#chronic daily headaches

[themogaidragon]

Chronic Daily Headches Pride Flag

Chronic daily headache (CDH): experiencing fifteen or more days with a headache per month. Chronic daily headaches is an umbrella term which consist of different sub-groups, primarily categorized as chronic tension-type headaches and chronic migraine headaches.

The flag is inspired by this chronic migraine flag, this chronic tension type headaches flag and this chronic pain flag.

Flag meanings:

Dark teal: migraine and headaches

Muted teal: all the types of CDH (cluster, hemicrania continua, idiopathic intracranial hypotension, migraine, tension-type, mixture of types, etc)

Greyish teal: other chronic pains and disabilities

Red/Maroon: chronic head pain

Muted purple: sleep problems and fatigue

Lavender: varying levels and types of pain

Purple: chronic pain

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#cdh #chronic pain #chronic daily headaches #chronic migraine #chronic headaches #chronic tension type headaches #chronic tension headaches #hemicrania continua #idiopathic intracranial hypotension #migraine

[cyberr-v0id]

‘It’s all in your head’ oh jeez where else would my chronic daily HEADaches be

#cyberr speaks #chronic daily headaches #headaches

[riderandspider]

We don't talk enough about chronic daily headaches. Most people I know say that headaches are rare for them, maybe happening once a month.. before I was medicated I had a headache literally almost every single day. Some days it was just a low throbbing pain every time I moved, other days it was so bad I flinched from the pain inside my own head. I'd been to the hospital before during a particularly bad attack that had lasted days with no relief.

We get told by doctors "just drink more water, eat better, try an ice pack and ibuprofen" as if we hadn't tried that 1000 times before with no results.

No, by the time you see a doctor you're usually on "I make sure to nap 2 times a day and keep all my lights turned off 24/7 so that I have 23 headache days a month instead of 24, ibuprofen may as well be a sugar pill"

It's literally so miserable but I never see anything about it.

#whistling in the dark #chronic daily headaches #cdh

[westywallowing]

god one of the worst things I think with chronic headaches is the different range of abilities you have depending on how painful the hurt is and/or what TYPE of hurt it is. I particularly hate the ones that effect my vision, because with sunglasses and a podcast distraction I can drive anywhere I want for errands (even if it will be in pain, I am still physically able to do so with limitations), however what I can not do is look at a TV or laptop screen for the life of me. so any online coursework that I am obliged to do and that has a deadline, I can barely accomplish :))

#like i dunno i feel like chronic headaches are some of the more common chronic pain conditions i see other people have #so maybe this complaint falls on deaf ears #but i have headaches almost daily and so many of my mundane tasks i have just. gotten used to doing while having a painful headache #its this line between physically semi-able and in a lot of pain #but that line dictates what you can do #and it just sucks when i should. for all intensive purposes be able to complete this homework on time #it will take me twice as long just because i happen to have a headache that wont ago away :v #cw chronic pain #cw health #westy's shit

[milo-is-rambling]

I can’t even imagine living without anxiety. Like. How. What?

#I mean if I woke up tomorrow with a normal amount of anxiety it would be a shocking difference to my daily life. and I am medicated!!! like. #what? am I missing something here? #my mom tells me that meds can only do so much and that they’re really just meant to make it so you can get out of bed every day #but now I’m wondering like is that true or is that my mom is on the wrong dose herself and something could be done to help us both #gahhhhh idk I just feel helpless bc I’m scared of making big changes and the big changes have to make are scary and large and I need a #bulleted list made of things I can do (and break down into very small steps) to actually progress in a positive way in my life instead of #being SO afraid and SO stagnant. it’s been six months since (ptsd diagnosis causing thing) and I don’t feel like I’ve made any progress even #with a therapist. I’m working towards a more intensive program but I feel like it’s almost making me feel more alienated bc I’d have to like #go be surrounded by other mentally ill people and medical people which brings dad dying trauma and like I know I’m running from it bc I’m #afraid to face the changes I need to make and the feelings that are going to come up but fuck man can’t I get some fucking meds that make #this easier to deal with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! grief and ptsd and long term isolation and anxiety and chronic pain like fuck it’s #so exhausting!!!! I feel like I’m fucking fighting thru life and then from the outside it’s like I’m doing nothing cause I stay in my room #and get stoned and play animal crossing and watch tv and cry and over eat and sometimes I drive around in circles so I can scream sing until #my throat burns and I get a headache and everything finally quiets down in my head for a second. I know I look like I’m doing nothing and #that’s because I am doing nothing but waiting for the next time a mental health professional will talk to me for an hour like it’s so sad #anyways. you ever take a big dab and then start crying and type all of this like it’s an epiphany even tho it’s things you already know. #honestly crying in front of the air conditioner is so slay slight breeze over my face cooling the tears the white noise calming me down

[shamelesslymkp]

am torn between the two reactions of laughing bitterly and laughing jealously, because yeah, the migraine part of my headache condition is more treatable than the CDHS part, but the comparison there is doing a lot of heavy lifting

#cdhs = chronic daily headache syndrome #which i'm not technically diagnosed with anymore i don't think? #pretty sure this neuro just has me down as complex chronic migraine #but i assure you i have both and can tell the difference #the migraines come in different varieties and fuck me up to a far greater degree #and are chronic af #but they do start and end #the cdhs headache is just. always there. just a little. sometimes a lot! sometimes barely. #but always there #i had two fucking years free of it #but i am back to living as i have lived for over half of my life now #with a skull that is functionally a haunted house #and the ghost of a headache that never leaves #tired disabled girls club #(headache edition)

