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Old 11-21-2015, 01:59 PM #1
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Confused sleeping on one side of your head

When I sleep on one side of my head the next morning I get a headache on the left side of my head ( area of impact ) immediately after waking up and it does not matter which side of my head I sleep on.
If I sleep with a straight head, I won't usually get a headache unless studying hard for an exam or something.
Is this common?

These headaches started three months after my concussion. are they concussion headaches?
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Is your neck sore also? It could be a sleeping /positional thing.
I'd try to sleep straight as much as possible and see how it goes.
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Is your neck sore also? It could be a sleeping /positional thing.
I'd try to sleep straight as much as possible and see how it goes.
No, I don't have any neck pain. It's just left side of my head.
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I too get the same thing. I had a stoke about 5 years ago and I get this headache ever since. It's when I sleep on my left side. I do think brain damage has something to do with it. I did lose some of my speech and balance but I have got that back, well 95% of it.

Try sleeping on the opposite side.
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Only when I sleep straight I don't get headaches.
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You don't need to experience any neck pain to still have a neck issue. You can try sleeping with a pillow thick enough to hold your head and neck straight when you are on your side. If this resolves your headaches, you have found your problem.

I had a similar problem but instead of headaches, I would stop breathing during my sleep. It took months of sleeping on my back with my head and neck straight to start to strengthen my neck so I could occasionally sleep on my side. It took a year or so to get reliable stability in my neck.
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This may support the theory that concussion disturbs the brains blood flow. I think this will be temporary in the case of PCS but linger in the case of stroke.
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