"why am i waking up with a headache?"

The possibilities are immense. Barometrics, allergy, stress, hormonal, blood pressure, .. goes on and on. That it is primarily only on Sunday morning IS "interesting" though, to say the least. Being it is on that schedule, it is NOT likely anything I mentioned. Odd, indeed. If environmental, it is SOMETHING different on Sundays (or Sat) than from anytime else.

I think when/if it reaches a point of enough concern, you need to consult a doctor.

"it is a real painful pain in the you know what" ..... I am assuming that would be head, .. HA!!

What do you do different on the weekend that you don't do during the week? Maybe that is what is causing your headache.

I have the same thing has you, wake up with a headache in the middle of the night or in the morning and dont have time to take something for it...... and it happens only on the weekend on saturday or sunday, and its very painful sometimes have to go to the ER.....

Several years ago, every weekend that rolled around I had a migraine... they told me it was probably the stress I had been through all week and then everything kinda falls in.. I don't really remember what I done.. but it didn't last long. Take care! God Bless You!!! Lori

Do you stay up later on Friday's? Do you sleep in on Saturday's? Maybe the change in sleeping patterns is the cause? I wake up each day in pain also, but I had a concussion/Brain injury. They call mine Post concussive headaches that grow into migraines. I have since beed put on SSDI and waiting for workers Comp to resolve. It is a work injury. Too many meds, but I take them all. The pain is just too much.

Sorry about your headaches. I wake up every day with a headache. My head gets cold (near outside wall with window open so air/breeze goes across my face) and wearing a hat has helped some, but then it throws my balance off.

changes in sleep patterns, do you drink wine on weekends? Wine can aggrevate headaches. I'm a MTBI with daily headaches that also develop into migraines.

Do you live near ocean?

blessings and prayers said.

I have had headaches my whole life.
I have TMD as well, When it first started years ago the headaches were most on the weekends because that is when I would clench my jaw the most from stress during the week.
Clusters can also be triggered in your sleep, but they tend to last in longer periods not just the weekend. Is your jaw ever sore when you wake up with the headache?
Or any teeth sore?
One more thing to ponder. :)
I hope you find the cause.
Headaches are tricky.
They use to tell me mine were all in my head.LOLLLL and Yup they were right intelegent doctors LOL Duhhhh

Yes...I almost always wake up with a stupid headache. I too am very bitter about it. A few yrs ago I went to see a chiroprachter about the whole situation....my migraines, pain and muscle problems and he was able to really help me in a few areas. One that made a huge difference was my sleeping postures, driving postures, sitting postures....

sounds silly but hey...it works. He sold me a pillow that wasn't very expensive made by pillo-pedic. Is one of those contured pillows. Strange looking and hard to get used to at first but really did the trick. He said it was made for head and neck trauma victims and keeps you more still in the neck area at night.

Like I said...is a bit hard to get used to at first but really helps after you get used to it.

Here is site I found it on today.
http://www.pillowmart.com/Hypo-Allergenic-Pillows_pillopedic.html?source=google_pillopedic&gclid=CMq18-fjwpcCFQEoGgodkFr6TA

I still do wake stiff and my headache is still there some days but this has really helped me.

Wish you the best. -opy

My husband suffers from migraines, sinus headaches, and stress headaches.

It took us about a year to figure out that the headaches that would wake him up at night periodically were cluster headaches.

I feel for you.

I've often woken up weekend mornings with a "half a headache" as I like to call them. Sometimes some tylenol and coffee will take care of them and I'm fine. Other times they can develop into full blown migraines.

Things that I've noticed that seem to trigger them are also things that will trigger regular migraines in me so I have to be careful.

Change of sleep pattern - this is especially pronounced on the weekends when I'll stay up later at night or allow myself to sleep in longer in the mornings. I end up paying for it.

Eating food out the night before with lots of MSG in it. Really gotta watch those prepared foods!

Weather - barometric pressure drops when fronts move in will do it every time. This time of year is killer for me. Rain/snow showers with cold are awful (I'm on the east coast of the US)

My bedroom being cold. Strange, but it seems if my bedroom is too cold and my nose/sinuses get too cold, it will trigger a migraine like the weather/barometric pressure changes do. I have an older house so it's drafty. I now have a space heater in my bedroom - it helps.

You might want to try to look for triggers. May take some time, but any kind of relief is nice. Good luck!

I'm so sorry,know how it feels!Have you considered sleep apnea.Waking up with headace is a major symptom,b/c body is deprived from oxygen.Take care-Jen

I have a combination of suggestions: write down what you eat regularly and what you eat different on weekends, check out what you drink alcohol or not. Check with a Dr. about sleep apnea, check your stree during the week *maybe when the stress is over the end of it is the migraine*, and if your teeth and jaw muscles hurt talk to the Dr. about TMJ.

I have migraines triggered by foods, barametric pressure, stress, sleep apnea, and TMJ.
I am taking Promethazine with Tramadol. It is something I can take on a schedule for two days then it is off to the Dr. office of ER.
REgimine of Promethazine one 25mg (for nausea) at onset of migraine) two 25mg Tramadol (at oneset) if it is not gone after that I can take 2 more tramadols an hour apart for the first day and repeat the second day, then like I said it is off to the Dr. office or ER. But I also watch what I eat and use a c-pap machine for migraines and the special pillow mentioned in one of the other posts.
Migraines have been part of my life since I was a child. I am not sure why I got them then could have been a number of things, I suppose.
Good luck and I hope something I have said helps in someway.
My prayers are with you.