6 Simple Remedies for Your Migraine or Tension Headache

Coffee, Compresses, Breathing and Other Solutions

When I'm stressed, anxious or sometimes out of nowhere, when I lease expect it, I can feel it coming on. A tightening or burning pressure on the left side of my head. Sometimes it feels like a little pulsing hammer that won't go away. My neck tightens. My eyes hurt or feel strained.  I get sensitive to heat, light and loud noises and a building nausea in my stomach. I get migraines. Sometimes they last a short while and its manageable to keep working or continuing my daily life, but sometimes the build up lasts hours and take me off my job, or away from activities I could be enjoying with friends and family.

A lot of people get migraines or sometimes severe tension headaches that are similar to migraines and don't really know how to handle them or what might help. While there are a lot of medicines on the market, both prescription and over-the-counter, they can be pricey. I can't afford to pay for a medication and sometimes, I have bought an expensive medicine only to find that they don't always work or they have bad side effects. Since I didn't want to keep trying medications and taking a gamble on their effectiveness, I did a little research and talked to other people who get them and other kinds of bad tension headaches. I came up with a few small things I could do to increase my comfort and sometimes combat or hold off the migraine altogether. I have tried a lot of suggestions from message boards, support groups, advice from other people and holistic professionals and these are just a few things that help me cope. I find that the same methods also apply to my bad tension or stress headaches (that are not technically migraines).