is it like that my jaw is not aligned anymore?the headache is like a migrane, and goes down to my nape and also sometimes at my back...
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it sounds like your jaw has some kind of injury. if it's getting worse now, it will keep getting worse until you're in pain every day. see your MD.
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You feel a headache coming on, so you reach for a pain reliever. Or maybe you take pain medication in advance — even every day — to stave off frequent headaches. After all, that's what pain relievers are for, right?\n\nThink again.\n\nPain relievers offer quick relief for occasional headaches. But there's a limit. If you find yourself taking pain medication more than two or three days a week, you may actually be contributing to your headaches rather than easing them. It's a cycle known as rebound headaches.\n\nThe cycle starts when you take too much headache medication — more than the label instructs or your doctor prescribes. Soon, your body adapts to the medication. You may not even realize that you've been dosing yourself too often until you miss a day and your head starts to hurt again — sometimes more intensely than before.\n\nThe only way to stop rebound headaches is to reduce or stop taking the pain medication that's causing them. It's tough, but your doctor can help.\n\n\nNEXT: Signs and symptoms  ARTICLE TOOLS \n Print this section | All sections \n Larger type \n \n\n    more information     Rebound headaches — also called medication overuse headaches — tend to occur every day, sometimes waking you in the early morning and continuing throughout the day. The pain may be most severe at first, when the medication begins to wear off.\n\nSometimes, a rebound headache causes dull, achy pain. In other cases, the pain may be throbbing or pounding.\n\nYou may notice other signs and symptoms as well, including:\n\nNausea \nAnxiety \nRestlessness, irritability and difficulty concentrating \nMemory problems \nDepression Nearly any pain reliever can contribute to rebound headaches. But some medications are more likely to lead to rebound headaches than are others.\n\nSimple pain relievers. Common medications such as aspirin, acetaminophen (Tylenol, others) and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, others) may contribute to rebound headaches — especially if you exceed the recommended daily dosages. \nCombination pain relievers. Over-the-counter pain relievers that contain a combination of caffeine, aspirin and acetaminophen (Excedrin, others) are common culprits. This group also includes prescription medications such as Fioricet, Fiorinal and Esgic, which also contain the sedative butalbital. \nMigraine medications. Various migraine medications have been linked with rebound headaches, including ergotamine (Ergomar, others) and triptans (Imitrex, Zomig, others). Interestingly, the ergot dihydroergotamine appears to have a lower potential for leading to this problem. \nOpiates. Painkillers derived from opium or from synthetic opium compounds include combinations of codeine and acetaminophen (Tylenol with Codeine No. 3 and No. 4, others). These can lead to rebound headaches as well. \nDaily doses of caffeine — from your morning coffee, your afternoon soda, or any pain reliever or other product containing this mild stimulant — may fuel rebound headaches as well. Read product labels to make sure you're not wiring your system with more caffeine than you realize.\n\nTrouble sleeping Anyone who has a history of migraine headaches, tension-type headaches or other chronic headaches is at risk of developing rebound headaches from the overuse of pain relievers.\n\nRebound headaches aren't typically an issue for people who use pain medications on a daily basis to treat conditions such as arthritis\nTreatment\nTo break the cycle of rebound headaches, you'll need to restrict how much pain medication you use. Depending on what drug you've been taking, your doctor may recommend stopping the medication right away or gradually reducing the dose until you're taking the drug no more than twice a week.\n\nStopping pain medication isn't easy. Expect your headaches to get worse before they get better. You also may experience withdrawal symptoms such as nervousness, restlessness, nausea, vomiting, insom
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It could be any number of things but you need to go back to the doc and get him to keep checking until they find out what is wrong.  With the migraines you need to see a neurologist and get these under control.  Also if the doc can't find out what is going on then ask to be sent to a specialist.  For now see your regular doc as well as neurologist for the migraines and find out what is going on.
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Hi Caroline! I hope you're resting,by now,and feeling better!:)\n\nI,too,have a strong headache today,but mine is all about stress.These last ten days or so were not easy,a lot of work to do and the computer giving me all kinds of problems.But I'm taking care of myself,no worries.\n\nMy Mom uses to have headaches related to sinus and I've asked her what to do.She agrees with the persons who answered before me,especially about the heat(unless there's an inflammation.In this case,cold is better),and sends you a big hug!:) We both will keep you in our thoughts and hope you'll be better soon,soon!:)
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It sounds like it may be migraine associated dizziness. It is not uncommon for people who have migraines to experience dizziness along with them.
