I am writing on behalf of my husband. He is 58, had no known health issues and rarely experienced headaches until this past February. Now he is having daily headaches, often multiple headaches in one day. They are of short duration and mostly a tolerable pain level individually but the consistency is wearing on him. We are working on a headache diary but they occur all times of day/night with no discernible triggers as yet.

He initially thought they were stress related since his father (and last parent) died last year and we have only just finalized his estate. He thought they would go away when things calmed down so didn't seek immediate attention or even mention them to me until he had an anxiety attack so medical assistance has only just been sought recently. He was prescribed Alprazolam: .25 mg x 3/day, Amitriptyline: 10 mg 1-2/night and was found to have a slight thyroid issue so Levothyroxine 25 mg/morning.

In reality, after 3 weeks, he is handling the Levothroxine fine as far as we can tell but the drowsiness of the Alprazolam is an issue and he hasn't even started the Amitriptyline because of it. He has had to cut the Aprazolam back to a trace amount in the morning to function at work and only a quarter of a dose at night to be able to get up in the morning. He doesn't use any form of caffeine.

He will be calling to make his follow up appointment but wondered if anyone had any thoughts/experiences on his type of headaches.

Thank you and may your day be pain free!