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I get a headache behind left eye when sleeping on left side. when i get up headache goes away in about 1/2 hour. then i can go back to sleep ?
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Could be your neck: Positional headaches such as you describe likely are neck related. Pain generators in posterior neck often refer symptoms to behind one or other eye.
Answered 10/11/2012
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