The last 4 years I have been plagued with chronic daily headaches that lasts through the fall and winter. During those months I had more days with a headache than without. Advil and Tylenol don't touch it, a Darvocet or Vicoden is helpful. The first headache started the day after a fall bonfire, I woke up feeling like I was suffering from the worst ever hangover. I went to several doctors, none had a solution and after several months the headaches would go away and I wouldn't see the doctor again. This year is the first in 5 that I haven't had the headaches (migraines according to the neurologist). Why?? Maybe because this year I started on thyroid medication.
A study found that 30% of patients with hypothyroidism presented with headache a few months after the initial symptoms of hypothyroidism. The headache was slight, nonpulsatile, continuous, bilateral and disappeared with hormone therapy.
Why did I have mine in the colder months? There is a theory that the north wind is to blame. Benzene from the factories can cause headaches, dizziness and pain (brain tumours and leukemia too). Is pollution partly to blame for seasonal headaches?
I think my headaches were caused by the combination of my weakened immune system and Hashimotos along with the change of weather. Hopefully now that I am on thyroid medications the headaches will continue to be a thing of the past.
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