Self Cure Success Story

[CindyA]

I love these boards and just came across the headache topic. I had to share my story of my personal cure!

I had been having chronic headaches (5-14 per week)nearly all my life--well, since about age 17 or so. They were not migraines, but enough to have me popping lots of pills. At 20, my doctor considered doing a cat scan and suggested I add more protein to my diet.

That never seemed to help much and I chalked it all up to stress, smoking, life and "just the way my body is."

I quit smoking nearly five years ago and that didn't help stop the headaches. About two years ago, at age 35ish, I thought about a little experiment and decided to stop taking my birth control pills. From nearly the first day without the pills, my headaches STOPPED. I occasionally get headaches now, but it is definitely NOT a daily occurrence.

Yes, I realize this is NOT a cure-all for everybody.

Regards,

Cindy

[kayakmom]

SO glad you found something that worked! I too have daily headaches, still looking for my answer. You give me hope to keep looking into it.

[mlgable]

If you would have read the literature that came with your BC pills you would see that one of the MAJOR side effects of the pill is headaches. My question is why in the heck didn't the doctor ever suggest you go off the pill to see if that was the cause of your headaches? Seems to me like your doc wasn't doing a very good job if he never suggested that to you.