#self-care
Headaches are the bane of my existence.
As someone with ADHD, my brain is always ticking and processing something regardless of my choice. It may happen in the background i.e. subconsciously, or in tandem with other thought process, to top it all off it also varies from person to person and while I appear to have mild ADHD, it's more severe the more I provide perspective on how my mind works.
As someone that is effectively a thought processing machine and a programmer, solving problems on a basis with a headache is counter-intuitive, a huge pain to have around, can render me incapacitated at important times, and provide other side-effects that vary from person to person.
However, I am not writing to solely complain (yes I admit that I partially am lol) but to also document what I do to resolve my headaches, you may read only the bold text to skim read or in full to understand roughly why they help:
- Drink tea - the small hit of caffeine is what helps the most due to it acting as a b