Has anyone any alternatives other than medication for tension headaches? Ongoing 4mths now x
Tension/pressure headaches : Has anyone any... - Women's Health
Tension/pressure headaches
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🤔 If you’ve seen your GP, and there’s no other cause for the headaches..
Guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) state that a course of up to 10 sessions of acupuncture over a 5- to 8-week period may be beneficial in preventing chronic tension-type headaches.
In some cases, an antidepressant medication called amitriptyline may be prescribed to help prevent chronic tension-type headaches, although there's limited evidence of its effectiveness.
This medicine does not treat a headache instantly, but must be taken daily for several months until the headaches lessen.
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Had headaches for 3 months driving me mad