Hello all, my name is josh I was super
happy in an odd way to see that I am not
alone. :d I read all the post and have
the same symptoms as all of you, however I
have been having these pains for about 2
yrs. It started when I got a job sitting
in front of a computer all day. Never
before had I felt anything like it, and I
aswell find myself thinking the worst
about what it could be. I also want to go
to the doctor but in fear of what the
outcome could be I dont. I know that when
I take any migraine medicine it goes away
for about 6 hours and then comes back here
and there only for seconds at a time. The
worst it seems to get is a dull pain and
then sharpens up for about 15-20 seconds.
Nothing that hurts to much just
annoying... About a yr ago I noticed
black spots in my vision I went and had
those checked out and I was told they are
nothing but black spots no big deal. So I
am putting my trust in god I feel that is
the best Dr. I can consult seeing how god
made me. So anyone who wants to join me,
email me jo
sh@jmcreditcleaners.Com I will take
all the letters to my pastor and he will
pray for all of us. God said all things
are possible through him, so lets do that.
This is such a small task to ask of god
so if you would like I have no problem
doing so. Thank you...
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drewman626
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Upstate NY
Not Alone, But Not the Same Posted: 02-19-06 12:07pm
In reading these posts, I can say for sure
that some of us are all experiencing the
same thing. But there are some people
who've posted on here who are obviously
suffering from something else.
The ice pick headaches seem to be pretty
accurate. I don't think it's something
that alternative medicine or at-home
remedies can permanently solve.
For years i've gotten these headaches but
they've been more numerous in the past few
days. It used to be that I got one every
few months or even years. But i've
gotten about a dozen in the past four
days. So i'm on here.
Mine works like this: it's a sharp
stabbing pain on the right side of my head
in line with the front of my ear and just
more than half-way up between my ear and
top of my head. That spot happens to be
in line with my right eye too (from front
to back.) it feels like it's just under
the surface of my skin or even just under
my skull. The area is not sensetive to
touch. It lasts for about 30 seconds or
so, occaisionaly up to two minutes. It
comes on strong and fades slowly.
Putting pressure on it with a finger or
palm does not seem to have an effect
although that is usually my reaction.
Sometimes a dull pain in my right temple
or behind my right eye will accompany it,
but that is far from always being the
case. Tightly closing my eyes and bowing
my head are also common reactions.
Since it seems to come on when i'm
stressed or animated (aggrevated), I
thought it was an anurism. (sp?) but in
reading about it on here and other sites,
i'm figuring it's not. I also had a
wisdom tooth removed on that side about a
month ago, so I thought it was maybe a
blood-clot. But the timing may just be
coincidental. The symtoms seem to be
identicle to what many of you have
described.
I'm not as worried about it now as I was
an hour ago after reading about others
with similar symptoms, but I know I should
still get it checked out. I am very
stressed out lately with my businesses and
that's probably the catalyst. But it's
obviously something abnormal so it should
be checked out. My problem is that I
don't have insurance so an mri is going to
cost at least a grand or two. So i'm
hoping that somewhere online i'll find out
what it is to be able to determine if I
can go a few months or weeks dealing with
it before I drop a couple thousand dollars
to "rule something out" as opposed to
"pinpointing what it is."
the fact that a lot of posters on here
have not given an update worries me...
Did they die? What's going on? What
were the results of the steps you all took
to diagnose this thing?
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litorivera
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Posts: 1 Location: philippines
I New Here Posted: 03-02-06 14:02pm
For last two days I experience a stabbing
head ache pain near the top or inside my
left ear that last for a second and also
at the back of my neck. The first symptom
I have felt prior to the head ache is pain
in the upper part of my back, left and
right shoulder and neck pain. At the
moment I have not yet ask for the doctors
advice.
