Pain killers don't work at all in my experience, eventually I got put on something called Tylex which was really strong and very useless.
Occasionally 2 paracetamol and 2 ibroprofen at the same time ease it but it never completely goes.
I have lived since I was 17 with a constant ambient level of tension headache which is worse some days and better than others. About twice a year I have a serious attack (usually at night) which leaves me ill for a couple of days and I usually have to take at least one day off work with it.
There is a new drug on the market called Syndol which contains anti-inflammatories and a muscle relaxant and I have had some limited success with this, but as I said, nothing has ever completely gotten rid of it for me.
Other than that, I had some success when I was 19 by doing the following:
No Caffiene No refined sugar No alcohol (beginning of my body's problems with the stuff) 20 mins mediatation a day Neck and shoulder aromatherapy massage once a week Couple of Hypnotherapy sessions. Removal of all possible sources of stress from my life.
I decided to keep the headaches.
I have heard theories that botox can be used to treat tension headaches but I don't know how true this is.
At about 18 I stopped going to see Dr's about my headache. I had been on four separate occasions with increasing doses of powerful drugs which left me feeling like a zombie but still with the pain. Things may be different now but I haven't gone back to check.
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Date: 2004-07-27 12:19 pm (UTC)Occasionally 2 paracetamol and 2 ibroprofen at the same time ease it but it never completely goes.
I have lived since I was 17 with a constant ambient level of tension headache which is worse some days and better than others. About twice a year I have a serious attack (usually at night) which leaves me ill for a couple of days and I usually have to take at least one day off work with it.
There is a new drug on the market called Syndol which contains anti-inflammatories and a muscle relaxant and I have had some limited success with this, but as I said, nothing has ever completely gotten rid of it for me.
Other than that, I had some success when I was 19 by doing the following:
No Caffiene
No refined sugar
No alcohol (beginning of my body's problems with the stuff)
20 mins mediatation a day
Neck and shoulder aromatherapy massage once a week
Couple of Hypnotherapy sessions.
Removal of all possible sources of stress from my life.
I decided to keep the headaches.
I have heard theories that botox can be used to treat tension headaches but I don't know how true this is.
At about 18 I stopped going to see Dr's about my headache. I had been on four separate occasions with increasing doses of powerful drugs which left me feeling like a zombie but still with the pain. Things may be different now but I haven't gone back to check.