[naivety]

post concussion life is like btw you can't do anything anymore BUT touch grass without head hurty every single day forever and ever sorry. or congratulations

#can't work OR play without constant pain anymore this is sooo stupid #the untapped rage i have for hollywood concussions now reaching its final form at this point #it's been like 3 months since my concussion and STILL. daily headaches forever bc i am chronically online #i did try to rest for like a week and then my cat needed me to wake up every 3.5hrs for 30mins to keep him alive for like #6 days. and my brain never recovered and probably never will 👍 #WHILE working full time the agonies are forever i get it now #anyway. this IS a sign i Could be touching grass more. however it is like 90 degrees every day rn :( #hell world we live in #j.txt

[sentient-cloud]

Ugh plans for disability pride month include I have a doctors appointment and maybe I’ll finally bring up my pain (horrifying, especially as a fat person and especially with a doctor who still hasn’t put me on my adhd meds I previously had yet. Maybe I’ll also ask about those because help.) trying to get a therapist and also. Making that phone call begging the state to not cut my assistance benefits and to believe me when I say i don’t work due to health + mental health reasons at the moment (negative hopes)

#starts throwing up hands on knees y’all believe me (they have no hope) #last time I tried to explain the only jobs that I’ve found will hire me are physical ones (no high school diploma) and #I can’t walk around Walmart w out getting nauseous and out of breath from back pain #and every job I’ve worked has been the same #w out the ‘well not every job is physical’ but I physically can not do a job where I need to be on my feet. I can’t accomplish standing on #my feet for over 2 hours w out yhe pain being all I can focus on and that rules out most jobs #and good luck finding an office job w no ged (I’m trying to work on this. part of why I’m trying to get a therapist + back on my adhd meds) #ik there’s call centers and stuff but 1-I don’t have phone service and 2 I have problems w #annoyingly #coherent thoughts sometimes and also not freezing up and stuttering or going silent when I get nervous #which interacting w customers makes me #also in the past they also haven’t called me back cause of the diploma thing #anyway sorry rant. #here’s hoping I can get some answer for my pain that’s not ‘you’re fat lolllll’ #chronic pain conditions run in my family #my grandma And at least one aunt. and my sister and my mom who has like 4 overlapping pain conditions #smiles #ack maybe I should also talk about the daily pounding headaches

[monky]

Jfc dude it’s fine

#they’re thinking of ppl who take nsaids daily for chronic pain not occasionally for like headaches or cramps…

[science-my-ass-ed-its-magic]

You know when you’re at the end of a juice pouch and trying to get the last bit of juice out so you scrunch up the pouch and suck as hard as you can? That’s what my brain feels like

#chronic migraine #traumatic brain injury #tbi #post concussion syndrome #chronic pain #chronic daily persistent headache

[themogaidragon]

Chronic Tension Headaches Pride Flag

Chronic Tension Type Headaches (CTTH): a chronic pain characterized by headaches that are bilateral, non-pulsatile, and lack associated symptoms and occurs for a long period of time. The pain might be very frequent, constant or daily.

The flag is inspired by this chronic migraine flag and this chronic pain flag.

Flag meanings:

Dark orange: daily, very frequent and constant headaches

Muted orange: duration of headaches

Gray: migraine crisis and other chronic pains

Red/Maroon: chronic head pain

Muted purple: sleep problems and fatigue

Lavender: varying levels and types of pain

Purple: chronic pain

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#chronic daily headaches #chronic pain #chronic headaches #chronic tension type headaches #ctth #cdh #disability #disabled #invisible disability #physical disabilities #physical disability #chronic tension headaches #disabled pride

[cyberr-v0id]

Well at least being on paracetamol for my back also keeps the headaches at bay

#cyberr speaks #pain #paracetamol #back pain #chronic daily headaches #cdh #headaches

[riderandspider]

Chronic daily headaches are hell. Nothing helps. Food, water, caffeine, fresh air, hot, cold, showers, naps, darkness, all arrays of medicines. nothing. I'm lucky if I don't have a headache by 2 or 3:00 every day. Some days are worse than others. Some days it's like light shocks. Other days it's like being stabbed over and over. You start getting superstitious about the pain. One day it may start to ease after I eat a particular meal, other times after I spend hours in prayer. Eventually you have a chain of desperate nonsensical behaviors strung along to do whatever you can to make it stop. When in reality it is likely just a matter of waiting it out with no hope of aiding it and no way to tell how long it will last.

#whistling in the dark #cdh #chronic daily headaches

[alexei-home-fromthewar-at-last]

I’m just a (demi) girl chugging Gatorade and caffeinated beverages, hoping it’ll solve my physical health problems.

#chronically ill #chronic illness #disability #disabilties #chronic pain #chronic migraine #migraines #headaches #new persistant daily headache #NDPH #alexei’s silly little thoughts

[cptsdragon]

#chronic pain #chronic illness #mental illness #ndph #new daily persistent headache #chronic daily headache #continuous headache

[daisydogboy]

i started a pain notebook to help keep track of the shit happening to me and oh my god i did not realize how much im in pain :(

#bears babble #like i have daily headaches #i knew that but i didnt /know/ it #yknow??? like im so used to this stuff #that i dont realize that its so weird #chronic pain suck my dick. balls and all.