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What Causes Recurring Headaches?

ive headaches for about 3 days already, and there not rare , but too me they are very common year round, they last from 6 to 8 days , i take excedrin , or ill take my menstrul aspirin too help the pain, or showers ,or i even try a breathing technique , but i can't cannot control them anymore. ever since i got clean from drugs back in jan 8 2004 it has been ugly. my addiction was from 13 yrs old till i was about 28 yrs old , rounding off ages..
iam 36 yrs old now, what can u suggest ?
Mon, 15 Dec 2014
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You have headache since long time and they usually last for 6-8 days. You have tried breathing techniques but didnt get relief. Such type of episodic headache could occur due to migrainous headache. The headache usually occurs in fronto-temporal region and is of pulsatile type. I would advise you to avoid excess tea, coffee, alcohol or carbonated beverages. Medicines like amitryptiline, sodium valproate etc prove useful in such type of headache.
For prevention of headache medicines like Propranolol are commonly used.
In severe headache analgesics like aspirin can help. In more severe cases triptans like Sumatriptan or other drugs like flupirtine etc can help.
Consult a neuropsychiatrist for help and prescription of these drugs.

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What Causes Recurring Headaches?

Hello thanks for asking from HCM You have headache since long time and they usually last for 6-8 days. You have tried breathing techniques but didnt get relief. Such type of episodic headache could occur due to migrainous headache. The headache usually occurs in fronto-temporal region and is of pulsatile type. I would advise you to avoid excess tea, coffee, alcohol or carbonated beverages. Medicines like amitryptiline, sodium valproate etc prove useful in such type of headache. For prevention of headache medicines like Propranolol are commonly used. In severe headache analgesics like aspirin can help. In more severe cases triptans like Sumatriptan or other drugs like flupirtine etc can help. Consult a neuropsychiatrist for help and prescription of these drugs. Thanks, hope this helps you.