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I slipped this week I had mentioned on Feb. 22, 2010 that I was giving up Excedrin for Lent. Well I lasted 21 days.

I came down with a headache that I could not shake on Monday and by Wed. morning I had enough of it. I took 2 Excedrin. It lightened the headache enough for me to be able to help at the college lunch our church does every Wednesday for the local college students. The headache was back by the afternoon, but I resisted the urge to take more Excedrin and settled for IB instead.

Excedrin may not seem like a big thing for you, but I have run into others who were addicted to it. I guess there could be worse addictions. But I am back on track and off the Excedrin again. The coffee every morning has helped keep the headaches at bay.

My husband went to a get a blood test today and I went along. In the lobby was one of those TV’s that run the medical propaganda – infomercials. They had a segment on migraines and mentioned that a little caffeine can help a migraine because it affects the blood vessels in the brain. Excedrin has caffeine so it is really the caffeine I am addicted to not the Excedrin. But the Excedrin does provide a nice little buzz and I can even feel it tingling on my tongue before I even take one.

But I am determined. The 21 days was a very long stretch for me. I am not sure I have been clear of Excedrin for that long of a time since my twenties (which was a long time ago).