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Ok, so I'm just curious, I've been having these really bad headaches lately (so bad 2 days ago that nothing was helping and I didn't even go to work) and from what I can tell online, it seems like a tension headache. Now I just want to know, do any of you have tension heachaches and how do you deal with them? Are they easy to handle when they are quite intense? I know everyone is different, and I know it can be caused by different things and each can impact how painful they are but I was just looking for a general opinion. Thanks ladies! Hopefully I'll be able to get into my dr on Tuesday and see what he thinks.

Thanks again for your !

[soImarriedAnerd]

I don't get them but I have heard massage and heat on the neck help. I hope you feel better soon!

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thanks hun maybe I'll give that a shot

[Oriyan]

Try and find the location of the tension its either your neck or upper back and have DH spend 15 minutes massaging. The headache will feel worse before it feels better. Trust me on that -- i spent the last week with a tension headache from pain in my upper back until DH started working out some knots and things.

[soImarriedAnerd]

I just got back from an hour long massage *sending relaxed muscle vibes your way!*

[Mars]

I don't get them either but a massage should help. Also if that doesn't work you can try acupuncture or a chiropractor.

Hope you headaches goes soon.

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thanks ladies, finally my headaches have gone away, maybe it was the relaxing, worry-free day I had. hopefully they stay gone for a while. if they come back though, i'll see my doc and see what he says.

[freesiangel]

I get tension headaches really bad when my neck becomes unaligned. It usually takes two months of paperwork through insurance to get me into the chiropractor, so while I'm suffering in the meantime I use Excedrin Tension Headache and that works much better than Tylenol. I'll take baths, use warm washcloths on the spots that hurt the most, have DH rub my neck, rub my temples...

I also get really bad headaches when the weather changes - they are worst this time of year because of all the rain and what-not. I find sugar makes these much worse, so avoid that... I feel better if I stay active, so I don't skip my workouts even though I feel like butt because I know they will ultimately make me feel better.

I'm glad your headaches have gone away for the time being!

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thanks lauren! I'll have to look into that excedrin stuff... because the mortin and tylenol, etc, that i was taking before wasn't helping.