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Chronic severe nocturnal hypnic headaches

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@taterjoy

Our internet service was off for 18 hours, is still sporadic. I was wondering what meds you have tried thus far? My first local Headache specialist had me do trials on many prescription drugs prior to prescribing indomethacin. Also, have you tried drinking coffee about 30-60 minutes prior to bed time? Some people with hypnic headaches prevent the onset of their nocturnal headaches by taking caffiene tablets or drining coffee PRIOR to bedtime. I'm not a physician and don't know what dose to suggest, but later tonight I will try to find some articles about "preventative" use of caffience (rather than using is for acute treatment of an in-progress headache). Are your headaches waking you up multiple times pernight? I charted mine, and the four nightly headaches occured at the same times every night (apparently during Rem sleep cycles). The fourth always occured around 4:35am each night/morning. It was unbearable. Not any more, except maybe 1-2 nights per month (not every night like before!). I hope better days and nights are ahead for you.

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Thanks for your insight. Tried caffeine before bed and multiply other supplements as well as meds which caused side effects. My h’aches are ever changing , at different times of the night, from mild to intense, have tried acupuncture, chiro, direct electrical modulation , message , now using cft ( jury out if any help with h’aches but great for loosing my movements ). Have you read re the glymphatic system of the brain? Researching if this would be cause of problem. Must praise the Lord that this was the first morning in weeks that I awoke naturally after a night of 2 h’aches.