I have read about the "Ice pick"
headaches. The pain described is very
close to what I am experiencing, however
my pain radiates throughout my head and
not a local area. Furthermore, I do not
have migraines to follow.
Some mornings, I wake up fine, simply
stretch in bed while laying down and
suddenly, I have the sharp head pains. The
pains are shortlived. Some will leave as
quickly as they came and others may
dissipate over 1 minute or 2.
Some days i have no pains and other days
they are more frequent and with varying
intesity. When they are really bad, i
can't help but hold my head as it feels as
if my head is literally splitting open.
The pains can be triggered from
stretching, sneezing, coughing, getting up
from the couch, laying down or even
lifting my baby above shoulder level.
It often feels as if the blood is
"flushing" into my head right before the
onset of pain. More often than not, i am
caught off guard.
What could be wrong with me?
Basically you should distinguish if your
headache is primary or secondary. Primary
headaches are idiopathic (with an unknown
cause). Secondary headaches are
symptomatic or caused by some other
disease (tumor, infection, etc.).
Several diagnostic procedures can be done
to confirm or exclude a secondary headache
(EEG, standard blood analyses, CT,
MRI…). Secondary headaches are treated
by treating the primary disorder. Primary
headaches are treated symptomatically with
analgesics.
You can consult a neurologist about your
condition.
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