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As we know - most meds just address the symptoms. When I take my meds my headache is gone most of the day now. So do I try and do all the normal things in my life when I have no headache? My fear is that headaches are the brain's way of saying "slow down" - if I go full-speed ahead - I am not taking the time I need to heal.
Any thoughts?

I think sometimes it is nature's way fo slowing down...but my experience is that is not always true, especially with brain injuries. Last week I had a great sleep, had an hour to slowly prepare for an appointment, and then BANG!!! The start of a massive headache which lasted for days, and was so bad I couldn't get out of bed for an MRI that I had been on the waiting list for since January!
So if the meds make you feel good, I would say live as good a life as you feel you can in that moment! But don't overdo things. Great you have some relief!

Seems to be the case to me. I had head pressure then migraines with over exertion. Only lately I had a 48 hour headache after a gym session. So in my case it is a warning that I am putting my body and mind under too much pressure.

I'm now in month 8, and I have just begun to differentiate between the dull headaches and the sharp, painful ones that sometimes lead to migraines.

I have tried to push through with some advil on the dull ones, but I take heed and slow down when and if it begins to throb.

However, having said that, I had vision therapy Friday, and the exercises triggered a dull headache, and I mistakenly pushed through them. Now I am with a big, bad migraine!

We all have different triggers and thresholds for pain, but I do think headaches are our bodies way of communicating to our brain. It is just with mtbi/pcs, our brain sometimes over-reacts or mis-interprets these signals.

Trust your intuition-you know best.