Does anyone get frequent headaches

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I have had headaches since I was about 8 years old. I am now 43. They are worse then ever now. Especially during the female time of the month. For example yesterday which was only 8 days before that time I got a headache I took ibuprofen (2) it didn't go away so 6 hours later I took (2) more ibuprofen. Still didn't go away and I went to bed with ice pack on my head woke up to a bad headache so I took (2) more ibuprofen. Still waiting for it to go away. anyone else going through this. I try to watch what I eat. No msg if I can help it. Very little sugars. No caffenine. I exercise regularly on the treadmill 15 mins a day when I don't have a headache. Plus I take 250mg of magnesium. I shouldn't even get headaches. Is anyone going through this and what do you take for headaches? I thought of having a cat scan. I did have a concusion from hitting my head after falling off bike when I was about 7-8 years old. My mom has had headaches but nothing like me. Nobody gets them like me. I used to get sick to stomach as a kid when I would get them. They did get better as I got to be a teenager but now the last year they have been awlful especially  during pms or after.

AshGreenEyed · Answer

I suffer from headaches also, and mines down to a neurological disorder. But during my hunt to find answers, I had a lot of specialists say that women's headaches/migrains can fluctuate very much along with their hormone levels. A lot of them said that puberty/pregnancy/menopause process can huge affect the headaches. It can start them, stop them, worsen them. I could be a hormonal thing? Have you checked your hormone levels? :)

VanessaMD · Answer

Hi

Your headaches have been present for years already .It is necessary that you have this assessed by a physician. The presence of a history of a head injury or concussion may be significant as this has been associated with the onset of the headaches.

A baseline CT scan or MRI scan may be necessary. A scan of the cervical spine will also be helpful in excluding an underlying spine problem. Although migraine headaches may be a likely diagnosis in this case, other underlying conditions like musculoskeletal pain ,ear and eye problems also need to be ruled out.

jkgirl221 · Answer

Some people get headaches for no reason other than they just get them.  I seem to fall in that category.  I'm working with a neurologist now to maybe take steps to see if there might be a different reason.  You name it, I've explored it.  Could it be headaches due to your birth control if you are on birth control?  From what I gather, you are getting worse headaches/migraines nearing that time when normally your horomones change and likewise, if you are on the pill/patch, so does your pill.  If this sounds familiar, I would talk to my OBGYN.  There are other options out there for BC.  My doctors thought that was the problem with me, which wasn't, and I switched methods of bc a couple of times before getting the Mirena implant which has horomones that have limited (if not at all) horomones that go into the blood stream.  Let me know if that helps at all.  Also, I never had luck with IB.  Try something like Excedrin Migraine but only take one at first.