Try pressing the pad of your thumb against the roof of your mouth. It gives relief from "brain freeze".
this has happened to me numerous times when I drink ice cappuccino, etc. I have such excruciating pain that it is unbearable and I faint. Once I have come out of it, I am very tired and wore out. I need to rest for a long time like about 3 hours. I cannot drink cold drinks without paying close attention to this condition, because I know that I a very suseptable to this happening every time. My Dr. called it a result of ice pick head aches, that started sometime over 14 years ago and now I have lately been given a medical term for it Vasovagal synscope. This has describe my condition as a low tolerance to pain which shuts down my brain.
I had this happen many times. Pain when swallowing too cold drinks. One time drinking a Starbucks Frappicino, The pain was excruciating enough to pass me out on the floor of Starbucks. Now I am careful not to drink very cold drinks and I warm up ice cream in my mouth before swallowing. It is Vagus nerve, spasm, which is near heart.
i'm only 25 and completely healthy, but the other day i gulped down a cpl drinks of pop/soda and immediately after, got a sharp stabbing pain in my upper stomach/lower chest, just under my sternum. Seconds later, i got extremely light headed and dizzy and passed out, hitting my head on the way down. doc said it was because my vasovagul nerve spasm'ed. Never happened before... (but i got fired because of it.)
I am also 56 years old and pass out after drinking icy cold drinks. I however do not experience chest or back pains.
Did u ever find out what causes the pain when you drink cold drinks? I'm 56 and have experienced this more than one - and the pain is unbearable, chest and middle back! Happened again the other day when I was drinking a slushy? Let me know if you found any help.....thanks