| Waking up with a headache can make it | | | | Such medications as aspirin, ibuprofen and |
| extremely hard to concentrate on work or other | | | | acetaminophen if taken on a daily basis interfere |
| daily tasks and ruin your good spirits and | | | | with the brain centers that are responsible for |
| motivation for the whole day. As unbelievable as it | | | | regulating the flow of pain messages into the |
| sounds research has shown that about 1 in 13 | | | | nervous system. This is quite dangerous as with |
| people suffer from chronic morning headaches. | | | | time your normal dosage of pain-killers/sedatives |
| Can you imagine waking up with a headache | | | | stops providing a full relief of the headache, which |
| every single day?! | | | | forces the sufferer to increase the dosage or |
| If you get morning headaches from time to time, | | | | take other medications. As soon as medication |
| don't waste any time! Try to identify what is the | | | | wears off (after 4 to 6 hours), the headache |
| underlying cause of your headaches? The reasons | | | | comes back, only this time it is stronger and |
| can be different. For example, if you had a | | | | longer lasting. In this case it is strongly suggested |
| tension headache before going to bed, there is a | | | | to switch to safer natural remedies for headaches |
| high possibility that you will wake up with the | | | | as acupuncture, herbal medicines, massage and |
| same headache in the morning. Migraine and | | | | relaxation exercises. |
| cluster headaches can also strike you in the | | | | There are chronic morning headaches, associated |
| middle of the night or in the morning, although this | | | | with sleep disorders like a sleep apnea, |
| happens rarely. | | | | characterized by long pauses in breathing during |
| Headaches caused by inflammation like sinus | | | | sleep, teeth grinding and snoring. It is also |
| headaches on the contrary tend to get worse in | | | | important to make sure that your pillow is not |
| the mornings due to postnasal drip (mucus | | | | too high and comfortable, otherwise your head |
| drainage and collection down the back of the | | | | gets jacked up and stays that way all night, pulling |
| throat). | | | | on the muscles on the back of your head and |
| However, in most cases people wake up because | | | | leading to a tension headache. |
| of rebound headaches. It Is very upsetting when | | | | Most headaches do not need immediate attention, |
| doctors prescribe strong headache-relief | | | | but there are some exceptions. For example, if it |
| medication or over-the-counter pain-killers to treat | | | | is a first headache that wakes you up from a |
| headaches over the long period of time. In reality, | | | | sound sleep or it is accompanied by confusion, |
| by taking more than three aspirin pills three times | | | | loss of sensations or difficulty communicating, you |
| a week can turn your regular headache into | | | | should seek professional help at once! |
| rebound one. | | | | |