Headaches just about every day - Headaches & Migraines Message Board

maryfbex · 05-19-2005, 03:52 PM

I was just wondering if anyone out there has headaches everyday like I do? When I don't have one, I feel weird, like, "Wow, I don't have a headache, it's a great day!" I try to get as much as done as I can before one comes on, it's usually sinus or stress I try different things to see what works. I used to take Imitrex for the actual Migraines I get, but decided to just try to deal with them on my own. Also, does anyone out there always get a weird headache, usually on the tope of your head, anytime you go out in the sun? I live in FL so avoiding the sun is impossible. My sister loves walking outside and doing stuff in her garden, but I always get a bad headache? Are some people just born sensitive to the sun or the heat? I don't know.

Mz Migraine · 05-19-2005, 04:30 PM

If you are suffering from daily headaches/migraines, suggest that you ask your doctor about Topamax. It will cut down on the frequency of migraines & migraine attacks. You take it everyday.

I also suffer from occipital migraines (top of head). When I go out in the sun, I never leave the house without my, Zomigs, sunglasses & hat. I love the heat but my migraines don't. I live in New Jersey.

photo2001 · 05-19-2005, 11:26 PM

Hi,
I've been getting pressure headaches for the last few weeks, almost every
day. I went to my doctor tuesday and he feels it is stress related. I will be
getting a battery of blood and neurological tests soon. I'm a little freaked out
though and am imagining the worst. I do feel some tension in my neck and
shoulders and am trying to work it out with trigger-point therapy. I do it myself with a thing called a Theracane, and book about this kind of therapy. It seems to help the pressure while I'm doing the treatment, but they come back shortly after. I am also taking meds for high blood pressure, Vasotec and Metoprolol (Metoprolol can have all kinds of nasty side effects, and I'm wondering if it is causing my headaches, it's a beta-blocker). I also take
Xanax, Prevacid, and was just started on Effexor XR for depression. I would love to get off of all this stuff, but they are all things you can't just stop taking. And my BP has been in a good range. Any advice welcome.
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dd annie · 05-19-2005, 11:36 PM

Hi, I have a quick suggestion. Maybe check your home and area where you go a lot for mold. It can be hard to find, but it can cause frequent headaches. I had them for more than a year and just recently found that there was mold in the vent and in my bathroom. I had been to the doctor and hospital due to the headaches and given migraine medication to sinus medication. Anyway, I removed the mold and after a week my headaches just stopped completely.

I completely understand how you feel. Getting so many headaches makes life hard, and when you find you do not have a headache, you wonder when its coming back.

I would avoid anything I thought would give me a headache, that's not fair, you can't just stop your life for a headache. I hope you can get to the bottom of the cause of your pain.

Annie

Leocat · 05-20-2005, 04:14 AM

Hi

I have got headaches all my life , now I get them everyday. I am forever taking painkillers. No idea why , I am currently trying to get anti depressants which I know can cause haedaches but I have suffered from them even before I ever took Anti depressants.