HEADACHES WHEN LAYING DOWN, SITTING IN A RECLINER?

[Zoso]

Please give me some advice.. HELP!!!! I have headaches all day every day....... worse when laying down to sleep, or in a recliner!
When I lay down in bed prone, I begin to get a headache. It is Not the pillows, not the position. When I wake up my head is in horrible pain., bad headache. The same when I sit back in a recliner. When I get up to walk, it subsides. But does not go away.
I have been to all the test. MRI, Cat Scans, x-rays' you name it. All negative, brain scan, neg also. Chiropractors', trigger point injections, facet injections, even acupuncture, no help from the headaches/pain.
Have you heard of this type of headache? Worse when laying down ??When I get up from sleep, and get out of the bed, the pain subsides a bit, from a 10, laying down, to a 4 or 5 all day every day. Again increases when I lay down in bed at night. It is terrible existence.
Please help me out, or steer me in the right direction.
I am seeing a Neurologist right now. Do I have, Occipital Neuralgia, Giant Cell Arteritis, too much or little Brain Fluid, Cervicogenic Headaches?
Any idea what type of headache I suffer?
I am very healthy, 51 year old male, no smoke, no drink, blood pressure excellent... I am 6' 2" 185 lbs, active, normal, work full time.
I live in Palm Springs Ca.
Any advice??? I thank you very much!

[DubsJ]

first of all, find another md!  you need to see a neurologist and maybe even a headache specialist.  have you ever had an occipital injection?  i was getting occipital steroid injections that were bringing some relief unit my insurance decided they were not necessary any more. i did no fight it b/c the relief was not as good as i was hoping for.  i am now taking trileptal as a preventative med and it is really helping!  i take 300 mg 2x/day.  there are side effects that, for me, have lessened over time, and are far less incapacitating that having such frequent migraines.  mine headache numbers are down from high teens to 20 days per month, to mid to low teens!  hope this can help you!
ps-botox is now approved for prevention of migraines,  ask your md about occipital injections and/or nerve blocks

[DubsJ]

sorry for the multiple posts, my page timed out so i did not think it went thru!  i then spent a long time trying to find u again, but couldn't remember your full nickname 9not the # s) so please try this and please message me and tell me if you have gotten any relief
feeling your pain,
Jen (DubsJ)

[DubsJ]

as u did not mention your age (wink wink, me either) maybe u should consider hormone changes.  these can affect women of any age, and contrary to popular belief, perimenopause (or pre-menopause) can happen to women of any age.  i think i have had it since my mid to late 30's  have u ever considered a low dose continuous birth control?  i use that for terrible, ongoing menstrual h/a's.  also, use ice!  particularly at the base of your skull.  this can help shrink the inflamed vessels that may be contributing to your h/a.  i sometime use 2, one at base of skull and one on top of my head, just for some pain relief.  hope these tricks work for u1

[lazyginny]

And to Zoso's post on March 27, 2009. When I read your post I actually thought you were writing about me. Whenever I tell "one" of my many Dr's. That my headaches always seem to start in the evening as soon as I sit in my recliner to relax and watch tv, boom here comes the headache! It's insane. They just look at me like...huh, I've never heard of that before and I can assure you that sitting in your recliner has NOTHING to do with your headaches. Let's try giving you some Nortriptilyne for those tension headaches and see how that works! I live in Arizona, that medication makes you so dry you can't talk and have to suck on lozenges all day it's insane, and if you don't mind being constipated all the time then be my guest!
So after that discussion not going very well I went on to tell him I couldn't get enough sleep at night because my head felt like it was going to explode! Worse toward the morning hours. His suggestion was to find a new pillow that sleeping shouldn't have anything to do with making my headaches worse. On the contrary, if you have a headache you should go lay down!!! Haven't we all heard that before?! I'm not a morning person, never have been but the only relief is to get out of bed. Problem is I'm back in bed before long for a nap trying to catch up. It is never ending, a very vicious cycle.  I'm only 59 and started migraines when I was a teen with just PMS migraines for 3 days a month. 20 years ago they increased a lot. Menopause came and everyone said I'd be rid of them well that's come and gone and didn't happen. 10 years ago the migraines came every day!!!! 5 years ago these so called "tension/sinus" headaches came on with a vengeance every single day and still have the migraines. Dr. Says that's rare, people don't usually get both. But then again DR's DON'T READ WHAT WE ARE WRITING HERE AND ARE NOT LISTENING TO US!!!!! Otherwise they would see a pattern amongst us, we're not all making up the same symptoms but yet they've never heard of them before?
I do have a trashed neck do to arthritis and have a lot of muscle spasms a tightness in my neck and shoulders. Know this is the ONLY thing to me that makes sense for these recliner and laying down headaches. So, with all that being said and having tried everything else I can think of.... I am going to try and find a way to relieve my muscle tightness in my HEAD NECK and SHOULDERS, and be diligent about it. Good luck to all of you who suffer with me, we will get through this with God's help.

[jrb216]

I too was at Camp Lejeune from 83 to 85 when we all got transferred to supt. battalion from 1/8. I have had these headaches for years and could never figure out why. Had a headtrama when I was in the corp but, no one could explain. I just could not understand why I can't even sit in a recliner and rest my head back without getting the pressure ,pain and headaches. Never have gotten an answer. Just that u have migraines. I hope your still around on the website and can share some info on the water issue at Camp Lejeune.I put in for the claim but, have not heard anything back.

[philforlife22]

I too have this, except I will already have the headache and then when I lay down it gets worse.  You are not alone.  This could be something as simple as tension headaches, which you can have all day.  That's what I think I have.  Read this post and good luck!   http://www.*************.com/sleep-disorders/sleep-problems-2402-108.html?ic=506048