If that makes a big difference, replace fluorescent lights with incandescent lighting or table lamps. When Caffeine Helps a Headache Having a cup of coffee or tea with your aspirin provides better relief than aspirin alone. In fact, most aspirin products have a fair amount of caffeine in them. And avoid using more than two aspirin tablets a day. And if you're a coffee drinker during the week, don't stop drinking it on weekends or you'll risk a real head splitter.
Posture plays a key role in tension headaches.
He recommends that you avoid leaning or tilting your head to one side, since your neck muscles contract when you're in these positions. Avoid high-altitude headache. If you're headed for a vacation in the high Rockies or Peruvian Andes, you may be at risk for high-altitude headache. You may help avoid a headache by taking 3,000 to 5,000 milligrams of vitamin C the day before you leave and one each day when visiting, advises Seymour Solomon, M.D., director of the Headache Unit at Montefiore Medical Center and professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, both in New York City. If you suspect that you have a medical problem, please seek competent medical care.