severe winter headaches

[brown2010]

i need help. i just moved to Russia from Africa about a year ago and you can imagine,the whole big weather shock i got. i've been having this winter headaches which last for as long as 2-3 days.they are really bad and i can't sleep or do anything productive,they are really bad.

they are usually on the right side of my face,pulling on my eye and moving down to my neck.my mouth gets dry and the cheek feels numb...like you've been slapped on that side of the face. my vision gets blurry too.i've tried simple painkillers but nothing helps.my stomach starts feeling funny too and i don't have an appetite.the whole right side is in pain,the teeth,the ear,the nodes under the jaw or whatever that's there just feels like it's being...it's bad.pls pls pls help.

Anything to just take them away.i'm studying medicine but this winter is driving me to going back home with nothing cos they are really severe.please help.

thank you all.

[brown2010]

wow!!!thank you both so so much,i appreciate your suggestions.will try them out.

[hava]

First balance your breathing with this pranayam, and you will start to feel the benefit gradually in 3 weeks.Do it twice a day and then when you feel better, continue the pranayam once a day.
Build up your timing gradually.If you feel tired or dizzy, stop and resume after one minute.

Anulom Vilom pranayam –
Close your right nostril with thumb and deep breath-in through left nostril  
then – close left nostril with two fingers and breath-out through right nostril  
then -keeping the left nostril closed  deep breath-in through right nostril
then - close your right nostril with thumb and breath-out through left nostril.
This is one cycle of anulom vilom.
Repeat this cycle for 15 to 30  minutes twice a day.
Children under 15 years – do 5 to 10 minutes twice a day.
You can do this before breakfast/lunch/dinner or before bedtime or in bed.Remember to take deep long breaths into the lungs.You can do this while sitting on floor or chair or lying in bed.

Bhramri Pranayam -Close eyes. Close ears with thumb, index finger on forehead, and rest three fingers on base of nose touching eyes. Breathe in through nose. And now breathe out through nose while humming like a bee.
Duration : 5 to 21  times.

[Paxiled]

I don't know what winter would have to do with it unless it's doing something to constrict your blood vessels.  Your symptoms are pretty classic migraine, particularly the blurred vision and the stomach problems and the intense pain.  There are treatments for migraines.  There's an herbal formula made by Ridgecrest Herbals that works pretty well for me, but what really got rid of my migraines was a doctor telling me when I was in graduate school many years ago to take up transcendental meditation, and it worked.  But only a headache specialist can make sure they are migraines.  Could be a result of reduced sunlight as well, which can affect melatonin and serotonin levels -- serotonin is also responsible for relaxing blood vessels walls, and the kind of headache you're describing sounds vascular in nature.  Good luck.

[brown2010]

It comes when it's really cold,i guess it's a winter migraine then...no,not really.Apart from the stress of learning a new language which i'm past doing...i have no idea why.

[Paxiled]

Doesn't sound like a winter headache, sounds like a migraine.  Did your move involve stress?