Headache sametime every night

[crwstar]

Have you ever heard of a headache that comes on at the same time every night? That's how my headaches began in November. They would come on around 9 pm every night - always on right side of my head - and subside for the most part in the morning. As of late they have been day and night since last month. I've not had a break for 7 months now. I have a few other things going on but don't want to complicate my question. I don't smoke or do drugs - At one point I stopped all supplements. I changed my nightly routine and it didn't matter where I was in the house or if I was at class the headache would come. I have had MRI/MRA and some things were found but I was told they were not the cause of the headache.

Thanks for your assistance.

[crwstar]

Thank you very much for your reply - I read up on the link and in the beginning (headaches since Nov 07) looked this up as well. Problem is I'm 39 and the headaches have always come while awake and intensify thru the night usually subsiding in the morning. When I read up on hypnic headaches I was originally hopeful that it was what was going on. Are there variations on the diagnosis of this?

I'll go out on a limb here and ask this because the docs I've talked to so far have said this can't be it and so I stopped mentioning it. Back in Nov I had a trauma to my right eye where I was pulling some large boxes out for recycling. The boxes were flattened and as I was pulling them out I was nailed in the eye - it felt like my eye was pushed to the back of my head. Here's the thing - it was the first thing I mentioned to my pcp at the time and to the neurologist I saw and they both dismissed it. But is it within the realm of possibility that I could have broken some blood vessels from the force in there because again it literally felt like my eye was knocked to the back of my head.  I'm asking cause on the link you sent it gave some other options - To me its the simplest explanation and what preceded these headaches - could be a coincidence though. What do you think?

Thanks again for looking at my question.

[Dr_Aparna]

Hi,
Yours  may represent hypnic headaches, sometimes called "alarm clock headaches." Hypnic headaches begin only during sleep, usually awakening the person at the same time every night. Some people also have daytime naps interrupted by hypnic headaches.
The pain can be mild to moderate and usually lasts from 15 minutes to two hours, but occasionally longer. The exact cause isn't known.
Treatment may include a  dose of caffeine before bedtime,Lithium ,Indomethacin which is an anti-inflammatory medication .
ref:http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/nighttime-headaches/AN00992