Question:
How do you deal with the morning headaches?
I have read posts from people who have complained about headaches. How do you deal with them? I am still waiting to hear from my insurance regarding wls and due to a recent weight gain (I am guessing here) I have terrible headaches in the morning. I use Breathe Right nasal strips and Flonase nasal spray but I still wake up with headaches, every morning. Aspirin/motrin doesn't help and sometimes I can get relief only with Imitrix Nasal Spray for Migranes. I can only get 6 per month from my insurance and they are too costly to buy without. Does anyone have this problem and have you found a way to deal with it? — Mary G. (posted on February 17, 2000)
February 16, 2000
Have you had your blood pressure checked lately? Is it close to your
monthly? I get migranes that last about 4 to 6 days, the week before and
the week after my period I assume from the hormone change. I used to take
imitrex, but stopped cause they were producing bounce back migranes,(i was
getting them even more often). Now at the first sign of a migrane i take an
execedrin migraine and it that doesnt work i just live with it, for the
days that it is with me.Prior to me knowing I had high blood pressure, i
was having them nonstop alwaays worse in the morning...hope this helps
— Linda C.
February 16, 2000
Hi Mary: I agree, get your blood pressure checked. Also, morning
headaches can be caused by sleep apnea. Do you snore excessively or have
sleep apnea? That could be it! I know I had a headache every morning
while I had sleep apnea. EVERY morning. It was terrible, 'normal' pain
meds like Tylenol or Ibu didn't really help it. WLS cured my apnea, no
more headaches! Good luck. Jaye
— Jaye C.
February 17, 2000
Mary,
I just read all previous posts answering your question. Several mentioned
sleep apnea. I have sleep apnea and I can tell you from experience, the AM
headaches are killers. Please have a sleep study done. If you truly have
sleep apnea (which is a co-morbidity) you may be given a CPAP machine to
use while you are sleeping. Breath Right strips did nothing for me,
neither did the OTC anti snore pills. There is supposed to be some kind of
spray on the market now, but in reading the Sleep Apnea list, most have
very limited luck with it. Snoring connected to Sleep Apnea is more that
just an embrassment, sleep apena and the sleep deprivation it causes are
dangerous. It effects not only your bodily health (heart, lungs, high
blood pressure, alertness, memory, etc, etc.) but it can be very dangerous
when it comes to driving or other tasks. Take care.
— Sharyle L.
February 20, 2000
In regard to your headaches, I had chronic migrane and cluster
headaches for years. Sometimes they would wake me up in the
middle of the night when I had felt fine when I went to bed.
Excedrin helped to relieve the pain for a few hours but I had
to keep taking it repeatedly, so much in fact, that I medicated
myself into ulcers. Imagine my surprise since having RNY surgery
in October that , not only have I lost weight, but I have lost
the chronic headaches. I have had only 4 minor headaches in the
past 4-5months. Personally I think that having too much sugar
was causing my headaches since I no longer eat anything with
added sugar and I have no more chronic headaches. You might
try cutting out sugar completely for a week or two and see
if it helps you out.
— Lois S.
February 22, 2000
Another possibility regarding headaches is caffeine withdrawal, especially
those of us who are soft drink and diet cola fiends. I am in the process
of weaning myself from my beloved Diet Dr. Pepper now and I have
experienced some headaches. The best way is to do it slowly instead of
going cold turkey. I won't rid myself of caffeine completely as I will
still drink tea and coffee, but my 6 pack+ per day DDP habit has got to go!
Just thought I'd share.
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