[flgurl69]

Until recently I have had recurring severe monthly headaches since my early 20s. I thought they were related to the time of the month and The Pill. I could go to bed fine and wake up in the middle of the night with a pounding headache. It felt like a really bad hangover. I always felt tired and couldn't sleep enough. Sometimes light bothered me too. Everytime I moved my eyes it seemed like I could feel every tendon and muscle in my eye sockets throbbing. Most of my headaches were always the front quarter of my head, from my eyes back to my temples and up to the top of my head. My fix was lots of Excedrin and a cold frappucino. The headaches became more frequent and could happen at any time. Then my OB doc mentioned that my blood pressure was borderline. Much later I went to have kidney stones removed and was having the motherload of headaches (probably from the stress). The nurse told me my blood pressure was 160/98 and asked me if I had high blood pressure. I mentioned I had a really bad headache and was told that was one of the symptoms of high blood pressure. Since the kidney stone incident I drink tons of water and really watch my salt intake because of the BP. I also stopped The Pill. Since then I have hardly had a headache....maybe one every four months and nothing like the zingers I had been getting.

I really feel for your husband. I hope he can find a treatment that works for him.