Cry cry baby
September 15, 2009 5:44 PM Subscribe
What causes crying headaches?
I cried all afternoon at work (boo --private office) and now I have a massive headache, despite meds. What causes these insane crying headaches? What a bad side effect to a bad situation!
I cried all afternoon at work (boo --private office) and now I have a massive headache, despite meds. What causes these insane crying headaches? What a bad side effect to a bad situation!
Also you're squishing up the muscles of your face when you cry. Just try tensing the muscles in and around your forehead for a few seconds and it'll start making your head hurt - maybe cutting off the blood supply through swelling from unusual exertion of the muscles plus dehydration?
posted by Billegible at 5:49 PM on September 15, 2009
posted by Billegible at 5:49 PM on September 15, 2009
Most likely from the uneven breathing, and the nasal/sinus swelling, that goes along with crying. I googled "crying headache" and it has several results.
Hope you feel better soon.
posted by amyms at 5:50 PM on September 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
Hope you feel better soon.
posted by amyms at 5:50 PM on September 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
Speculation--tension headache? I find an ice pack to the head and a dark room helps when I have one.
posted by 6:1 at 5:50 PM on September 15, 2009
posted by 6:1 at 5:50 PM on September 15, 2009
Crying can make your sinuses fill up, which can cause a headache.
posted by decathecting at 5:50 PM on September 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by decathecting at 5:50 PM on September 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
i vote dehydration. in fact in my experience most headaches are caused by dehydration.
posted by chickaboo at 6:07 PM on September 15, 2009
posted by chickaboo at 6:07 PM on September 15, 2009
When I was a kid I'd cry and get lightheaded--that's when I knew it was time to stop, actually. Something along those lines?
posted by infinitewindow at 6:31 PM on September 15, 2009
posted by infinitewindow at 6:31 PM on September 15, 2009
Dehydration?! The amount of water you could lose in tears is insignificant. I'm guessing it's psychogenic or a "tension" headache.
posted by phrontist at 6:34 PM on September 15, 2009
posted by phrontist at 6:34 PM on September 15, 2009
I think it's the tension + sinus irritation. Mostly tension I'm guessing, because I often get really bad headaches if I'm pushed to the point of crying, but don't actually cry.
posted by whoaali at 7:01 PM on September 15, 2009
posted by whoaali at 7:01 PM on September 15, 2009
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