[blossoms234]

I am a regular tension headache sufferer and my pain are usually centered on the scalp portion of my head. The pain is very excruciating and when it hits me, I can barely perform my job. To better manage the pain, I am currently taking fioricet since regular ibuprofen doesn’t help me. My main concern now is how to determine the triggers of the headaches so that I can deal with it from there. I’m not sure if stress is a major contributor so could you please give me more info on the triggers? Thanks.

[promiseherdmoon]

Originally Posted by blossoms234

I am a regular tension headache sufferer and my pain are usually centered on the scalp portion of my head. The pain is very excruciating and when it hits me, I can barely perform my job. To better manage the pain, I am currently taking fioricet since regular ibuprofen doesn’t help me. My main concern now is how to determine the triggers of the headaches so that I can deal with it from there. I’m not sure if stress is a major contributor so could you please give me more info on the triggers? Thanks.

Hi Blossoms. I'm Naomi, also a tension headache sufferer. I feel that yours are very severe that you already take a stronger pain reliever like fioricet. For the triggers, yes, stress is one. Although you also need to watch out for other triggers like an underlying depression or anxiety, a bad posture resulting to neck pains, eyestrain from too much being in front of a computer, clenching of jaw. You also might want to get enough sleep, exercise and eat on a regular basis. Hope this helps!