The Headache that Just Won't Quitby Aimee Amodio | More from this Blogger 28 May 2008 01:49 PM I'm no stranger to headaches. When I was in high school and college, I had one sinus infection after another -- and a sinus headache just about all the time. Once I had sinus surgery to cut away the infected tissue (and fix a deviated septum), the first morning I woke up without a headache was like a miracle. My problems with sinus infections have been few and far between since then. Alas, sinus headaches aren't the only type of headaches I get. Every once in a while, I wake up with a real whopper. When I was still in college, I'd skip my classes on days like this and try to sleep away the headache. Now that I'm a grown up, I feel bad about letting a headache sideline me. And yet... am I being guilty of presenteeism? I've had a killer headache all day and haven't managed to accomplish much work at all -- despite sitting at the computer for several hours. I don't think it's a migraine. My mom used to get migraines every month when I was a kid -- they started when she weaned me. She was sensitive to light and sound, and would spend a day (sometimes a few days) laying in the dark with an icepack on her head. Often, she'd be nauseous and need to throw up. Her migraines were hormone-related, and I wonder if mine aren't, too. My headache is nowhere near as bad as a migraine. But still, it's bad enough that it's hindering my ability to work. Ibuprofen didn't help much, but it's just about time for another dose. But I do think the headaches might be hormone-related... the whoppers seem to show up around the same time each month -- about two weeks after my period ends. Of course, it could be stress. Or allergies. Or a bad night of sleep. Or depression. Or a combination of all of the above. I guess I'm lucky that I've dealt with headaches for so much of my life -- I know some tricks for handling them when the whoppers hit. My method usually includes:
Learn more about Aimee Amodio  Aimee is a fiction writer... dog lover... music lover... Relevanthealth tags User Comments silverhair (5) 02 Jun 2008 03:50 PMHave you ever tried chiropractic care for your headaches? Studies have shown that people under chiropractic care suffer from fewer headaches and when they do have headaches they are less severe. I think you should give chiropractic a shot. Community Tags headache, migraine, pain, pain management, sinus headache Discuss this article
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