The Headache That Wouldn't Leave
By Wendy
@jerzgirl (9291)
United States
January 19, 2016 6:20am CST
I woke up with a headache yesterday. It just wouldn't budge. I slept most of the day after I got home from taking my daughter to work and it still clung to me like flypaper.
I already take an aspirin a day and Naproxen, so I didn't try taking any more of them, but finally took a couple Acetaminophen before leaving to pick my daughter up, but that didn't do anything either.
Finally, around 9:30 PM, I made a cup of coffee because it crossed my mind that I hadn't had any caffeine all day. I went to bed just before 10 because I couldn't stay awake.
My headache was gone when I woke this morning at 6! Halleluiah!! And, I discovered I hadn't even drunk all the coffee. LOL I hurt so bad last night I didn't even remember not finishing the cup. (Coffee doesn't keep me awake.)
Have you ever had a headache that was a real pain in the ... head?
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
19 Jan 16
I had on on Christmas and the day after, I thought I was having an aneurysm and it really worried me, it finally went away but I get headache of and on all the time
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@jerzgirl (9291)
• United States
19 Jan 16
I had one in 1985-ish when I was working at the IRS in Ogden that I ended up going to the ER for - couldn't even drive. My husband's niece had to take me (and she didn't like me one bit, so she wasn't happy about it. LOL) Everything on my body hurt because of it. If you touched me, it hurt. If I moved my arm, it hurt. They put me on Demerol and I was literally knocked out for a week before the headache went away. I just woke up one day and it was gone. They didn't try to find out what caused it and my insurance denied payment because it was "just a headache". I WISH it had been JUST a headache. Haven't had one like that since, but it unnerves me when I have one that won't go away all day.
@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
19 Jan 16
Yea, not enough caffeine causes those kinda headaches and they can be really painful so don't forget that coffee when the next one shows up.
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@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
19 Jan 16
If I am short of caffeine that happens to me. That does not bother me as much as the ones that do not respond to anything. I do not get them anymore, since I take a Calcium/Magnesium supplement.
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@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
19 Jan 16
Coffee can be a first aid to headaches. I read it somewhere online.
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@jerzgirl (9291)
• United States
19 Jan 16
I know that they add caffeine to some aspirin for that reason, but I've also been drinking more coffee over this past several months than I used to. I know that a sudden withdrawal from caffeine could cause a headache. I'm not sure if if helped for either of those two reasons or if the headache went away on its own. But, I'm thrilled that it's gone.
@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
20 Jan 16
I am glad that I do not experience it often and when I do, I just have a very light headache. I just ignore it at times or take in some paracetamol.
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