I agree with the above,,A nice hot bath,scoot down all the to the base of your ears,,you can later rotate a heating pad and ice ,,my wife will take 1 asprin 800mg advil and 2 extra strengh tylenol,,,caffeine will either help it of hinder it,,and a anti-depressant[like a xanax] does help too,,,,relax if you can in a dark room,,,,,,,and pray,,,

With really bad headaches like ya'll are having have you ever thought to check into an Atlas Orthogonist or NUCCA chiropracter? They are not your run of the mill chiropracters. They do not twist, snap or pop your neck in. But they do adjust the top bone of your spine, the atlas. Your head sits on it. I was down in bed for over 6 yrs with a headache. Turns out that the atlas was twisted 7cm around my brain stem. Over a period of several months they got me straightened out enough I only need maintenance adjustments now. Before I found one of these types of chiro's I had tried them all. Neuro's of all kinds. I even had experimental surgery to try to get rid of this darn headache. I even went to a specialist dentist who treated the tri-geninal nerve in Minneapolis. I went thru a chronic pain clinic in St Paul at Sister Kinney's. I tried everything including the type of chiro that does twist, snap & pop your neck to no avail who works for the Olympics every 4 yrs. Then I found an AO chiro who fixed me up as best as could be after 6 yrs post injury........now I see a NUCCA who does my maintenance. I moved from Iowa to California. But these chiro specialists do wonders for migraine headache sufferers also.

Check out their websites by googling Atlas Orthogonal Chiropracter or NUCCA Chiropracter. I believe there are videos on both sites so you can see what it is they do. They have different techniques but accomplish the same thing. They also have searches on both sites to find the closest one to you. The biggest problem is finding one close to you. The AO I went to was over 2 1/2 hrs one way........but the drive was worth it. And I was so bad I couldn't drive the first several months at all.

One correction, Xanax isn't an anti-depressant..........it is an anti-anxiety medication................we all need to try to label medications correctly so as not to confuse anyone...................*S*

Good luck to all of you & I hope this is helpful to you.

Debby