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ARMYBRATMELISSA
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Pennsylvania
Posted: 06-14-06 08:27am
Wow I didn't know this was going on with
alot of other people. I've been having
this pain on the left side of my head for
five days now the only way it goes away
for me is when i'm laying down but I can't
be doing that all day long. I normally
don't get headaches and I never had a
migraine so I don't know if that's what
this is or not. I do have allergies and
I did get over from being sick with a
mixer of allergies and the flu. I'm also
the kind of person that can't stand going
to Dr.'s. So if anyone has something
else that I can do please let me know.
Thank you
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lisameme
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 2 Location: Edinburgh
Posted: 08-16-06 13:14pm
Hi folks!
I am so happy to see you all here. I
have been having a similar pain - short,
sharp, kind of burning and like an
electric shock - for the last 8 years. I
spoke to a couple of doctors about it, but
they said it was nothing to worry about -
I felt they hadn't given me enough time
though. Anyway, I see that someone
thought it might be trapped nerve and I
thouight that that would make sense as
sometimes the pain is also accompanied by
a tingling in my toungue - also sometimes
with a funny taste in my throat and a
funny smell, making me wondering if
something in my head is burning!!!!!!! I
wonder if sitting in front of a pc could
be the cause. My pains started while I
was working on my thesis, and was spending
hours at a time in front of a pc. I have
since been working in a job, where I also
spend hours in front of a pc, and the pain
is still there. Sometimes I don't have
them for months, and then sometimes I get
them several times a day. My optician
carried out a throrough eye test over a
period of two days, but nothing came up.
Then she asked if I had cold feet when I
slepp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I said that I did,
and she said the problem could be due to
low blood pressure. This maaaaaaaay be a
cause. Shortly after that I joined a gym
and worked out twice a week, three hours a
time, for two years. I don't think I had
any of those pains during those two years.
After moving house a year ago, I stopped
going to the gym and the pains have
returned. Given that i've had this pain
for so long, and the relationship with
going or not to the gym, i'm thinking that
the low blood pressure diagnosis might be
the answer too. Nevertheless, it is
still worrying when it comes. If any of
you guys increase your level of physical
activity and find that it has a positive
effect, it would be good to hear about it.
Anyway, stay cool everyone! Thinking
of you all!
Lisa
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AbbyR
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Texas
Shooting Pains Posted: 08-16-06 22:24pm
Well, I don't have a lot to add, just that
I am very relieved to hear from so many
other people with similar head pains. I
started getting them about 4 years ago,
some time after having my first child.
They would come on a couple times a year.
Then in november, after having my third
child, they started coming atleast once a
day. Shooting, almost electrical shock
feeling, behind my right year, lasting
15-30 seconds. At the time I was under
an extreme amount of stress as my family
was moving across the country and my
husband left early. So it was me with
three kids, 4, 3, and a new born, and also
leaving a stressful job. I saw a
neurologist and had an mri, and he
couldn't determine what the problem was.
Once we moved and got settled, they
disappeared almost completely, until this
week. My husband had to be gone for two
weeks, so i'm alone with the three kids,
and I have gotten them again, one last
night and one today. So I think they're
stress related. But i'm wondering if
there are any other women out there who
have gotten them more frequently after
having a baby?
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Glamorgirli
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 193 Location: Michigan
Posted: 08-16-06 22:38pm
Omg! I've been getting the same type of
head achs! Except they are on my right
side and go from my neck and to my
temples! And it isn't no sinus head ach
sometimes it feels like someone has hit me
on the head with a baseball bat and can
last 5 seconds for a few min!
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lisameme
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 2 Location: Edinburgh
Posted: 08-17-06 07:09am
Hi again!
Someone mentioned that it could be a
condition called tic doloreaux/trigeminal
neuralgia and I googled that last night.
This is a condition where a blood vessel
is touching the trigeminal nerve, and
causes pain. The first remedy seems to
be to take an amazing amount of pills
until you either become tolerant to them -
or the side effects become unbearable -
then the next stage is surgery, which
seems to be a simple procedure of either
damaging the nerve under local anaesthetic
or a more invasive procedure, where the
blood vessels are shifted under general
anaesthetic. For those whose pain is so
bad that they need to take painkillers, I
would point you in this direction to see
what you can find out. For those like
me, who can live with these short bursts
of pain without medication but are more
worried about what the hell is causing it,
I am still in search of the truth!
