keto headaches

Morning everyone

I started keto yesterday at a ratio of 80, 20, 0 for fat, protein and carbs. Then switch to 65, 30, 5 for f, p, c.

I got this killer headache that made it feel as if my eyes were going to out and head split open. Is this normal? if it is then how long does it last and what can I do to ease it? Read you need boat loads of water, especially when starting. Any input welcome.

thanks

Never had the headaches myself when I did keto, but know people who have.

Part of the process apparently, as the body depletes glycogen and starts the metabolic switch over to using ketones. First time users of keto often getn headaches and sluggish performance both physical and mental for the first 3 days while the body gets used to things.

Yea i got the headaches bad also but like DC EVO said it goes away after a few days once your body in in ketosis, I also got a dry mouth and woke up like every hour to drink water .

Thanks DC and Greg.

Any other tips for getting rid of them? besides meds and lots of water

Nothing really took my headaches away but if your are strict on your diet it will take about 3 days for them to go away.

GregB1 wrote: Yea i got the headaches bad also but like DC EVO said it goes away after a few days once your body in in ketosis, I also got a dry mouth and woke up like every hour to drink water .

Geez bro you probably thought your end is near! I would have gone to an exorcist :evil:

Ha ha ha the first few days are tough but not that bad i can live with a dry mouth and headache to look good .

My head was also killing me for the first three days, fine now.

So the golden 3 rule has held true. Today was day 4, woke up with no hellish headache. Finally I don't have any of those stupid random carb cravings for toast, dates or those delectable milk bottle sweets.

Haha the carb craving will get bad from day 4, you will want to snack on chocolate and chips till about 10 days in and then it will start to die down. You will go nuts for any thing you see that has high sugar content.

Byron182 wrote: Haha the carb craving will get bad from day 4, you will want to snack on chocolate and chips till about 10 days in and then it will start to die down. You will go nuts for any thing you see that has high sugar content.

Luckily that was only 3 days for me. I was like "must-eat-sweets" :evil: . Today? nothing. I don't even crave bread and the keto sticks I have tested positive