What is chronic headache disorder?

Chronic headache, or chronic daily headache (CDH), is classified as experiencing fifteen or more days with a headache per month.

How do members experience chronic headache disorder?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with chronic headache disorder*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for chronic headache disorder*

Who has chronic headache disorder on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 15
20s 57
30s 153
40s 223
50s 344
60s 251
70+ 153

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 205
Female 968

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What is chronic headache disorder?

Chronic headache, or chronic daily headache (CDH), is classified as experiencing fifteen or more days with a headache per month.



Common symptoms reported by people with chronic headache disorder

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for chronic headache disorder

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Compare treatments taken by people with chronic headache disorder

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have chronic headache disorder through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with chronic headache disorder? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has chronic headache disorder on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 3 new patients joined this month
  • 765 say chronic headache disorder is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 15
20s 57
30s 153
40s 223
50s 344
60s 251
70+ 153
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 111
20-29 years 78
30-39 years 60
40-49 years 35
50-59 years 16
60-69 years 2
70+ years 1

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 205
Female 968

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 311
Not Diagnosed 81

These charts show data from chronic headache disorder patients who have completed their condition history
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