Behavior Link Between Insomnia and Tension-Type Headache
April 1st, 2009
This is certainly not the first time researchers have found a link between migraine and other disorders. The February 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that when migraineurs use sleeping or napping as a coping mechanism for tension-type headache then it reduces individuals’ natural ability to feel tired and can lead to chronic insomnia.
It is common for many headache sufferers to “lie down for an hour” when they are in the midst of a terrible migraine, especially when they experience audio and visual sensitivities that can worsen the pain. It seems like an obvious link that if headache sufferers are forced to sleep during the day then they would have trouble sleeping at night.
On the other hand, there is evidence disturbing one’s sleep pattern can be a trigger for headaches. This is a common occurrence when individuals are traveling or during holidays and normal sleep patterns are subject to change.
So here we stand at a fork in the road. What should you do when you have a migraine: go to sleep or stay awake? Moreover, does sleep cause migraines or do migraines cause sleeping trouble which inadvertently cause migraines? How can we win?
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