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marlene150
marlene150

Hi, I,m new to the group ,I would like to ask,if anyone has experienced bad headaches with fibromyalgia,as I am getting rather a lot,and my GP suggests it could be to do with my FM. 

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  • airyfairy85
    airyfairy85 marlene150

    Posted

    Hi Marlene,

    I was getting headaches a few months ago. I wasn't sleeping properly and was very anxious. I never had headaches before my fibromyalgia started last jan., so I'm sure it was related. The pain was on my right side and mainly like a burning sensation behind my eye and down my neck. They weren't very bad though. Have started sleeping better again and the headaches have gone. Hopefully yours will go too.

    Marie

  • shirley99502
    shirley99502 marlene150

    Posted

    I have had bad headachs on and of since i got fibro but this one i've got now i've had for over 6 months now and my gp will not do anythink about it hun
    • airyfairy85
      airyfairy85 shirley99502

      Posted

      Sorry, that sounds awful. Maybe he/she just doesn't know what to do with it. Are you on meds already? Have you tried yoga or relaxation of any sort?
    • shirley99502
      shirley99502 airyfairy85

      Posted

      Yes im on meds i've tried all sorts but nothing works.i carnt do yoga as i am disabled hun 
    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 shirley99502

      Posted

      you could try meditation cd .or even an hypnosis cd for headaches or pain they do work with practise not over night .

       

  • arual2014
    arual2014 marlene150

    Posted

    Hi

    I get headaches a couple of times a week think it's defiantly due to fm especially if  tired 

  • tiswas24537
    tiswas24537 marlene150

    Posted

    on this occasion your gp is proberly right ,headaches are a very common symptom of fibro , if you have ever looked up the symptoms you would no that there are at least 26 listed symptoms of fibro headaches being one of them.

    if you were prone to them before your proberly more likely to get them early on

    i was lucky i never really suffered from headaches so my headaches came later on in my condition and after a fall that broke my nose .

    • marlene150
      marlene150 tiswas24537

      Posted

      Thankyou for all your comments, I don,t feel so alone with it now, it,s good to have someone to talk to . 
  • nitropilot
    nitropilot marlene150

    Posted

    Exactly where are the headaches? Describe how they feel please. And any other symptoms that may accompany them. Any little thing, tell me. I will read it all & try to help.
    • marlene150
      marlene150 nitropilot

      Posted

      Hi, these headaches are all on one side, by my ear and above into the temple.  No other symptoms though. 
  • JulieBadger
    JulieBadger marlene150

    Posted

    Always had bad headaches.  If I don't take painkillers when I can first feel the headache it can grow into being so bad I can't stand any noise, smells, light, stand up and I feel sick. Probably the Fibro or my ME/CFS
    • nitropilot
      nitropilot JulieBadger

      Posted

      Sounds like a migraine or cervical issue of some sort, not your fibro. Never heard of that kind of headache with FMS so you may have two separate issues. Not saying its not possible, just haven't heard of it.
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