Lying in bed gives me a headache!

[Crackle]

I noticed quite a while ago I clench my jaw when I'm trying to get to sleep, simply realising this and stopping has saved me from loads of sleepless nights

If I'm finding I can't get to sleep, I consciously check every muscle isn't tensed, it's quite weird realising you are tensing a muscle, even though it doesn't feel like it.
That normally sends me off to sleep

It has a name that and you can get inserts from your dentist to stop you clenching your teeth. I found recently that I was doing this, turned out to be the cause of a few headaches. Simply being conscious of the problem seems to have been enough for me to stop doing it.

 

[Jonathan M]

Some do. But the tech isn't great, and generates too many horror stories of parents feeling compelled to dash in every time baby rolls off the little mat / sensor.

We used to use devices like these at work (I'm a children's nurse). Apnoea alarms. Useless, and the only time parents were advised/told to use them was in the event of a very premature baby, or if the family had experienced a previous sudden unexplained death of an infant (SUDI). But even then they were only used as part of a package that meant the parents were trained in basic life support and told to ring 999, the risks to their child were significantly higher than other babies.

I recall stories at the time of the "worried well" parents, who rang 999 or rushed their babies to A&E because they'd "stopped breathing" all because of the monitor alarming.

With regards to the OP's question there are lots of reasons why morning headaches occur, some are innocent, some are very sinister.

http://www.headaches.org/education/Headache_Topic_Sheets/Early_Morning_Awakening_Headache

 

[Globalti]

Interesting, thanks. The bit about adrenaline causing migraine is interesting; for a long time I have thought it might be something to do with the blood flow in the brain. The headache is migraine-like in character, thumping and slightly sick feeling. Been getting them for as long as I can remember if I stay in bed awake. About once a year I can lie in and not get a headache!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Interesting, thanks. The bit about adrenaline causing migraine is interesting; for a long time I have thought it might be something to do with the blood flow in the brain. The headache is migraine-like in character, thumping and slightly sick feeling. Been getting them for as long as I can remember if I stay in bed awake. About once a year I can lie in and not get a headache!

Mrs FF always seems to have a headache in bed...

 

[Hacienda71]

I don't get one from lying in bed awake but if I sleep a lot more than I normally would say 10 hours rather than between say six and eight, I do seem to get a headache. Suppose it is probably brain chemistry, I have been like this for most of my adult life.

 

[sindeh69]

Oh thank god its not just me, I noticed years ago this phenomena, not always! but very often if I lay in bed trying to nod off again in the morning, it can give me the headache all day, its that headache that really feels inflamation inside the head lol, and your eye feels like it is bulging a bit, and you feel dumb n weak all day, but yes if you just get up immediately, you can guarantee a headache free day! we need alarms that say" hey you, get up, hey get up now, don't you dare go back to sleep, etc etc. it could be related to out high metabolism and adrenaline filled bike riding, our minds start thinking of riding, so our body adjusts to this, but we just try to stay still in bed.

 

[AuroraSaab]

Headache after a lie in or prolonged sleep is often dehydration. Anybody getting frequent bad headaches, especially if accompanied by vomiting, should have a check with their gp just to be sure.

 

[DavdH22]

I'm really heartened to know I'm not alone!

Does anybody have any theories as to why it happens?

Hey I know this was posted about a decade ago, but did you ever figure it out? The same thing has been happening to me and it's unbearable.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Hey I know this was posted about a decade ago, but did you ever figure it out? The same thing has been happening to me and it's unbearable.

I wondered why the link didn't work

 

[vickster]

Hey I know this was posted about a decade ago, but did you ever figure it out? The same thing has been happening to me and it's unbearable.

Neck issue? See a physio specialised in cervicogenic headache perhaps?
However, if it’s unbearable, do see your GP asap

 

[Globalti]

No, I never found out why it happens. I think it's vascular in origin. Nowadays I'm usually awake at 5.30 and raring to get up so it very seldom happens.

 

[Nigelnightmare]

I get headaches if I haven't been out on the bike for a day or two!
No idea why, but,
Going out for a ride gets rid if it.

 

[Mo1959]

Headaches are a weird thing. I had a colleague who swore blind that she had never had a headache in her life! As a regular sufferer as my mum was, can there be something in our genes that make some more prone than others?

I think a lot of mine start from my neck which creaks and grates like a rusty gate. Too much sitting in the wrong position or the wrong pillow at night seems to be the main culprits, plus stress.

 

[figbat]

Perhaps sinus-related? After a bout of ongoing headaches with no apparent cause I saw a doctor and was diagnosed with sinusitis. A course of antibiotics cleared it up but every now and then it comes back, generally whenever I get any kind of cold-like illness. I generally manage it with steaming (read: lying in a hot bath) and when unbearable some analgesics.

Just throwing it out there - maybe it's connected, maybe it's not.

 

[mr_cellophane]

My wife has a similar problem. Every time I get into bed, she has a headache.