Hi, i'm new and looking for some
information on what could be causing my
pain.
For just over a year now i've been getting
this funny kind of pain on the right hand
side of my head, in my jaw and neck, just
below my ear. In may 2005 while I was on
holidays I had really bad pain in what I
thought was my wisdom teeth. I saw a
doctor on holidays who gave me antibiotics
thinking I had an infection. It didn't
get better. When I got home I saw my
dentist who did x-rays, took a tooth out,
re did all my fillings, did some more
x-rays and said he can't see anything that
could be causing the pain. I then saw
another dentist while my dentist was away
who also said she couldn't see what could
be causing the pain and has refered me to
the hospital to see if something else
other than my teeth is causing the pain.
The pain in my head and neck got so bad I
had to go to the hospital and was
practically begging them to do something
but was sent away.
There's 2 types of pain I get. Usually
it's a sort of tight, pulling kinda pain
on the right hand side of my head, at the
back sort of at the bottom of my skull.
Don't know if this makes sense but it
feels sort of towards the surface of my
head not like it's deep inside. The pain
in my neck feels the same and I get sharp
stabbing pains around my teeth and in my
jaw. Sometimes the pain changes to a
stabbing pain which lasts a few seconds
and goes as quick as it came. But the
tight sort of pain can last for hours,
sometimes days but usually goes away if I
take 2 paracetamol.
I'm been panicking like mad that it could
be a brain tumour. But i'm just panicking
too much and know that it's not really
that. I'm quite healthy, have no other
medical problems. In fact, I can't even
remember the last time I had to see a
doctor. It's just this pain in my
head/neck that's getting me down.
Sometimes it's even hard to tell exactly
where it's coming from. I don't feel
dizzy, my eye sight has always been a bit
rubbish but I don't think it's got worse
since i've been having these headaches, I
don't feel sick or it doesn't wake me up
at night. It's just worrying me sick.
It's come to the point now where i'm
waking up every night and not sleep
properly because i'm worrying about it so
much
. I've looked all over the internet
trying to find what it could be but
haven't really found anything.
Anyone have any ideas? I'd really
appreciate it so thanks to anyone/ if
anyone replies
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Fairy*Godmother
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Hi Posted: 01-05-07 16:02pm
Hi sweetie, so sorry you are in so much
pain. I understand bging a worry wart
myself. I always seem to think of a
thousand things that could be wrong. You
mentioned going to a dentist/dentists for
dental work. Had you actually had an
infected tooth, you would have been on
antibiotics to clear that up before you
ever had an extraction. Did this dentist
take xrays? Its hard to think a hospital
would send someone in pain away. , I
feel you should find a reliable physican
to talk too. Explain to them what you
have told on the forum, you are in pain
and worried sick to the point of loosing
sleep. This is not normal and you need to
find out whats causing the problem. I
wish you all the luck in the world!
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aness
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 1
Hello Posted: 07-27-07 10:57am
did you ever find out what the problem was
from? i have almost exactly the same
story and have no idea what to do. i
still have my wisdom teeth and am hoping
that that's the problem, but the pain is
so bad when it hits that im completely
immobilized and can do nothing but writhe
on my bed with tears pouring down my
cheeks. i would appreciate any help or
knowledge you may have to pass on.