Participants’ experiences of control intervention
headaches
MEDICATION OVERUSE HEADACHE, SAID
Among the nine control intervention participants interviewed, several found the pre-recorded guided relaxation session useful and used it regularly. Others did not find time in the day to devote time to relaxation or found the CD format inconvenient. In terms of the information provided by the study team, four control participants could not recall getting the information. Of the rest: One noted that the information was nothing new to them but then said that they did like the information about medications. Another noted that the information provided made them think about the triggers for their headaches. One participant commented that it made them aware of medication overuse headaches and as a result was careful with taking over the counter medications, also commenting that the information generally was useful. The final participant appreciated the information provided and being part of the study saying that the study “validated their headaches…”.