Does anyone else get one right after a big deadline ends, not during?

Really glad you shared this. What has helped me most is treating it as a prevention question rather than a treatment one. Track your own triggers for a few weeks, get ahead of the risky days, and protect the lip barrier before the sun, wind, or a bad night of sleep can set things off.

Yes, every single time, it's like my body holds it together until the pressure is off and then finally lets the tingle through. I used to think I was imagining the pattern until I started writing down the dates and it lined up almost perfectly with the week after each crunch.

Yes, every single time, it's like my body holds it together until the pressure is off and then lets go the second I finally relax. I used to think I was imagining it but the timing has been too consistent for too many years now.

Yes, every single time, it's like my body holds it together for the crunch and then the second I finally exhale, boom, there it is on my lip. I've started treating the week after a deadline as the danger zone instead of the deadline itself, which honestly helped more than anything.

Yes, every single time, it's like my body holds it together until the pressure is off and then goes "okay, now we crash." I've started treating the week after a deadline as recovery time instead of celebration time, which feels a bit sad but honestly helps.