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back, left-sided, dull headache, left ear pain/fullness, mild/annoying jaw pain too

back, left-sided, dull headache, left ear pain/fullness, mild/annoying jaw pain too

Ok so this has been going on for about 2 months...i have had a headache on and off on the back left side of my head, not bad enough to stop me from doing things, just bad enough to make me anxious and take ibuprofen, which does nothing. the headache is dull, like i question it being there if that makes sense..? my ear is the same way, dull aching pain, fullness. also my jaw will feel that way. the "pain" is so annoying. I wanna escape! I dont have any solution for relief. some days i'm totally fine though. Other days I will wake up and shortly develop these symptoms, then I know it will be a bad day. I have a history of anxiety, so that does not help. Im also a hyperchondriac. My left side of my face gets numb feeling too, and this fuels my angst. i try to clear my throat, rub my ear, nothing helps. I am getting depressed. I feel foggy, stupid ( like literally less smart than I was, but I think this is due to my obsession with all of these symptoms). I cant concentrate to read for school, and if i do, i feel like i retain nothing. It is making me less of a fun person, mom, girlfriend...I am consumed with my health and worry. I have a huge fear of dying lately. I had a CT done at the ER about a month ago for a bad headache/panic attack...came back negative...no contrast was used. I had an MRI on the 8th of this month and it was too negative, no contrast used then either. I just want my Dr. to order one with contrast, even thogh there are risks with it. I think it will put me at ease or find out if there really is something wrong with me...Does an MRI or a CT w/o contrast show arteries? I know there are no tumors, lesions, etc. but im worried if it were an aneurysm or something it would not show...Im not even sure if those cause headaches before they rupture? I just feel so tired of this and want to go back to be being my happy, fun self. I also had an bad weekedn 7/2-7/4 where I felt so foggy, so disconnected from everything and myself. I felt liek i was straining to see even though i could perfectly. I felt liek things were hard to follow when i was walking and looking around. It was horrible, i missed fireworks adn everything. But that hasnt happened since thankfully. I am on dextromethasone & antibiotic of some sort eye drop for Superficial Punctate Keratopathy, which seemed to have helped my sticky eyes & sensitivity to sunlight. I also went through a phase where I would get extremely tired for like 2 hours around dinner time, i mean extremely tired, then it would pass and I'd be fine again. The headaches/ear started in early may for about a week and then i went to florida for a week and had not one headache or symptom...came home, a week later or less having them again...i went 2 days last week completely symptom free, which happens sometimes. Thats why I question it being anxiety...because while i have no symptoms I'm still thinking and wondering why i feel good, or waiting to feel bad. This however, also makes me think if something was very wrong with me, my symptoms would never go away...Someone please write back. I am a young, 23 year old mother, and need to get back on track and feeling good!! I try to be upbeat and ignore things but lately I am feeling depressed which I never have. I feel worn down. I need to know if my symptoms sound like something serious or if my nerves can be creating all of these symptoms...
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