For The Past 3 1/2 years I've been having similar symptoms and every time I go to the emergency room, no one knows what to do and they basically humilate me in their doctors notes because of recreational drugs detected in my blood at the time, but no longer. (I'm now totally sober). I have excruciating stabbing jolts of pain that feel as though someone is inside my head with a hammer and spike. the hammering is in sync with the beat of the heart. I can have any where from 1 to 4 strikes within a 4 to 5 second period. If the blood pressure is to high, any slight movement will trigger the strikes. If I think of something that makes me angry, in an instant the strikes occur. Each excruciating strike sends numb shocks through out the whole body. the higher my diastolic number, the more intense the strikes with no pain in between strikes. If the doctor shines that little red colored light in my eye to check pupil dialation, I get immediate sever and unbareable strikes and go into convulsions (violent uncontrollable disturbances of the body). My entire body jolts to the beat of the headache strikes. The strikes are so bad, they stop me in my tracks and I'm forced to the ground. I'm a 49 year old male. I had a trucking accident in 05 and 3 epidurals and 1 lamenectomy diskectomy in 08 leaving me with disk deteriation and expanding scar tissue at L-3 L-4 along with radiculopathy running down my left leg. I also have a 5mm herniation at L-5 S-1. I went to the "world famous" Cleveland Clinic and was seen by neurologist Dr Stewart Tepper. I was in his office every bit of 3 minutes and he said it was from taking to many percoset and sent me to detox. Well, that was 2 years ago. I stopped taking percoset and still have the disease. So much for percoset being the cause. One doctor called it "stabs and jabs", another doctor called it "electrical discharge headaches", another doctor called it "cluster headaches". A previous doctor prescribed "indomethecin", however Dr Stewart Tepper said stop taking it along with the percoset. If I keep my blood pressure under control, all I have are intermittent numb shocks in my head and body but no pain. I currently take clonidine for the hypertension along with propanolol, amlodipine,(which does absolutely nothing for my hypertension) and hydrochlorothiazide. I smoke between 8 to 10 cigarettes a day and I've always loved life to the fullest however, whatever this disease is, It's so debilitating until I've even attempted suicide. The pain is far beyond what any human should have to endure.
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