Intense neck pain and migraines

[katie84]

Hi guys,
I've been having headaches since about 2001 to 2003 where I started getting migraines which consisted of neck pain, pain in my temples, pain in my eyes, sensitivity to light, vomiting, nausea, feeling weak and faint etc since. I usually started off by getting neck pain and then persisting into a migraine, and its only been over the past few monts where I've been getting intense neck pain and pain at the base of my skull, always to one side, which has lead to just a sore head, nausea, and feeling a bit faint. I went to the doctors and she told me there was no medication for migraines, which I know is not true, and she told me there was nothing I could do but just get massages. The other doctors at the same clinic also said the same thing. It's worrying me because it is effecting my everyday life and health. Has anyone experienced anything similar or have any suggestions? Thanks!

[bhups1]

hi katie,your neck pains and headache can be due to migraine,cervical spondolylosis or hypertension.Before tretament is started a proper diagnosis is must.An consultation with neurology doctor will help you.Hypertension or increasse blood pressure can easily be ruled out and so goes for cervical spondylosis(X ray neck).Well, in case it is migraine,we do have drugs (sumatriptan etc) for treatment of migraine but it cant be cured.

[SleeplessKnights]

he is right that it cant yet be cured but their is also Topomax (topamax) ; Maxalt ; and Imitrex which are made to help head off or relive migraines and their are other drugs used for other things which also work for some migraines. I have simular symptoms and suffer from the worse kind of chronic and cluster migraines you can get but don't worry your symptoms are only a few of the daily ones I have chances are at most you have chronic migraines if that even. See a specialist and if it is chronic migraines ask to be referred to a pain management specialist hopefully unlike me you have insurance and can get the expensive drugs. I have lost my insurance and am considered un-insurable so I no longer can afford the three drugs I mentioned. By the way don't let doctors dismiss you as just migraines be active in your treatment ask questions and don't be afraid to say that something isn't working every one is different and check out the drugs you are given many have rebound headaches as side affects

[browneyedmama]

hey hon!! i know exactly how you feel. i was diagnosed with migraines years ago. they symptoms you experience, are exactly how i was feeling too. my migraines have subsided tremendously since i got pregnant (i am currently 5 months pregnant) ive been on A Lot of prescriptions and none of them really helped me at all. i went to physio for 8 months, went to a chiropractor, AND got massages.... and still nothing was working, it was almost as if they were getting worse. i would get 3-4 migraines a week. the neck pain i experienced was horrible. i would slur when i talked, and my left side would go numb. it was really scary. my ct scans and mri's all came back good. i had an xray done... and it showed that i have xtra fluid in my sinuses. i have been diagnosed with chronic sinusitis. ive found that since taking a nasal spray everyday... and being on other sinus medication... a lot of my pain has gone away. it may be worth checking into. also, have you tried acupuncture?? ive heard that it really works. if my migraines come back after i have my baby... im gonna try acupuncture. let me know how things go... im here if you need to talk!!