I have been doing intermittent fasting for over 3 years off and on. As long as I can remember I have always been prone to headaches. I do see a neurologist for them. Now up until the last 3 months or so there has been nor correlation of getting headaches when I am fasting. Actually in 2020 when I really started to stick to a consistent fasting schedule I went several months without a headache. Which is unusual even under the best circumstances.
I regularly do a 43 hour fast throughout the week. Lately I have been getting a headache around the 24 hour mark. There is no good medication to get rid of a headache 3 or 4 times a week.
I assumed it was an issue with electrolytes so I started making sure I used supplements. I put lyteshow in my water and btw I don’t drink anything but water while fasting. I have tried a few different supplements that are pills that I take periodically through the day and none of that has helped at all.
The other day I tried eating when my headache started to see if that would get rid of my headache and it did. Though I have only tried this solution once so far. For now I have switched to one meal day but I would prefer to go back to my every other day routine.
Most of the stuff I have found online has been for people who are just starting out with fasting. Does anybody have any suggestions?
Thank you
TL;DR
Been fasting for a long time, recently started getting headaches from fasting. Taking more electrolyte supplements has not helped. Eating gets rid of headache.
Have you ever tried taking allergy meds like loratidine? I used to get headaches 5 days out of 7 and would get one if I didn’t eat by 2pm. My husband convinced me to start taking loratidine and now I only have a few headache days in a month and mostly around my period. I really thought he was nuts but it worked.