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Headaches from bridge Anyone get them?

Poll: I regularly get headaches after bridge (16 member(s) have cast votes)

Do you regularly get headaches after bridge

  1. No (11 votes [68.75%])

    Percentage of vote: 68.75%

  2. usually after 1 session (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  3. usually after 2 sessions (1 votes [6.25%])

    Percentage of vote: 6.25%

  4. occasionally (4 votes [25.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 25.00%

  5. Always (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   CSGibson 

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Posted 2014-January-28, 15:53

So I tend to get headaches after bridge, but not after any other activity in my life, and I know that I have had partners who are the same way. Is this a unique problem, or is it fairly common?
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Posted 2014-January-28, 15:59

I used to when playing pint-a-board. Bit old for that now (and more fastidious about beer quality, for which bridge clubs are not renowned)
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Posted 2014-January-28, 16:36

I have headaches too but not only after bridge, after anything that requires constant focus for long hours (usually testing or checking something thoroughly). I think they might be related to having too much coffee meanwhile, although not sure you drink coffee. I just sort of assumed it's bec of coffee for me.

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Posted 2014-January-28, 23:12

I normally get headaches after extended periods of strenuous mental activity. How long is "extended" and how hard is "strenuous" seems to depend on my overall level of fitness and sleep deprivation.

That's been the case since before I drank coffee.
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Posted 2014-January-29, 03:41

I think extended mental effort is part of it, but I think physical causes like dehydration play a part as well. I find having fairly regular drinks of water does actually help reduce headaches from a long bridge session.
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Posted 2014-January-29, 04:06

I'm actually a bit the reverse, if anything. If I'm feeling a little off (be it headaches, upset stomach, tired, anything really), I'll feel better while playing bridge. Waiting for a session to start or between tables can cause me to feel off again, but sitting down to play gets me right back in a good space.

Occasionally after a really long strenuous day (like after the 64th board of the day) I'll be a little more tired and wiped out than before we started, but usually I'll feel like I have more energy after the session than before it. This can be a problem if I'm supposed to go to sleep within a couple of hours of finishing a session.
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Posted 2014-January-29, 04:08

I get headache as part of the withdrawal symptoms if not playing bridge. After an 84 boards midnight session I get a bit dizzy but headache, no.
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Posted 2014-January-29, 08:58

I always get them the next morning when I wake up, since bridge nights finish too late and my brain is too active to go to sleep quickly.
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Posted 2014-January-29, 10:23

View Postmr1303, on 2014-January-29, 08:58, said:

I always get them the next morning when I wake up, since bridge nights finish too late and my brain is too active to go to sleep quickly.


Does this also depend on how long you stayed at the bar afterwards? :)
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Posted 2014-January-29, 10:54

When I have to start play at 1000 their time (with a two-hour time lag to "back home") I frequently have a headache to go with the rest of the issues. But then, bridge starts too early, and if they had a session that started at say 1900 or 1930 so I could think about the hands for an hour or so before bedtime, it would be nice.
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Posted 2014-January-29, 17:25

I don't get headaches, but I do get insomnia. Or rather my standard level of insomnia gets replaced by a much higher level.
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Posted 2014-January-30, 05:08

View PostCSGibson, on 2014-January-28, 15:53, said:

So I tend to get headaches after bridge, but not after any other activity in my life, and I know that I have had partners who are the same way. Is this a unique problem, or is it fairly common?

Are you drinking enough during the session?
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