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 10
20s 55
30s 144
40s 235
50s 319
60s 243
70+ 128

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 191
Female 931