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Go see the specialist, you need to find out what's causing the headaches.  It could be sinus-related, migraines, or high blood pressure.  I had migraines for many years and I had exhausted all OTC meds and after seeing many doctors and being on meds did I get it under control.
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hmm, it sounds like 3-4 hours, that would be when you might have eaten something?  What are you eating?  It could be something you are chewing or crunching that is irritating your TMJ.  The TMJ ones I get are similiar to migraines but not as bad and pain meds don't touch them.  \n\nFeel around the jaw and joint, do you feel any hard spots like spasmed muscles?  Anything hurt?  Do your temples hurt?  \n\nTry warm, moist heat on the temples and jaw area.  Also inside your mouth way back behind your upper molars or if you have wisdom teeth, there is a muscle that you can press on like a trigger point that helps.  I get alot of pain in my forehead too, another thing that helps is to rub something with menthol on the forehead and jaw area and right where the jaw line meets the ears, it helps relax the muscles and deaden pain.\n\nhope that helps.
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TMJ is caused when your jawbone shifts slightly out of alignment with the joint. You may also experience shifting or cracking of the jaw.  Tooth griding can be a cause but it's not true 100% of the time...it wasn't the case with me and I suffered TMJ for well over a month.\nThere is also a school of thought that suggests that it is also a result of low magnesuim levels...I started taking a daily vitamin as well...don't know if it helps TMJ but it couldn't hurt it.\nGo to the ER or your doc and ask for a script of novo-naprox.  Also mention that you aren't sleeping and perhaps try a sleeping pill...if you aren't sleeping then you cannot heal.\nAs for eating stick to soft foods (soups, oatmeal, ice cream!) but no meats or hard veggies...your jaw needs time to heal, not to work out at this point.\nAlso ice the pain as often as you can and eventually everything will shift back to normal.  You may not even need to see the specialist.\nI feel your pain...good luck.
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There are a ton of reasons why you may have headaches.   It could be stress, vision problems, even jaw problems.  These are the most common causes.  Rarely, very, very, rarely is it from a tumor or something in the head.  And usually there are other symptoms that would go along with a tumor.  If these headaches are bad enough to bother you, you should absolutely go to the doctor and just make sure everything checks out.  Good Luck!
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A type of migraine.  These can be horrible, I have them a lot.  They can be caused by many things, foods, stress, chiropractic spinal issues, etc...talk with your doctor about the best thing to do for them.
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Only your physician can make an accurate diagnoses but if I take a guess I would urge you to check your pillow.  Does the headache end when you get up?  This might be because of wrong pillow height.  Also do you have arthritis in your neck?  That can be another source and can usually be helped by finding the best sleeping position for you.  As I said these are only guesses and if it persists I urge you to see your physician.
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Headache is a symptom of quite a few medical problems, you really should get it checked out by a doc. as without examining you in person you cannot get an accurate answer.
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Yes it probably has to do with stress.  You probably have a migraine and until it passes you will experience certain pains.  I'd just take some asprin, and TRY to relax for a while.  \nMaybe even take a little nap because soemtimes that helps too!
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The tooth thing which others have mentioned is called temporomandibular joint syndrome, or TMJ.  Symptoms can include headache, jaw-joint pain (which can feel like ear pain) and ringing in the ears.\n\nIf the headaches truly are one-sided (on the left side only), you might also want to go to your doctor the next time you have one and inquire whether it's a migraine.  If you throw up when you get headaches, this is a pretty good sign that they are migraines.
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Believe it or not, a friend of mine was recently diagnosed with painless migraines.  I recommend that you discuss this with your doctor.
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That sounds more like cluster headache than migraine, but yes, it happens to me.\n\nWhen I get a migraine, it's usually on one side, behind one eye. I become light and sound sensitive, and generally nauseated. A hot pack on my forehead sometimes helps.\n\nWhen I get a cluster headache, it's more central and throbbing. It's usually triggered by allergy or weather changes. I've noticed that if I stand in a hot shower with my forehead on the cool tile, the temperature differential seems to help. Also, a cold pack on my forehead can sometimes help.
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It sounds as if your jaw is popping out of alignment.  Could lead to arthritis later in life.  I would stop doing this now.  I had a broken jaw when I was 13 years old and every now and then, my jaw pops and it hurts.  This does not happen very often, but I hope it does not cause me any further problems.