Vertex Headache & Fatigue

[Lunabelle]

Hi everyone. I have been experiencing bizarre symptoms since November 2008 and I'm wondering if there is anyone else who has had the same experience (and possibly an answer!). :)
I am a 33 year old female who is normally in excellent health. I'm usually very energetic, I exercise regularly, and run marathons. About mid-November I began to experience a persistent headache on the top of my head. I'm told that this is a vertex headache. The headache is accompanied by tenderness when the area is lightly touched. Several days after the headache began, I came down with a bad cold. My doctor told me that I had a bacterial upper respiratory infection and he prescribed antibiotics for 7 days. On the 8th day my cold symptoms were gone, but the headache remained. My doc told me to "wait it out and see if it gets better." I waited until mid-December when the pain became unbearable. I was sent to a Dermatologist who ruled out and skin disorders. Subsequently, I was placed on a 20 day course of antibiotics to treat what my doc thought was a type of sinusitis.
It's now 2009 and the headache is getting worse. OTC meds do not alleviate the pain. The pain in minimal in the morning and increases throughout the day. Nighttime is the absolute worst. Sometimes the pain is a burning sensation and the area is always painful to light touch. I now have new symptoms of nausea and fatigue. The fatigue hits me so hard that walking is a chore. My limbs just feel so tired. I had a CAT scan which was negative and I have an appt. with a neurologist.
I'm wondering if this could be a thyroid disorder or perhaps Lyme disease?

[Lunabelle]

No anemia or thyroid issues per my bloodwork. My doc drew a sample today to test for Lyme and suggested I see a neuro. Unfortunately, I don't have an appt. until mid-February, so I guess I'll just have to hang in there until then.

[Lunabelle]

Thanks, ggreg. Anemia is quite plausible, especially since I am a vegetarian. Thanks for the post & the link.

[ggreg]

Get your general doc to draw blood and check to see if you have anemia, one of a number of causes of a vertex headache.  The anemia fits in with your other symptoms, you see.  Here is a website that tells you pretty much everything you'd ever want to know about headaches, with several sections that refer to your vertex kind:

http://www.meridianinstitute.com/reports/headache/Appendix%20H.pdf