Don't overdo the pain pills. Although an occasional dose of an over-the-counter analgesic may help alleviate your headache for a few hours, taking these drugs too often may actually worsen the pain. Theses drugs are OK inlimited quantities but if you need to take more than two doses a day, you should see a doctor. 

Lie down. Lying down and closing your eyes for half an hour or more may be one of the best treatments for a bad headache. For some types of headaches, such as migraines, sleep is the only thing that seems to interrupt the pain cycle. The most important thing is to recognize that the faster the patient with a severe headache stops what they're doing and goes to bed and rests, the faster the headaches will go away. You need to recognize when the big headache is coming. That's the time to give up and go to bed. 

Don't let the sun shine in. Especially if your symptoms resemble those of a migraine (such as severe pain on one side of the head, nausea, blurred vision and extreme sensitivity to light), resting in a darkened room may alleviate the pain. Bright light may also cause headaches. Sometimes, looking at a computer screen may bring on a headache. Tinted glasses may help. 

Use a cold compress. A washcloth dipped in ice-cold water and placed over the eyes or an ice pack placed on the site of the pain are other good ways of relieving a headache. Other good solutions are the 'headache  hat,' which is an ice pack that surrounds the head and the ice pillow, which is frozen gel pack that is inseted into a special pillow. Using ice as soon as possible after the onset of the headache will relieve the pain within 20 minutes for most people. 

Try heat. If ice feels uncomfortable to you, or if it doesn't help your headache, try placing a warm washcolth over your eyes or on the site of the pain. You should leave the compress on for half an hour, rewarming it as necessary. 

Think pleasant thoughts. Many headaches are brought on or worsened by stress and tension. Learning to handle life's difficulties in a calm way may keep the volumedown on a bad headache. Turn off all thoughts of unpleasant, crisis-provoking things. Think about pleasant things. Just for the moment, try to forget about the confrontation with the boss or the coworker. Try to relax while you work out a strategy to cope with the problem. 
 
 
 
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       The   entire    relaxation exercise,  which  relaxes the facial area, neck, shoulders and    upper    back,    takes about  five  minutes.  Before you  begin,  make  sure  you won't be disturbed. 

1. Settle  back  quietly   and comfortably into  a  favorite chair   or  sofa.  Allow  your muscles   to   become   loose and heavy. 

2. Wrinkle up you  forehead, hold it, then  smooth  it  our, picturing         the        entire forehead becoming smoother as the relaxation  increases. 

3. Frown,    creasing     your eyebrows tightly, feeling the tension. Let go of the tenson, smoothing out your forehead once more. 

4. Close your eyes more and more tighly. Feel the tension  as you hold them shut. Relax your   eyes   until   they   are closed          gently          and comfortably. 

5. Clench    your   jaws   and teeth    together.    Feel   the tension   build,  then  let  go and  relax,  letting  the  lips part slightly. Allow yourself   to     feel     relief     in      the relaxation. 

6. Press  your  tongue   hard against   the   roof   of   your mouth.    Again,     feel    the tension, then relax. 

7. Purse  your  lip   together more and more tightly, then relax.  Notice  the   contrast between       tension       and relaxation.      Feel         the       relaxation   all   over    your face,   forehead  and   scalp, eyes, jaws, lips and  tongue.