Hello- I too experience tension headaches
from time to time. Last semester (i am a
senior in college) when finals came around
I was extremely stressed- not only about
my school work but I get a lot of anxiety
about health issues and am just generally
an axious person. So when these headaches
started right around the time I had to
study for finals I was devastated! I went
online and realized a lot of people suffer
from tension headaches- like you said I
too had the pain on both sides of my head
and it was a horrible squeezing feeling
and then it went into my jaw which is
extremely uncomfortable- I also had pain
in my neck.
So what I do when I feel these headaches
coming on is:
1. Try to realize what is stressing me
out so much get take a break from it or
try to talk myself out of being so
stressed- nothing is so bad that I should
feel this way.
2. I find that applying heat- a heating
pad or even a warm washcloth to the back
of my neck helps- or even taking a nice
hot shower and really focus on relaxing.
3. I have used a muscle relaxer a couple
times when my neck was really bothering me
and that did seem to help!
4. Finally I have made it a point to work
out around 4 times a week and I have found
that when I got back in shape and started
exercising it really did help- created a
healthy way for me to release my stress
instead of letting it maifest inside my
body and come out in ways such as tension
headaches.
* I am no expert about this I just knew
you wanted some help and I wanted to let
you know you are not alone in your
horrible experience. Let's face it having
anxiety sucks! Over the past couple years
I have been extremely frustrated with it
but am finally now trying to be more
positive because I realized I was letting
it get the best of me!
I found this website useful:
http:/
/www.Mayoclinic.Com/health/tension-headach
e/ds00304 and there are many more
out there! Good luck and hope you feel
better
