Lots of us have to live with headaches, which we get for apparently no reason. Some of these headache types may happen once and then we may go for many years before we have them again. Other kind of headaches occur far more often. These kind of headaches are known as ‘frequent headaches’.

Generally, frequent headaches are tension headaches. However, other frequent headaches are the result of taking too much over-the-counter (OTC) medicine. This kind of frequent headache is also called a ‘rebound headache’. While it is safe to take the recommended dose to treat headaches, rebound headaches happen because the dose has been surpassed.

Therefore, one of the ways to stop the pain that frequent headaches bring is to slowly reduce the amount of medication that you are taking. For people who may find this step hard, talking with their GP can help to find the best method to accomplish this without making their headaches or other complaint worse.

Besides overdosing on headache medication, there are also other factors that can bring the onset of frequent headaches. These can be an excessive amount of smoking and drinking too much alcohol. Therefore, reducing your alcohol intake to a moderate level can assist with reducing the pain of your frequent headaches.

As smoking any type of tobacco can increase your chances of getting frequent headaches, it is best to stop smoking altogether. While it might sound easy to control these frequent headache triggers, you may actually need professional to help you to reduce your frequent headaches.

Therefore, when you talk with your doctor you should find out about headache clinics and if they have the facilities to help you with your rebound and/or frequent headaches. Individuals who prefer to cope with controlling their headache medication themselves can start by reducing the dosage a little.

Afterwards, when your body is able to deal with that reduction, you can lower the dosage a bit more. If you feel that the headaches are becoming too frequent, you have the choice of taking a little cortisone to help deal with the pain of the headaches while your body slowly gets used to to the new regimen.

Because frequent headaches are probably caused more by the misuse of headache medication, it would be a wise idea for you to take the medication only if you absolutely need to. This way you can control your intake of the medication that causes you to suffer from other headaches in addition to what you originally started the pain killers for.