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  1. Hi Reverend, I have also found heat to be most helpful in my situation. and the hot shower as you have mentioned in your post.. but at its worst, hopping in the shower 4-5 times a night was getting to be to much. I have been to all the doctors and tried all the remedies So at night, I will place a large pot on the large burner of my stove, with just a very small amount of water in it, about a centimeter deep. I leave it off of course, and when I feel the headache coming, (Which for me is a very defined burning in my right sinus just under my eye and usually wakes me up) I can quickly get the water to a steam in just a minute or two. I basically steam my face and side of my head / ear / temple neck etc. and also try to inhale the steam into my sinuses if it hasn't already closed off. If it has than mouth breathing it in seems to work just as well. I don't know why but the heat seems to slightly mask the pain also, the hotter the better, without burning myself obviously. but it seems the more heat I can tolerate the quicker the relief. on many occasions I can stop the headache in just a few minutes before it gets to bad. and I have a great complexion. lol If I don't catch it in time, and it gets bad, then I abandon the steam and sit in the shower for fear of passing out on top of the stove. Although I have yet to pass out from the pain that does concern me. Anyways most of the time the steam does the trick. My headaches are seasonal. Sometime around March through May for some reason. They start off in the evening just one a night a day or two apart, increasing in frequency, and building up to a day, or two, or three, of all night episodes every hour or two apart, I may get 30 minutes to an hour of sleep in between during that time, and then they taper off the same way they started. , as they decrease in frequency at night I start to get them in the day time. last night I just had one, and then one this afternoon . I am hoping I get a full nights sleep soon, will be the first time in months. Honestly, I feel like one of the lucky ones here, as at least it seems like there is some relief on the horizon for me.. for awhile at least. I do wonder if steam is similar to oxygen therapy however, or maybe its just the heat by itself.
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