Comments on: The Connection Between Headaches and Abuse http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/138/the-connection-between-headaches-and-abuse/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: How to Cope with Pain http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/138/the-connection-between-headaches-and-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-3690 How to Cope with Pain Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:45:42 +0000 http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/138/the-connection-between-headaches-and-abuse/#comment-3690 You're very right that it's frustrating when there are groups that respond to various treatments, but you haven't found anything yet. Keep trying. And I agree that we are just beginning to understand some of the issues involved in how the brain generate and heals pain. Thanks for your comment! You’re very right that it’s frustrating when there are groups that respond to various treatments, but you haven’t found anything yet. Keep trying.

And I agree that we are just beginning to understand some of the issues involved in how the brain generate and heals pain.

Thanks for your comment!

]]> By: Judy Terwilliger http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/138/the-connection-between-headaches-and-abuse/comment-page-1/#comment-3689 Judy Terwilliger Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:52:23 +0000 http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/138/the-connection-between-headaches-and-abuse/#comment-3689 This is all very interesting but what about the 60% who do not suffer from any kind of abuse and suffer from daily headaches. Many of the people are young women who are in their teens who one day get a heachache that just doesn't go away. Many of these are teens who have no history of headaches and in my daughter's case have not found any medications that really helps. We have not found a genetic link either so there are many out there who do not fall neatly into the genetic or abuse catagory. It's very easy to label people and put them in catagories and say that because of this or that in their life they are more likely to have headaches. However there is a big group out there who do not fall into any of those catagories who have a chemical inbalance that has no history to point too. These are otherwise healthy women who have no history of headaches, no family history or no abuse who don't fit into any group except that one day out of the blue they wake up with a headache that never goes away. Certainly it may help to know if someone does have a history of abuse so that they can get help. However for those who do not as well as those who do it's very frustrating and shows how little we still know about the brain works when dealing with headaches. This is all very interesting but what about the 60% who do not suffer from any kind of abuse and suffer from daily headaches. Many of the people are young women who are in their teens who one day get a heachache that just doesn’t go away. Many of these are teens who have no history of headaches and in my daughter’s case have not found any medications that really helps. We have not found a genetic link either so there are many out there who do not fall neatly into the genetic or abuse catagory. It’s very easy to label people and put them in catagories and say that because of this or that in their life they are more likely to have headaches. However there is a big group out there who do not fall into any of those catagories who have a chemical inbalance that has no history to point too. These are otherwise healthy women who have no history of headaches, no family history or no abuse who don’t fit into any group except that one day out of the blue they wake up with a headache that never goes away. Certainly it may help to know if someone does have a history of abuse so that they can get help. However for those who do not as well as those who do it’s very frustrating and shows how little we still know about the brain works when dealing with headaches.

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