Headaches cured after taking a chill pill

I had quite the revelation this week and I just wanted to share. Maybe it'll help someone.

I've had headaches my entire adult life, not really migraines, just chronic headaches. It was usually 2-4 times a week but after starting Sumatriptan about 7 years ago, it's been about every day. From what I've read on here, I'm lucky my health insurance gives me enough pills for this. I cycle in and out of rebound-headache-land. Sometimes I'm blessed with periods of 2-3 days without headaches but that's rare.

However, I went on a month long vacation over the holidays and after about a week or so, I stopped having headaches. I could eat as much sugar, drink as much coffee or alcohol as I wanted - it took noticeably longer to develop a headache. I guess the stress I put myself under in my daily life was the culprit. Now I feel stupid ever wondering if it was anything else.

Day 1 back to normal life after vacation, I started getting headaches again. But last week I decided to consciously and constantly de-stress throughout the day. Since then, it's been an all day battle to take things a little slower and try to reduce my blood pressure by sheer will. But, my 10 day headache streak is now a 5 day no-headache streak. Except for last night, I had a big ass beer in a crowded restaurant with my two toddlers running around, pretty hard to keep relaxed in that situation.

I know this might sound like a joke, but it's true. I'm hoping this technique continues working. It feels like I cracked the Da Vinci Code or something. So I don't know if this might help anyone, but give it a shot. I can't believe it took me ~20 years to figure this out.