Lisa
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cruznrainey
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Santz Cruz, CA
Re: Sharp, Severe Pain In Right Side of Head Posted: 11-08-06 18:55pm
I have had this right side of my head on
top sharp pain too, and the area feels
tender like I hit my head or something,
but I didnt. This only been going on for
3 days for me. Did anyone find out what
it is, or what to do about it?
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drbrajesh
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Nov 2006 Posts: 3 Location: kerala
Migraine Posted: 11-13-06 11:26am
Hi,
according to ayurvedic concept, migraine
will be manifested because of the trouble
of the digestive system. Surely there
are some other reasons described in the
classical ayurvedic text. As a
practioner of ayurveda, I feel personally
this is surely linked to stomach. In the
fast paced world, everyone is behind
packed and preserved food. This will
surely destroy the natural equilibrium of
the stomach. As a result unwanted gases
are formed in the stomach and this will be
directed upwards( prathiloma in sanskrit).
If you are consulting an ayurvedic
practioner, he will surely modify your
diet, give some medicines and yoga tips.
This all will help you to overcome the
problem.
Hope a speedy recovery from the throbbing
pain of migraine.
Dr rajesh nair
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b34nz
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Florida
Posted: 12-10-06 03:27am
I hate to tell everyone this, but recently
I was diagnosed with a non-cancerous brain
tumor.
Since then, I have developed this exact
same pain and it just keeps getting worse.
I have a dr appt on tues. I'm really
worried and pray to god it doesn't have
anything to do with my tumor. Everyone
should go get an mri done. Even if you
can't afford it, save up enough for a down
payment and get one done. If you can't
pay the balance for the mri, just don't
pay it. Go get an mri!
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newview
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 1
Try Pressure Points Posted: 12-29-06 08:58am
Happy new year;
please read about migraine surgery and
self migraine treating;
simple devices that can be done at home
easy as descriped in self treating page:
best wishes
ali sultaneh
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Torben28
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Posts: 3 Location: uk
Re: Sharp Pain In the Side of My Head.. Posted: 01-02-07 19:15pm
Hi nickie,
if you have flash player installed, then
please have a look what that doctor says
in the short 10min clip. This might be
for you.
This just started happening last night.
Was woken up twice by a sharp pain on the
right side of head, and has since occured
twice during this morning but quite
briefly 3-4 secs. Seems to be known as
ice pick headaces http
://headaches.about.com/od/otherheadpain/a/
ice_picks.htm
problem is no one seems to be able to say
why it suddendly starts or what can be
done. I have never had any problems with
headaches in the past so this is strange
to me. Since this just started yesterday
im hoping this will just go away in a
couple of days. I wonder if this is
alcohol related. only 21 btw. will
probably go see a doctor if this keeps up,
as it could be something potentially
worse. Id advise others to do the same
just to be safe.
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Jandres
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 1
Ice Pick Headaches Posted: 05-18-07 20:57pm
I have suffered with ice pick headaches
for several years now. I don't even recall
when I first experienced one, but research
seems to indicate that they are nothing
serious. They are still very terrifying
though. I get them once every few months.
Thankfully I don't get them as often as
some people do. But they terrify me each
and every time. I read another post in
which the person said they thought they
were going to die. I felt exactly the same
way! It is such an intense and
excruciating pain, and the only way I seem
to get through it is by grimaching and
squinting my right eye shut (the headaches
are always in my right temple area).
It does give me some comfort to know that
I am not alone, but I am still very scared
by these terrible, frightening headaches.
I wish there was more of an understanding
out there of what causes them. Last night
I was woken up at 3 a.m. with one. Awful.
I just lay there afterwards in a sweat; I
was so scared.
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sherry24
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 185 Location: indiana
Re: Sharp, Severe Pain In Right Side of Head Posted: 05-18-07 21:31pm
cruznrainey
wrote:
I have had this right side
of my head on top sharp pain too, and the
area feels tender like I hit my head or
something, but I didnt. This only been
going on for 3 days for me. Did anyone
find out what it is, or what to do about
it?
