[-] GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

I loved the cross-platform approach Kenny has taken, it is stuff that will be useful for years, and stuff like this is tricky to find resources for. :)

Saved for when I am at the "user" stage of my game, beyond "yay saves now work" and the lower level code :)

[-] GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

Ooh for me that would be another "I know I should hear this but somehow haven't!" :) looking forward to tomorrow already to see what's next! :)

[-] GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 days ago

I do now! First album is Illmatic by Nas, and it's been a good discovery so far :) I have a limited knowledge of hip-hop, so this is really cool to listen to! Thank you for the link to this :)

[-] GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

Wow! Now that is a new one. I kind of can see that stress and such is part of it all, but your pain threshold must be off the charts!

I'm written off when I get a bad one, and you're able to use migraines as a chance to reflect... that's very cool, even if I might be too much of a baby to dare try it! 😅

[-] GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

I get you, especially with the triggers. Working with software, especially VR all day is a terrible health choice. :/

[-] GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

I think I'd be a lost cause for days at a time without the miracle of sumatriptan! :)

[-] GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

I did a double-take when I re-read and saw the word "not"!

That's really interesting, I've always darkened or wore an eye mask, hmm I kind of want to try this for science now, but don't want a migraine - I've done my quota for the week!

[-] GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You sold me at cooling pad! That does sound kind of logical in a "good at numbing and relaxing" way!

I'd love to see booze on the health guides!

I have migraines, they're bad, help.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I dunno, you tried getting hammered?

[-] GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

I like the design on my app, the banners are funky and the logo fits :)

I wanted to offer something to contribute, so thought I could add a few sidebar links if they're helpful to others?

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/migraine/ - NHS UK's summary and advice.

https://migrainetrust.org/understand-migraine/what-is-migraine/ Migraine Trust

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml to c/migraine@lemmy.world

I have heard some wacky migraine treatment techniques, and thought if anyone is on here, it could be a potentially interesting light-hearted thing to discuss.

Reddit swore by McDonald's fries (salt intake?), but what prompted me to think to post this was my new DIY "heat treatment" for retinal migraines.

I like warm or cold things on the pain, and cooling strips etc are sold as migaine treatments. So one day I figured blasting my eye pain with a hair-dryer was worth a punt because why not?

Instantly pain free! I swear by it, it is temporary relief like I have never had before! The internet says heat possibly tricks pain receptors, I say dumb method works! I thought this was funny enough to share.

With this tale out the way, what are Lemmy's wacky migraine superstitions or unorthodox migraine strategies?

Edit: blasting one's face with a hair dryer is not medical advice! I am just a moron on the internet, and this is purely anecdotal

[-] GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Thank you for this, I like the idea a lot :) here's hoping we have some good news at last!

It weirds me out to think some younger people will think the past decade was just "normal" as it'll be most of what thaey have experienced.

[-] GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Oh fantastic! :) Thank you, next playthrough I will get things going on Linux in that case, as that's new to me! :) Like a fool I tried nexus mods vortex in Wine initially because I didn't know better!

[-] GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

I can second this! For me it meant that I could finish my game of modded fallout new vegas, and connect to my work's microsoft vpn nonsense (IT support didn't fancy trying it on Mint but that's another story!)

I now have a personal OS that I like, and a windows partition for those few things that I can't be bothered to troubleshoot.

So far the list is just those things and the Unity Engine as Visual Studio debugs better than code in my experience. :)

Having the option to flick back is great :) In the XP days, I loved the WUBI(?) tool that let you install ubuntu dual boot as an exe, but I think that's not a thing these days., :)

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