Alright, heres some basic info..

Im 18 years old, male.
Normal weight, height all that, no abnormal weight loss or nothing like that out of the normal.
I probably sleep on average 7-8 hours a night, I sleep a messed up schedule though because thats how ive adjusted myself too over time, probably go to sleep around 4-5AM and wake up late during the day since im no longer in school and my job requires me to be at work @ 4:30. I also smoke, probably on average a pack a day, which im sure cant be helping the headache situation, but I doubt it to be the main cause...

Ever since around october of 2007 or so, ive been having a daily tension type headache.

I figured it was something I was doing wrong, like sleeping or something of that nature, so i ignored it for awhile.

I started dating a girl last year a little while after the headaches started, since then shes stayed the night with me and noticed something, I grind my teeth bad at nighttime. I went to the dentist and got a nightgaurd made, ive noticed that it kind of helps, but really i dont see how it could to much because the mouthgaurd already has deep grind marks in it from only 2 weeks of wearing it, so im deffinetly a hardcore grinder during sleep.

Also, maybe 4-5 months ago, I noticed that my wisdom teeth were starting to show signs of coming in. Lately, theyve been hurting worse and worse, and when I press up on the top two wisdom teeth, the head pain seems to ease off a little bit (Or atleast it seems that way)


Usually when I wake up, my jaw etc feels sort of sore and my head feels somewhat sore (I guess from grinding) but the headache really doesnt ease on until after being awake for maybe 1-2 hours..

Now, ive always been the person to stress out and worry over nothing, and lately ive developed a bad case of anxiety, and I really think its because in my mind im not 100% certain on whats causing my headaches so therefor it throws up a red flag making me think somethings terribly wrong with me (Thats just how I am, make the worst out of every situation) Ive always sort of been that way, so anxiety could be another source of the headaches from my research, but back when they started I wasnt as stressed out all the time and worrying (Relationship has brought on alot of that, of course)

The headaches seem to last most of the day, whenever I get really involved in something, I dont think about the head pain and its really not a issue until I remember, Oh yeah i got a headache I forgot.

Also, the anxiety has made me have a few good anxiety attacks lately, and during that, I have no headache what so ever even when I think about the headache, then once the anxiety eases off, the headache returns..

Also, my jaw pops on both sides when opening and closing, the dentist told me that the mouth gaurd would correct that.

Also, sometimes the headache over the course of the day turns into a migraine by nighttime and i'll have to take a excedrin and lay down to get rid of it, but it does go away with treatment just as all the other ones do..


All of the headaches that I have, are all located on the temples of both sides of my head, really dont get pain anywhere else besides those places... Its the same everytime.

So basically, down to the main questions after having all that said.




Could anxiety be something I already had (My dad has it) and just now started to effect me?

Could My top two wisdom teeth being close to breaking the gums and becoming impacted have caused the headaches this whole time?

Could my grinding at night be causing headaches during the whole day? (Morning to nighttime)?

Could I have developed TMJ?


Also, ive been taking Excedrin migraine really almost daily to help deal with the headaches, the bottle says take Two at a time, but ive always took just one excedrin and it took the pain away, so it deffinetly responds to a low dose of over the counter treatment.


If someone could please answer these last few questions after reading my full post, I would appreciate it so much. Im just now really starting to search for answers for this ordeal, since its really starting to effect the things I do in life, since I know, i'll end up with a headache and not have a good time or be happy doing whatever im doing.

Since im the worrying and panicky type (Just like my dad), im scared to go and get a MRI or something like that because im scared of what the result could be (Even though thats dumb, if I didnt go and it was serious, i'd never know, and if it wasnt serious, itd give some serious piece of mind)


Another thing that points me towards wisdom teeth, is sometimes I can tap the top of my head with my palm, and actually feel sharp pain in both top wisdom teeth.


Thanks in advance to anyone with some insight to help me have some piece of mind with this...


Oh and by the way, im scheduled for November 25th to get x-rays of my wisdom teeth.