Headache for 5 straight days

You really need to find out what is causing them. Go to the dr's and get some tests done. It could be allergies to food or enviorment, it could be caffeine, lack of fluids, way you sleep also vitamin D and low iron can cause havock with your head. I used to get headaches that would last 5 - 7 days and would feel nauseated most of the time, was admittted to sick kids at 13 and found that the main cause was lack of fluids. Best way to find out is to drink a 500 ml bottle of water within a few minutes and then drink some gatorade type drink, chicken soup broth and/or flat ginger ale over the course of the next hour or so and then have a drink every few hours or so for the rest of the day. You need to drink this much because not only are trying to stay hydrated you have to make up for the fluids and electolytes you are short on. Now, 40+ years later, I still only get a slight headache maybe once a year and no nausea. I am so concious of my fluid intake. Hope this helps.

I am going through the same thing. I have had headaches and nausea for 6 days, at first it was just nausea for a day or so and then the headache, similar to the migraines I would get in college. At first I thought it was after effects of the conscious sedation meds that I had been given 2 days prior for a procedure but the doctor said that they shouldn't have had that effect. He originally thought that it was due to some irritation in my duodenum that was found during the colonoscopy but that would not explain the migraine like headache.

On Friday he told me to take my zofran and call him today to let him know how I was. When I called today he said it is probably something viral and to call him on Thursday. I really don't like the runaround and I am barely able to function feeling like this. I have also tried Maxalt to no avail, as well as toradol and Migraine strength excedrin but no relief.

I am really hoping that I feel better tomorrow, I don't want to miss open house at my daughters' schools tomorrow.

Hi there
I am a 27 year old female and have recently suffered from a persistent headache which I thought was to do with my period (I had heard that is a common symptom, although hadn't had it much before), but since Friday it has been really bad - I took the day off work and thought that my boss wouldn't believe me when I said I had a bad headache! I took ibuprofen regularly over the following 24 hours, which would help sometimes and not other times, and it has waxed and waned over the last couple of days. I have never really suffered from bad headaches and never had a migraine, but I have been wondering if that's what it was, although, like andwoo, I kind of get a nausea-like feeling, more like I just don't want to eat. I can eat, and it doesn't make me feel worse or better, but it doesn't take the headache away. I did take codeine a couple of times as well, but haven't really bothered taking anything because nothing seems to work consistently. I find it's really painful when I change position, i.e. get up from a sitting/lying position, and it's often worse when I'm lying in bed. I have been diagnosed with low iron, although it's not very low but it's just outside of the normal range. I have been trying to take the pills regularly, and I have to admit some days I just forget. I know I haven't eaten much red meat of late, either. But I'm trying to drink water, although I often don't feel like that either, and I eat very healthily. I have recognised in the past that I get headaches from eating too much sugar, but that doesn't seem to be the issue here. In fact, in recent times, I barely feel like eating anything.

I am seeing a bit of a pattern in some of the posts here, in that a lot of people at onset are mid-20s, relatively healthy, often female, and have not really ever had migraines or bad headaches before. It's a little concerning, but I'm glad to know that it's not just in my head (excuse the pun!)!
I'm planning on taking some of the advice given here and going to the doctor, and possibly the chiropractor too. It's unfortunate that the pain makes me grumpy - I don't want to be!!

Any solutions for this yet? My wife has developed a similar issue. However, we are still figuring out causes as I don't live with her. It's mostly the same thing as most others. She early twenties, and has these headaches 24 hours a day starting only a couple of weeks ago. Before that, they were off and on. They're located on both sides of the head, a bit on the front and the back of the neck. She's tried aspirin to lessen the pain but that's only a temporary band-aid. We're looking for a more permanent solution. She's also seen a doctor but was told it may be her eyes. So, I got her glasses. The headaches persist.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Found this after googling "Migraine longer then 5 days" Looks like I'm not alone.

I'm a 27 yr old female and this is my first migraine. I tend to have "normal" mild headaches around my menstrual cycle but 5 days ago I woke up with THE WORST HEADACHE OF MY LIFE. Went to the doctor and she gave me a shot of thoradol (sp?) didn't help, and then a relpax which also didn't help so she prescribed me vicodin which took the edge off. Started throwing up and experiencing numbness in my hands and feet that night and ended up in the ER. They gave me an IV, an anti nausea shot and some magical shot that made my pain almost disappear completely. Went back to the doctor the next day and got another anti nausea shot and a prescription for gabapentin (which works the best at dulling the pain so far) Got a CT scan and it was "Stable". Headache is still showing no sign of stopping or letting up so my Gabapentin dose was increased. Starting to think I'll just have to wait this out but I'd rather not be on pain meeds for that long.

I suspect this has something to do with me accidentally ingesting gluten (I'm gluten intolerant) the day before I got the headache but don't think it would last this long. I also have a thyroid condition and I recently got chickens. Just putting this out there to see if there's any similarities. Hopefully someone has an answer or it just goes away. At this point I don't care.

Hello, I was also searching for persistent headache and found this forum.

I am 36 years old and on May 23rd I was out in the rain trying to take a bucket and swoosh water away from my back door to prevent it from flooding. (we were in a flash flood). All of a sudden my head started pounding so bad, I sat down in a chair still outside. It got worse. I could not stand to hear anyone talk. I made my way inside and to my bed. I ended up having my husband call 911. The pain was so bad. And it was constant. But it also went in waves of intensity. Like contractions during child birth. The fire dept who was first on the scene said they had never seen anything like it. They kept trying to ask me questions and I could not even talk the pain was that bad. I really thought I was dying. They rushed me to the hospital. They had finally given me medicine that had me sleeping. They did a cat scan which came out fine. Except for one blurry spot on my neck on the right side. They said I may have moved or it could be something. I do remember my arm fell at one point during the cat scan. So that could be it. They sent me home. Since then I have had a headache everyday. Two weeks after that happened I went on a ride at am amusement park, the water rapids. When I got to the part where water falls on your head my head started hurting again like it did that day, but it was not as bad. I was able to keep calm and it went away. I did not have to seek medical attention. My husband thought water was my trigger. Showers do not bother me at all though. But I have had a headache that had been moving all over my head, but for the last week it has only been on my left side. Near my temple and runs down the back of my head near the base of my head. This is day 25 of a headache. The only thing that helps is a migraine medicine. But, it does not always help. It sometimes goes away for an hour or two with that medicine. But like today, I took it and I am still hurting. I went to the eye Dr, to see if it is that I need new glasses. He said he don't think its because of my glasses. I did order some new ones, and they have the glare to help me with my job since I am on a computer all day. I have not gotten them yet. They should be in this week or next. If that does not help, I will go to the Dr. Its just that my insurance sucks and I basically have to pay full price for my Dr visit. Once I reach $3000 the insurance will cover part of the charges.

I am glad to know I am not alone. I hope that I figure this out soon.

Thank you. I will ask him about that.