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A headache that will not stop
I hope someone can help as I am begining to lose hope. I have an almost constant headache, usually on the right side of my head but it does "travel" from time to time. It is usally pressure, but sometimes it is burning, sometimes stabbing and sometimes it feels as if water is running INSIDE my head. I have been to a nuerologist )2 of them, actually) a rheumoltologist (2 of them as well) an allergist and my GP. I had a MRI and a CT scan and both were "normal." I was taking Nifedepine for Raynauds when the 2nd nuerolgist said that was likely causing the headaches so stop taking that. I did, no change. Does anyone out there have any insight? Please?!
Tingling and numbness can be a common symptoms of migraines, which is the type of headache that I have... and it can also be a symptom of a few other types of headaches too. I get tingling and numbness with my headaches all the time.
Tingling can also be a symptom.. well, a side-effect, of some types of medications. Even some types of medications that are used to TREAT chronic headaches. A lot of people on the forums take a medication called topamax... it is an anticonvulsant (a drug that is usually prescribed to stop seizures) but it is often prescribed to treat chronic pain in neuropathic conditions and to treat headaches, usually migraine headaches... but other types of headaches too. Tingling, like "pins and needles" is a VERY common side-effect from this medication. Another medication that can cause a "pins and needles" feeling is SSRIs, especially if you are discontinuing them. But... those are just two examples... so many medications can have "tingling" as a side effect. So, if you are taking any other medications, it is possible that tingling is a side-effect and you should check the side-effect profiles of the medications that you are taking as well.
But... as for headaches... at least with neurological headaches like migraines, tingling can be a common symptom... although it's technically a less common symptom, when you get on a forum like this and start meeting TONS of chronic headache suffers, you will find that MANY people experiencing tingling and numbness if they suffer from neurological headache conditions such as migraines... I am just not familiar with other types of headache conditions, which is why I can't really say for sure if it's common with other headache conditions. I do know that if it's a "tension headache" and you have a pinched nerve or something like that then tingling can be a symptom...
Anyway... yeah... I wouldn't worry too much about it but if this is a new symptom and it hasn't gone away yet when you read this and it is more severe than regular "pins and needles", then please call your health professional immediately to book and appointment for today or go in to a walk-in-clinic today.
BUT! If you experience:
- persistent numbness on one side of your entire body please go to Emergency
- paralysis on one side of your body or on one side of part of your body, please go to Emergency
- sudden weakness, numbness, paralysis, or drooping of facial muscles WITH other loss of function such as inability to walk, vertigo, severe headache, radical change in personality or confusion, fainting, inability to speak, loss of vision... then Please go to Emergency
Tingling can also be a symptom.. well, a side-effect, of some types of medications. Even some types of medications that are used to TREAT chronic headaches. A lot of people on the forums take a medication called topamax... it is an anticonvulsant (a drug that is usually prescribed to stop seizures) but it is often prescribed to treat chronic pain in neuropathic conditions and to treat headaches, usually migraine headaches... but other types of headaches too. Tingling, like "pins and needles" is a VERY common side-effect from this medication. Another medication that can cause a "pins and needles" feeling is SSRIs, especially if you are discontinuing them. But... those are just two examples... so many medications can have "tingling" as a side effect. So, if you are taking any other medications, it is possible that tingling is a side-effect and you should check the side-effect profiles of the medications that you are taking as well.
But... as for headaches... at least with neurological headaches like migraines, tingling can be a common symptom... although it's technically a less common symptom, when you get on a forum like this and start meeting TONS of chronic headache suffers, you will find that MANY people experiencing tingling and numbness if they suffer from neurological headache conditions such as migraines... I am just not familiar with other types of headache conditions, which is why I can't really say for sure if it's common with other headache conditions. I do know that if it's a "tension headache" and you have a pinched nerve or something like that then tingling can be a symptom...
Anyway... yeah... I wouldn't worry too much about it but if this is a new symptom and it hasn't gone away yet when you read this and it is more severe than regular "pins and needles", then please call your health professional immediately to book and appointment for today or go in to a walk-in-clinic today.
BUT! If you experience:
- persistent numbness on one side of your entire body please go to Emergency
- paralysis on one side of your body or on one side of part of your body, please go to Emergency
- sudden weakness, numbness, paralysis, or drooping of facial muscles WITH other loss of function such as inability to walk, vertigo, severe headache, radical change in personality or confusion, fainting, inability to speak, loss of vision... then Please go to Emergency
My daughter has had constant head pressure for a year and a half. Had all the screenings. Has been to a headache center, chiropractor, neurologists, endocrinologists, has gone for cranio sacral therapy. she was referred to psychiatrist and psychologists and frankly the only psychological problems she has is the anxiety and depression resulting from the constant head pressure. Feelings like her head is going to explode.
We are losing hope.
We are losing hope.
This just keeps getting better... Now, on and off, I feel a tingling in my forehead. Anyone ever experience and/or hear of THAT??!!
There is a bright light half way down the tunnel.You have been through all the tests.Now relax and start this today.For the first 7 days, exclude the kapalbhati pranayam.Drink warm water and stop cold drinks.I would like to know how you feel after 21 days.Keep a log of the headache episodes.
Concentrate on the breathing with your eyes closed.
The Yoga Pranayam (breathing exercises) will help with your headache problems.
Build up your timing gradually. If you feel tired or dizzy, stop and resume after 1 minute.
Bhastrika - Take a long deep breath into the lungs(chest not tummy) via the nose and then completely breathe out through the nose. Duration upto 5 minutes.
Kapalbhati -(Do it before eating) Push air forcefully out through the nose about once per second. Stomach will itself go in(contract in). The breathing in(through the nose) will happen automatically. Establish a rhythm and do for 10 to 20 minutes twice a day. Not for pregnant women. Seriously ill people do it gently.
Anulom Vilom –
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 20 to 30 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 20 times
After you are better, continue pranayam once a day for rest of life, to stay healthy.
Concentrate on the breathing with your eyes closed.
The Yoga Pranayam (breathing exercises) will help with your headache problems.
Build up your timing gradually. If you feel tired or dizzy, stop and resume after 1 minute.
Bhastrika - Take a long deep breath into the lungs(chest not tummy) via the nose and then completely breathe out through the nose. Duration upto 5 minutes.
Kapalbhati -(Do it before eating) Push air forcefully out through the nose about once per second. Stomach will itself go in(contract in). The breathing in(through the nose) will happen automatically. Establish a rhythm and do for 10 to 20 minutes twice a day. Not for pregnant women. Seriously ill people do it gently.
Anulom Vilom –
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 20 to 30 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 20 times
After you are better, continue pranayam once a day for rest of life, to stay healthy.
Okay, now I have 2 normal CT scans and a normal MRI. I have been to 3 different nuerologists, 3 rhuematologists, an allergist and an eye doctor. I am now on my 3rd different pain medication. And you know what, the headache remains! I am just so tired and I am really starting to get depressed as I just do not see any light at the end of the tunnel.
Does anyone have any insights or words of encouragment ad I could certainly use one or both right now...
Does anyone have any insights or words of encouragment ad I could certainly use one or both right now...
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