Headaches almost daily - driving me insane!

[tamarie]

hi all,

i'm writing in the hopes that someone out there may suffer the same condition and have some answers for me.

i have been experiencing headaches for at least the last 10 years, and by headache, i mean the type that start small and get painful enough in a matter of hours so that to get through the day i need to take pain medication. they have been occuring noticably more and more often (almost daily, sometimes going for days at a time) over the last few years, and i'm at the point where anything i do causes me to get a headache! i rest for an hour and wake up with a headache, i get on my treadmill, and get off with a headache, so it doesn't seem to matter if i do nothing, or do something, i get them regardless. the doctors just don't know why - and quite frankly, they don't even seem concerned (which gets on my nerves).

so, i just take the drugs (simple over the counter stuff - panadol, nurofen, etc) which hardly ever works, or at least minimises the pounding. sometimes i'm up to 12 tablets a day (3 at a time, 4 times a day) or even 16 tablets, and still have a headache at days end. i am now starting to wonder whether there's a non-physical reason for them. is my chakra blocked? and if so, how do i clear it?!!! is it a symptom of too much computer time? (i'm practically glued to the pc or laptop - run an online business) is it a sign of my body adjusting to the coming 2012 changes?

i'm looking for any reasonable suggestions (without changing my diet or lifestyle) that could help get rid of them. i can't stop taking the pain relief drugs because i just wouldn't be able to function and take care of my 2 little girls, so i have to take the drugs on the premise that they may relieve me, even slightly.

i'm leaning towards the clearing my chakra thing as my next option, but i don't know how to start, and can't afford to see anyone who could do it for me (too many rip offs around to waste money on).

any advice from those in similar situations would be appreciated. any advice from chakra healers would be great too. anyone who could meditate on the answer would be my hero!

thanks for reading...

[Pinktip]

hi tamrie,
i've been reasearching dw's info, project camelot, 2012 stuff heavily for the last month. during that time period i've had a headache right in the center of my forehead (like a 2"circle). also i've needed and extra hours worth of sleep everynight.
i'm not sure if i'm trying to digest to much information or my third eye is starting open up......:d

good luck to you!

[Kris]

i get headaches a lot as well, although not as severe as yours. i know they are caused by different things. sometimes the change in weather can do it; sometimes stress; staring at a computer screen all day and night.

but one thought i had for you - have you had your eyes checked lately? if you are staring at a computer screen a lot, it could be your eyes. as well, as we get older our eyes get worse. i can often get rid of my headaches by putting on my glasses.

other times, it's something else.

it could be that things are just speeding up more and more these days and it's hard for these 3d bodies of ours to keep up.


taking too much pain medication isn't good for you either. it'll do in your stomach. i would see a specialist if your doctors are not concerned.

[Val Zee]

ask the doctor to check hormone levels. i had violet headaches frequently all during my childbearing years and later with hrt (hormone replacement therapy) but they miraculously stopped when when i was no longer getting too many hormones, natural or otherwise. now i haven't had a headache in years. birth control pills are known to also cause headaches in some.

[leo scone]

hi tamarie, frank-o here. you said "without changing diet or lifestyle." isn't having headaches a lifestyle you would like to change? i think it wise to re-examine that idea. i'm going to take a quick wild stab and ask if you are consuming a lot of sugar-free products, things that contain, for example, aspartame. there is an incredible amount of information out there about these neurotoxins in our food, and the effects they have. headaches are definitely one of them. it is potential that dietary changes are exactly what is needed.

as well, i at one point was reading about some pain-blockers and the theory was that they only blocked the pain, which actually re-emerged as a signal within the nervous system after the pain-blocker wore off, thus prompting use of another pain-blocker. essentially, the same pain over and over again. sounds like something the pharmaceutical companies would love (or already do). perhaps less would be more on that front as well.

i see many other excellent thoughts for you in this thread as well, so good luck!

love, blessings, and abundance,

frank-o

[AmelieJolie]

there are many things that could be causing the headaches. have you tried doing your own research into what might be causing them?

a non-physical cause is a possibility, but i would explore the possible physical imbalances or possible conditions which could be causing them.

have you looked into diet and possible allergies, for example?

how do you sleep at night?
i have found that sleep plays a major role in how i feel. if i get too much or too little sleep, it can cause headaches.

like someone else suggested, hormones can also play a major role in our physical well-being. if you find that this may be the cause, changes to the diet and vitamin supplements can help, heal and support your body.
i've started taking a vitamin supplement that has everything in to help balance moods out and pre-menstrual tension. a lot of women, for example, lack in magnesium, which is very important.

anyway, i hope you find what you are looking for.


love & light.

[jpstephens2012]

hello tamarie,

unfortunately almost all illness is the result of diet and emotions and a resistance to changes in diet or lifestyle is doomed to continuation of the same. there are some good suggestions here and i can add to them slightly.

1. don't drink any softdrinks whether diet or not. avoid carbonated beverages of any kind, especially diet drinks containing aspartame or sodium benzoate. limit your intake of coffee and tea. fruit juices and pure distilled water are your best sources of fluids.

2. avoid milk that is not certified to be harmone free. limit your intake of meats or eliminate them all together.

3. do not consume tap water, whether drinking or cooking. stop using toothpaste unless it is fluoride free. if using antibiotics ask for fluoride free formulations.

4. for temporary relief use an anti-histamine such as sudafed instead of a pain reliever, it may be allergies.

i can't guarantee these will solve the problem but i give it a 90% chance of success based on experience not science.

[butterfriends]

your mention of painkillers makes me wonder whether you're having medication headaches:

"you may have a bad spell of tension headaches or migraines, perhaps during a time of stress. you take painkillers more often than usual. you continue doing this for a while. therefore, your body becomes used to the painkillers. a 'rebound' or 'withdrawal' headache then develops if you do not take a painkiller within a day or so of the last dose. you think this is just another tension headache or migraine, and so you take a further dose of painkiller. when the effect of each dose of painkiller wears off, a further withdrawal headache develops, and so on.

a vicious circle develops. in time, you may have headaches on most days, or on every day, and you end up taking painkillers every day, or on most days. some people start to take painkillers 'routinely' every day to try to prevent headaches. this only makes things worse.

the headache of medication headache is often described as 'oppressive' and tends to be worse first thing in the morning, or after exercise."

you might find it interesting to do a search on the phrase medication headache - i had a short period of this and it was very intrusive - regardless, i hope you find something that alieviates the pain soon
lorna

[Firewalker]

my dad took painkillers for his headache's for many years.

some of the most powerful you can get too. solpadine.

they were really bugging him.

one day he remarked to me how wonderful it was. he stopped taking painkillers and his headache's disappeared.

also, just as a side note. did you know the reason someone gets headache's when they stop caffeine is because it stops 30% of the blood going to the brain. so when a person stops taking caffeine, the blood rush gives them a headache.

[!flash!byron!flash!]

hi if you would like to unblock your chakras i recommend [email for] book and start your own mediation practices as i also have headaches in my 3rd eye chakra in the centre of my skull and have just bought a kundalini book on amazon . i just started my practice and things are coming together. drugs are only masking the problem and creating further imbalances, you need to pull the problem out from the root not just numb it, hope this is of some help :d every problem has a cause and a cure to the cause!