I get terrible headaches everyday. I have never had any head or neck injury's. They are pounding or stabing.

Answer 1

I would check it out with your MD first and then maybe make a trip to the eye doctor if you haven't been there for awhile. Sometimes vision changes can cause bad headaches too. Hope you start feeling better and figure out what is wrong.

Answer 2

Headaches are also symptom of a sleep disorder called Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

What are the signs and symptoms of Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

Loud snoring
Dry mouth in the morning
Unrefreshing sleep and morning grogginess
Headaches on awakening
Night sweats
Indigestion during the night
Problems with memory and concentration
Increased urination at night
Daytime sleepiness
Irritabilty and/or fatigue during the day
Depression

The most common symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea are snoring, gasping for breath, choking, short pauses in normal breathing patterns, and sudden awakening when sleeping. During the day, you may have headaches and feel extremely drowsy because you do not sleep well at night. In severe cases, obstructive sleep apnea can eventually lead to heart failure and pulmonary complications because the lungs can’t provide enough oxygen to the blood, or remove enough carbon dioxide.

You may feel like you have slept all night or during naps, but with OSA your body is continually working in overtime to keep you breathing. When an obstruction occurs your heart rate increases to help push oxygen to your brain, your brain is telling your chest wall and abdominal wall to continue the motion of breathing to try and force the airway open. You awaken enough to take a breath and then fall back asleep where the cycle begins again.

You may not recognize or have the other symptoms listed, but the only way to know if you have the sleep disorder is to contact your physician and request a sleep study.

Your doctor will perform a sleep study. This is a painless test in which you stay overnight in a hospital or independant sleep study laboratory. Sleep labs are designed to be like hotel rooms. While you sleep, respiratory therapists or sleep techswill monitor and register functions such as heart rate, respiratory rate, airflow, and blood oxygen levels. A audiovisual system also records snoring and body position.

Treatment of OSA is done with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure or CPAP that splits the airway open while you sleep relieving the obstruction and the symptoms of OSA, including headaches and excessive sleepiness.

You can get more information from
http://www.sleepapnea.org/info/index.html

Answer 3

Throbbing headache has to do with circulation. How's your blood pressure? If it's very high, danger of stroke, so see a doctor. Can also be caused by allergy to a food, likely a protein, called a histamine headache, which can be very severe and last for days. Hurts to try to talk. Brain tumor can also cause this kind of pain. If your doctor can't find a cause, see an allergist for a RAST test. Good luck!

Answer 4

Have you had your eyes checked lately? If you don't have the right prescription, it can really strain your eyes and cause headaches. Also, are they migraines? You can talk to your doctor about them if they persist, theres medication out there to help. When I have a migraine headache, which I get often, I have to lay down in a cool room with a cool washcloth over my head and take some ibuprofen. Hope you feel better!!

Answer 5

Not to send you into a panic, but I had constant headaches like that for 2 years, and in August was diagnosed with a brain tumor. See your doctor and get an MRI, just to be on the safe side.

Answer 6

So far there are a lot of good ideas, but two other obvious causes are dehydration and lack of caffeine. Also try all the pain relievers, one at a time to see if one works best for you.

Answer 7

How much sugar do you eat a day? Sugar causes headaches and migraines
http://www.healingdaily.com/detoxification-diet/sugar.htm

Answer 8

Go see a doctor.

Answer 9

Stress, eye glasses, computers, bad lightening, etc. can cause this.