...chronic ones at that. At the age of 21 (over 13 years ago) I started getting more headaches than usual. They'd last a few days then I'd have a break for a few days. Slowly but surely over the next months the headache periods became longer and the breaks got shorter.

Then they never stopped. I wake up with headache and go to bed with headache every night. I'm never without.

Over the years I've been to the doctors many times. I've had allsorts of prescription medicines. I had a brain scan, neck scan, sinus operation, acupuncture, chiropractor and physiotherapy.

Now I very occasionally use co-codomols.

The years around my headaches (I can't remember specifically when), I had some amalgam fillings. Three of them. A few years ago I had one replaced after reading all the controversy over amalgam/mercury. I had a white filling.
I felt no difference whatsover and so I never bothered having the other two replaced. Now I'm researching again and am still undecided - I mean - would just two fillings make such a difference?

The strange thing is that some of the symptons/reactions seem to apply to me:

At this point in my life I am leading a much healthier life than I ever have done, I eat a well-balance diet and exercise 4/5 times weekly. Yet, when I go to work on my two days a week my head always feels worse. I work all day on a pc. When I eat a large meal my head becomes so heavy and hurts more. At times I have gone to bed and my head hasn't felt too bad yet I wake up feeling so much worse (I grind my teeth at night).

I am, however, still unsure whether its worth the trauma (I hate dentists!) and cost to replace these fillings. Having tried so many things before (including botox on my forehead) I don't want to build myself and end up feeling more fed-up than ever about them.

So, if anyone can convince me or give me some advice I'd be really grateful.

Sorry this has been so long-winded, but thank you for reading anyway.

Melanie