Headaches/lack of sleep....

[kellibabi]

Hello all,

I seem to wake up at least 3/4 times per night with a headache.
Needless to say, its making my life a misery as I am finding it harder & harder to function during the day due to lack of sleep
& the headaches coming & going during the day.

I have, in the past, been diagnosed with migraines & also had an MRI to check for tumours (all clear).

Does anyone else have this/a similar problem?

I have just (as of today) switched to a low carg (130g or less per day) diet & wonder if anyone has experience of this helping?

Any advise greatly appreciated :thumbup:

 

[hale710]

I'm the same with this, no magic cure that I've found so far. I live off pain killers for the last week.

Until last weekend I hadn't had a bad bout for about 2 years. Migraines can be very debilitating for me, but currently I'm just on what I would consider a severe headache!

 

[anna29]

Hi ...

Both me and my mum get 'low' blood pressure headaches .
These start usually on one side of head and face . [behind eyes or at the sides of eyes]
They are linked in with when our usually high BP goes to ' low ' BP .
We both have to take it easy upon rising after a nights sleep .
Mum has actually passed out and fallen with getting up too quickly :shock:
If we start to dash around early this can trigger it 'off'
Sometimes we have had them preventing us from sleeping and can make us both feel sickly .
[I have had to nibble a ginger biscuit to stave off the nausea]

We both have to take pain relief tablets and wear sunglasses if light is too bright .
Its the only way to function when they kick in .
Or just sit/lie down in a quiet cool curtains closed room till it eases off .
Sometimes it is even the next day when it finally ease's ...
These can be debilitating and are very painful and extremely unpleasant also . :thumbdown:

Hope this can help .

Anna.

 

[hale710]

Hi ...

Both me and my mum get 'low' blood pressure headaches .
These start usually on one side of head and face . [behind eyes or at the sides of eyes]
They are linked in with when our usually high BP goes to ' low ' BP .
We both have to take it easy upon rising after a nights sleep .
Mum has actually passed out and fallen with getting up too quickly :shock:
If we start to dash around early this can trigger it 'off'
Sometimes we have had them preventing us from sleeping and can make us both feel sickly .
[I have had to nibble a ginger biscuit to stave off the nausea]

We both have to take pain relief tablets and wear sunglasses if light is too bright .
Its the only way to function when they kick in .
Or just sit/lie down in a quiet cool curtains closed room till it eases off .
Sometimes it is even the next day when it finally ease's ...
These can be debilitating and are very painful and extremely unpleasant also . :thumbdown:

Hope this can help .

Anna.

This all sounds very familiar. Ever since a teenager I've not been able to stand quickly as I black out. I've never fallen thankfully, but I've had many a wobble! Sleep is my ideal headache cure, but I'd be constantly in and out of bed. Currently mine are coming on around 2pm and staying all afternoon and night, clearing when I get up in the morning.

Only issue is I don't have high BP so it can't be the same thing!

I've been blaming eyesight on my recent ones so I've got the optician tomorrow. I was "magically cured" sight wise 2 weeks diagnosis so I suspect ill now be back on to my glasses since BG has come down to more acceptable range.

 

[martwolves]

The "dawn chorus" doesn't help this time of year either

 

[hale710]

In Aberdeen it's not a dawn chorus. We have seagulls across the city as a permanent fixture and they are at it day and night! You get used to it but guests always complain

 

[daffodil11]

Is it normal to not sleep as a diabetic then? I am just trying to understand every thing about being diabetic... :yawn: