Headaches from Overwork and Exhaustion
Mental and/or physical stress, overwork, eyestrain or working under a deadline usually cause acute headaches. They often occur in combination with lack of sleep.
If suffering from these types of headache one should get sufficient amount of sleep, reduce and/or re-organize the work load and take regular breaks.
Symptoms of Headaches from Overwork and Exhaustion
- Pain (pressing like a weight) all the way from the back of the head to the forehead; dizzy feeling when getting up; usually due to emotional, but also due to mental overexertion; total lack of interest or enthusiasm.Often during puberty
Worse – in cold weather, warm rooms, mornings, light, motion and speaking
Better – when given comfort, bed rest, fresh air, warm compresses and liquid diet
Remedy - Acidum phosphoricum
- Bursting pain that often starts at the neck; total exhaustion due to overwork; tired during the day, wide awake or adventurous at night; everything is too much to bear; effort of any kind leads to fatigue. Often for school children.
Worse - warm rooms and in the mornings
Better - lying down, cool fresh air, quiet
Remedy - Acidum picrinicum
- It feels as if head is held firmly between two jaws; bursting pain as if hit by a pole; very sensitive; forgetful; suspicious; lack of concentration; dizziness; usually after a mental strain.
Better - from eating
Remedy - Anacardium
- Stubborn headaches in children, on the top of the head; suffers from lack of sleep; makes excessive demands.
Worse - change in weather, fresh air
Better - lying down, eating, midday napping
Remedy - Calcarea phosphorica
- Pounding, strong regular movements of pain at the temples, as if head is going to explode; physically exhausted; skin on top of head feels numb; mentally alert but cannot concentrate, often due to anemia.
Worse – cold air, touch, noise, excitement
Better - gentle motion, pressure
Remedy - China
- The headache in the forehead and neck is uncomfortable, strong and hard to bear; lack of sleep due to night work; mentally overworked; nausea; dazed and dizziness.
Worse – excitement, eating, motion, driving a car
Better - a short nap, lying down
Remedy - Cocculus
- Pulsating, pounding, stabbing pain also at the back of the head; face reddens and feet go cold when in pain; hair roots are painful and so hair are not firmly fixed; often due to anemia.
Worse - after any type of effort, including mental
Better - after getting up in the morning, lying down, walking about slowly
Remedy - Ferrum metallicum
- Stress headaches due to mental overexertion; overly sensitive; too much alcohol, nicotine; choleric; under time pressure the person is troubled, cold; disapproving (too concerned about smallest of details).
Worse - light, sun, in the morning, cold, noise
Better - a short nap, lying down, warm room
Remedy - Nux vomica
- Dull pain from the neck to the forehead; feels weak and exerted mentally and physically; anxious, sad without hope. Occurs in children
Worse - noise, motion
Better - pressure, wrapped up warmly
Remedy - Silicea
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