild headache. When the background mild headaches went away towards the end of Induction, it was wonderful.

So just hang in there!!!! And hopefully your headaches will get better in a few more days.

[Cinnamonstick]

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Headaches here also week one...