Does anyone have chronic daily headaches?

I forgot to mention in my previous post that in order to treat my chronic migraine I not only use Effexor, but I receive Botox injections a couple times a year which really seem to help. I wish you freedom from these daily trials, don't lose hope, you will find something that helps you. Peace.

Yes, I've been hospitalized for chronic migraine. I suffered my first one when I was 13, then they became chronic after my hysterectomy at 45. I found relief finally in a high dose of Effexor (300mg). It's been a year since I've had a migraine. My headaches were not the tension-type, they were full blown migraines that lasted 4 days, full of vomiting... the whole works. I'd usually get a break between migraines for a day or two, then another would strike.

I suffered from this chronic headache for almost 12 years and I have tried many drugs,but no one really works. Sometimes I felt there is little water flow on my head. It is tension headache because of big pressure in the past. Now i am much better than before because I exercise more. Every weekend I climb one hill near my home to relax myself. It is better than drugs. You can try too.

I also suffer from daily chronic head pain a situation in which I've been probed CT'd and MRI'd so much the equipment says hello. Unfortunately in all of medical science specifically recent break throughs none offer any relief from the stress created by the constant throbe. If the pharmaceutical firms responsible for the likes of Viagara and others are looking for that cash pay-out cure headaches and migraine first. I smell BILLION$ hello.

I also suffer from really bad headaches. My pain dr. said it's from the three discs in my neck that are messed up. Before I found him, I was waking up at 4:00 a.m. just about to throw up with my head pounding!!! If I was lucky I could make it till 7:00-8:00 a.m. He put me on Fiorinal, but I wasn't crazy about taking a barbituate everyday and getting the "rebound headache". I, personally, take Topamax 300mg, and it has helped allot, but I still get them on occasion, and when I do... they are bad. I just hate these crazy horrible headaches. I hope your'es gets better hon. Ruth

I have been living with a daily migraine everyday since February of 2004. They have gotten so bad that I have threatened to cut my own head off. The nausea and vomiting make it so much worse. I have even passed out from the pain. No one has discovered a cause and none of the medications work for longer than a week or two (29 different medications and cortisone injections). Fioracet has helped the most.

In a word NO. Migraines began at age 8 add 52 years to that and I've still got them. I've been prescribed a pharmacy over this time meds (some) I was given while in my 30's had a short term benefit only. Whatever is at work here morphed into daily headaches that nothing short of a razor blade would cure. The daily headache has been further compounded by the migraine which I endure every 2 days. Since 1998 I've been undergoing nerve blocks which is a series of injections delivered to key points about the head. If I've a migraine on this particular day there is short term relief approximately 8 hours. By the time I reached 39 years old I was then looking for my 29th job. If not for leaving early or vomiting on the board room desk or not being able to to make it in at all or trying to close the blinds only to have them come crashing down I might still be employed. I have absolutely no appreciation for its or whatever its supposed to be sense of humor. Tinyone you have my sincerest wish that you have much better luck than I.

I had migrains for a long time went to the hospital 2 to 3 times a week, an old country doctor told me migrains are caused by tention and gave me Toradol injections to use at home it is an anti inflamitory so it shrinks the swelling and the migraine goes away its wonderful I seldom have to use it now no more migrains. also there is a medicine over the counter called Excedrin Tension I take if I start to get a headache, It is wonderful works very well. Dont make the mistake of buying Excedrin migraine it does not work.

yes i suffer from bad headaches .I have been for two and a half years .
Beacause i have a history of drug addiction and an alcohol problem no dr would take me seriously. I have been clean and sober for ten years though and four months ago i had had enough ! The new dr i have now listen to me and helped Thank God . But I am still in the prosses of tring to get them under control.

Hi Tinyone:
You have much advice from this forum. Hopefully you have found relief by now, but if not I will share my treatment.

I have suffered from tension headaches/migraines for more than 20 years. I began treatment with Fiorinal. This medicine worked miracles for me while working and attending graduate school. When I moved and switched doctors, I was given many different medications from muscle relaxers to antidepressants (a bit suspicious of why so many drugs were being prescribed) and none of these worked. I came back to Esgic (which is similar to Fiorinal). I still have severe headaches that I suspect are tension headaches and take Esgic as needed. I am able to work in a high-pressure environment and function normally headache-free with this one medication.

My headaches now occur maybe once every week as opposed to everyday in the afternoon (when I was prescribed the wrong medications.)
Good luck and good health to you.

I have suffered from migraines for the past 5 years. Since Midrin was withdraw from the market nothing really helped my migraines anymore. But now I have been taken Magnesium as a daily preventative and it has worked wonders. Now I just get migraines every once in a while. Hope this helps.

I have had chronic daily tension migraines for 2 years. I've tried all the preventatives & nothing works. I'm stuck addicted to Norco &Oxy. I wish I had better news, but I'm out of options. If you find a solution please post.

I know this is a old post, and hopefully I'm not duplicating, but I had chronic daily headaches for years. My neurologist put me on everything under the sun. What finally worked is a preventative called vivactil. some side effects, but better than daily headaches. hope this is helpful, cathleen