Tension Headache: Episodic or Chronic !!!

By taking an antidepressant, your headache may improve. Manage your headache with the right tension headache treatment.

Tension type headaches are also called tension migraine headaches. Some people that have migraines will be diagnosed with tension type headaches, going into migraines.

Have you gotten that diagnose? Make sure you have the right diagnose.

If you have headaches only intermittently (not often) then over the counter products, such as aspirin, or ibuprofen will do the trick.

But you're reading this, and I doubt if you have headaches once in a while. We hope you don't have them often.

What should you do if you have chronic daily headaches?

There are two types of these headaches. Since doctors don't know what causes these headaches as well as migraines, you have to learn how you can control these headaches as best as you can. Reading a book about headaches can enlighten you on many more methods you can apply to the management of your headaches.

If you have tightness or pressure that feels like a band is being squeezed around your head, and mild to moderate pain, this is a tension headache.

If the pain is severe, you may be having a migraine attack, especially if you are nausea, and have migraines.

You can print out this migraine, and headache

diary, and you may find a pattern that precedes these events. The diary for migraines can be a big help for migraines, as well as headaches. Like a migraine, a tension type headache has the same things that trigger it also. Stress, not enough rest, not enough sleep, some food or drink may start your head hurting.

Two more things to give thought to are your sinus , and your eyes. You know that eye strain will give you terrible headaches. I had headaches when I was young, and my eyes had gotten to the point that I was straining to see. After I got glasses the headaches went away.

So give this some thought.

In some people being depressed or anxious can have a tendency to throw off a tension headache. A small dose of antidepressant can sometimes help a great deal.

What will tension headaches respond to?

They will respond to:

#(1)Massage your temples.

#(2)Rest if you've overdone it.

#(3)Exercise brings relief, but keep in mind, exercise can make a headache worse in some people.

#(4)Relaxation works wonders for headaches.

#(5)Hot or cold showers will often give relief.

#(5)A proper diet will help your tension type headaches.

Many migraine sufferers have found migraine relief by eliminating something in their diet that they can't tolerate.

Two types of tension type headaches !!

The first is the episodic tension type headache. This headache can last from a few hours to a week. The symptoms to this type of headache are.

#(1)Both sides of your head will hurt.

#(2)You won't be sick or vomit, and light or sound won't bother you as in a migraine headache.

#(3)You will be able to go about your daily functions, unlike a migraine, where you go to bed.

#(4)And like we said above, you'll have the gripping, and pressing.

Next is the chronic tension type headache which is a banger.

These headaches happen at least half of the days of a month, and in some cases you may be taking something every day for the pain. In other words they go from one here, and there, to almost every day.

If this is the case you may be giving yourself rebound headaches, and don't realize it. Tension type headaches could be called morning headaches because you may wake up with them.

Don't take pain medicine everyday for your tension headache. It may make it worse. Find your trigger factors if you can, and maybe a preventive will get you back on track.

You can find more info from Web Md on all types of headaches, and also our last page is about severe headaches, and our next action packed page in on stress headaches. We do hope this answered your questions about tension headaches.

Wishing all a pain free day.

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