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Nighttime headaches

Posted by SoreHead on July 27, 2004 at 21:17:57:

For several months now I have been having increasingly severe nighttime headaches that spread across the front of my head, starting on the right. They start before bedtime, increase toward 3 am or so, when I take more aspirin, then decrease to mild when I wake up at 5 am. When I get up, they soon go away.

I used to have hormone migraines, but am now post-menopausal, and aren't bothered by them anymore.

I have sleep apnea. Had surgury (UP3, Septoplasty, Turbinate reduction, and a few other procedures) over a year ago. They reduced the occurances a bit, but I still need to use a CPAP (Breeze with nasal pillows).

I have been hypothyroid all my life, am being treated for Sjogren's Syndrome, and have allergies. Since my sinuses seem to produce a lot of elastic mucous (which tends to block my airways during the day, especially when I eat), I went to an ENT. He looked at the CAT scan and said my sinuses were fine, so the headaches must be due to something else.

I'm getting afraid to use the CPAP, since it blows a lot of air up my sinuses. Sure feels like an inflamation to me, but the ENT dismissed possible sinus involvement. So I am puzzled.

Has anyone else had these type of headaches?

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