Headaches (yes, this is about headaches) 08/24/2005

AUTHOR: Kiara
TITLE: Headaches (yes, this is about headaches)
DATE: 08/24/2005 18:13:09
STATUS: publish
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I appreciate every one's comments about my headaches. Thanks to the well wishers, but as of right now I still have the nagging throb. It's not too bad because I can tolerate the computer tonight for a while.

I have gone & plan to go again to the Dr's about my headaches. Currently we have no insurance. I have migraine pills that are $25 a pill, so I can't always take them, plus the side effects are wretched & it's hit or miss. Mark got me a headache book w/quiz etc... that I've taken & according to that I have every headache there is from cluster to migraine to stress to sinus...

I think what I get most is a combination of migraine & cluster since they get so several at times & last so many days in a row. I've tried everything under the sun that ppl have suggested. From drinking a huge thing of gatoraid at once to "feeling" it go away to exercising. I've taken every OTC drug & a few that weren't prescribed for headaches & even asked my chiropractor. I don't know what to do.

I've had my eyes rechecked, a guard to sleep with for my tmj & teeth grinding (which both can cause headaches) I've had my ears checked & even tried at home therapy massaging certain points of pressure. I've put ice on my head & lay down. Which defeats the purpose since most of the time I wake up with a headache. Oh yeah I try to take "me" time out each day to de-stress and I even went so far as to change jobs to one I thought would be less stressful.

Honestly, I don't think I'm a very stressful person... Sometimes, but I've gotten headaches at the most serene times...

I never used to get headaches till I got a nasty sinus infection April of 2003. Since then I've had headaches from once a month to twice a week lasting from 2 to 7 days. I don't know what's wrong with me, I told my grandma I have brain cancer.

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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Marge
DATE: 08/25/2005 09:31:58
Do you think the tylenol 3 (with codine) would help. I still have some.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: FrogMar
DATE: 08/25/2005 10:32:21
do you sleep with alot of pillows? I know it's an odd questions but you said you wake up with them and it's just something someone once told me ... you have to have your body lined up to have a good night sleep and wake up feeling good and if you use to many pillows you crank up your head which causes head aches. I don't know if it's true but it sounded good! I have a million more suggestions ... give me an email if your curious!
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Kiara
DATE: 08/25/2005 12:19:13
You have my e-mail! Are the Tylenol 3's the ones you gave me when we went to see Mark graduate from the army? Cuz if so those worked the best, with the least side effects. I don't remember what you gave me last time (about month ago) but those didn't really help.
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