I've been having those same pains. On my
right side, and to where it feels so
tender you think omg could it be a brain
tumor. All the tests,mri's,catscans, and
blood work, there's nothing. My doc told
me that people just get them and there
always in the same spot, every once in
awhile they move, but usually it's right
there on my right side right above my ear.
maybe it could be related to tmj? That's
what I have in my right jaw, maybe maybe
not.
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sherry24
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 185 Location: indiana
Re: Same Thing Posted: 05-18-07 21:36pm
JMCC
wrote:
Hello all, my name is josh I
was super happy in an odd way to see that
I am not alone. :d I read all the post
and have the same symptoms as all of you,
however I have been having these pains for
about 2 yrs. It started when I got a job
sitting in front of a computer all day.
Never before had I felt anything like it,
and I aswell find myself thinking the
worst about what it could be. I also want
to go to the doctor but in fear of what
the outcome could be I dont. I know that
when I take any migraine medicine it goes
away for about 6 hours and then comes back
here and there only for seconds at a time.
The worst it seems to get is a dull pain
and then sharpens up for about 15-20
seconds. Nothing that hurts to much just
annoying... About a yr ago I noticed
black spots in my vision I went and had
those checked out and I was told they are
nothing but black spots no big deal. So I
am putting my trust in god I feel that is
the best Dr. I can consult seeing how god
made me. So anyone who wants to join me,
email me jo
sh@jmcreditcleaners.Com I will take
all the letters to my pastor and he will
pray for all of us. God said all things
are possible through him, so lets do that.
This is such a small task to ask of god
so if you would like I have no problem
doing so. Thank
you...
i also have black spots in my vision.
About 2 years ago, i started to see
floaters, just regular ones in the sky
they look like sparkles, or fireworks.
Then after that I started to see black
things, went to the eye dr and he said
there's nothing wrong with me, it's just
floaters. So I don't know. It's been
about two years now and nothings wrong
with me. Well nothing that serious, so
and I've been to so many regular drs, eye
drs, and they all say I'm fine. so maybe
it is normal?
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oliviajean
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 1
Hey Posted: 05-21-07 10:25am
I agree w/ all of you, I too am glad to
find many of you out there experiencing
the same thing, it does make it less
scary. I have the quick sharp pain in the
left side of my head above ear, where it
feels like a stab then goes away, this is
co-insiding w/ some ear pain as well. I
think after reading what everyone else has
to say, it must be a nerve, I haven't been
overstressed but have caught myself
clenching my jaw a lot, then I started
getting this pain. It's only been about 3
days but it feels as though my ear is
going numb...?? It does jolt you until the
pain goes away, so I feel for everyone
that has to go through this, and I am
praying it's not for years like some of
you've had to endure.
Also, people with the "eye floaters" etc.
I would def. see an eye doctor this could
be the start of your retina detaching. My
step-father' a eye doctor and this is what
he told me. Good Luck
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primus4622
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Mar 2007 Posts: 2
a 1 Time Thing Posted: 06-01-07 15:54pm
Hi,
just wanted to let everyone know that this
has since been a one time thing for
me and have not had any problems since.
Can understand this can be a scary thing
if its never happended before.
Hope it never does either.
Good luck all
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famke1985
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Colorado
Cluster Posted: 07-19-07 19:23pm
clcope
wrote:
I have had the same kind of
pain for 3 days. I get migraines
frequently, but this is different. It is
always the left side of my head above my
ear behind my eye. Did your pain stop?
Clcope
Hi,
You probably have a cluster. My dad has it
every so many years. It is ten times worse
then a migraine. The only thing you can do
for it is go to a doctor who knows what a
cluster is and then they will give you
shots for the pain. Also if it is a
cluster get some fresh oxygen from the
hospital or some medical place, breading
clean oxygen kind of breaks-up the
cluster.
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