Headache and Migraines Forum - My Aches Please Advise
medical questions | health forums log in    

My Aches Please Advise

New Topic  Reply  Ask A Doctor
Medical Questions-> Health Forums -> Headache and Migraines -> My Aches Please Advise

How many of you smoke cigarettes? which brand?
marlboro
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
newport
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
dont smoke
100%
 100%  [ 1 ]
Total Votes : 1

Author Message
kristeana

New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 May 2007
Posts: 2
Location: tampa
My Aches Please Advise
Posted: 05-30-07 18:18pm

As i said in my last post a few posts down, I have no insurance so any helpful ideas of treatments or diagnosis will help ALOT.

Treatments I have tried- Physical therapy, massage, diet change, job change, excersise, not excersiing, sleeping more, sleeping less, migraine meds, OTC meds, muscle relaxers (this has worked best, but a few people i know have died from using them so I stopped) dental work, eye exams, chiro.

My headache sin a nutshell....Most begin with a couldy feeling in the morning, I almost know Ill get one- its like a stuffy head & sore muscles, a little naseua throughout the day.....otherwise they begin with very dull achey pain in my shoulders....it always spreads to my neck and for an hour feels like a sore neck so I stretch and crack & wait it out....by evening i feel a huge wieght in my upper back, face and head.
Sometimes this is accomanied by sinus pressure & liquid filled yees that when i rub they make sounds..sometimes not depending on the day and the season.
I feel it most in my shoulders now (though i define it as a headache, it goes away if someone squeezes my shoulders or presses my back , but come sback when they stop)
All of my upper back feels like it needs to be popped, VERY tense which of course makes me feel sick & dizzy and drained.
It hurts to open my eyes, it hurts bad when i stoop down or bend over...my neck gets stiff and all along my head feels like i got hit with a huge rock.
Thats about it....oh and the strange thing i have as of a few years ago, which has been discusse don here, is that below my occipital i can volunatrily "POP" it , and it pops when i nod or lean my head back.

Also, I get sick form cig smoke or light (and i do smoke, so i wanted to post that poll to see how many else do) but it never quit when i quit smoking for a year.
They are either everyday for a week or two or at least once a week. Sometimes i have woken up with one, but usually they come at night. The worste is when i wake up at night with one out of nowhere, because then i know it will last all day and keep me form being able to move about.

I think my unique symptoms is the liquid filled eyes, has anyone had this? I sometimes rub my eyes like hard (it osunds crazy) but i also lift my eyelids to break the pressure....it is almost always when i have a headache....in fact, if i rub my eyes or below my eyes and hear the drianage, i know i will have one later.

I told my doctor this, hoping for some sinus treatments like drianage, but she said shes never heard of it.
Did you find this post useful?
|
mc4ever02

Supporter
Joined: 08 Feb 2007
Posts: 3636
Location: Orlando, FL Usa
Thanks: 5
Thanked:2

Posted: 06-01-07 11:10am

Allot of the pain you are describing sounds like a tension headache. I suggest, if you don't have any insurance to try some excedrine tension headache and see if that helps any. There are some prescriptions for this, but they can be very pricey.

You might also want to concider keeping a pain journal. Write down what you are feeling and doing and what you are eating. This can help to see if you have any triggers so that you can avoid them.
Did you find this post useful?
|
Related Topics
This Forum This Category All Forums
Jump to:  
New Topic   Reply



We comply with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health
information:
verify here.