New here but I just had to reply. My oldest girl, dd15, suffered from headaches in the back of her head from early October until mid-January. Her head hurt the most when doing math and singing, but the headache was almost always present at a low level. It really affected her quality of life! Her eyes were ok, her sinuses were clear, nothing was wrong with her brain (had an MRI), etc. The ped neurologist gave us two choices: medication or a radical diet change to eliminate food triggers. As dd is already on multiple meds each day (reflux and allergies) we went for the diet first. She already didn't eat many of the traditional headache trigger foods due to a soy allergy, plus with her age she wasn't drinking red wine or coffee LOL.
Basically we eliminated all nuts, all chocolate, all cheese but cream cheese, and a bunch of other things. Each week we added one item back into her diet. So far her headache triggers are pepperoni, provolone cheese and MSG. We suspect other cheeses will be a problem too, but thankfully cheddar, parmesan and mozzarella are ok. I also suspect fresh yeast in homemade bread products :( We have to wait until she has a school break (she's in private hs) to test another item.
The headache diet can be found at the National Headache Foundation's website, www.headaches.org It's called the "low tyramine headache diet."
I hope your dd finds comfort soon. It's so frustating when our kids are ill and we can't figure out why!
