Headaches

[kate1995]

Hello, so I posted a few months ago about headaches that I've been having...and sooo I thought I'd update.
Basically, for the last year I have been getting bad headaches. They are mostly located on the left side of my head, near my temple. They are sometimes sharp stabbing pains, or sometimes throbbing. They are very sudden, and occur at random times. There is no telling when I will get one. Now they are occuring everyday, several times a day. In the last month they have gotten increasingly worse. I will sometimes have spots in an eye, or sometimes spots in my vision. I will get lightheaded, sometimes I deal with forgetfulness, and I will get shaky. Once I lost control of my left eye. It just started to spin (or that's what it felt like) and it hurt for the rest of the day. I have also noticed that sometimes I will have difficulty with my fingers, like when I play instruments. I know the music, and my fingers just don't do what I want. And sometimes I have trouble writing...etc. I don't know if this is part of the headaches...but last month I started my period about 2 weeks early, which is really unusual because I am on birth control. I went to the doctor two weeks ago to bring up the headaches AGAIN and thankfully, they listened. My doctor thought it might be sinus so they put me on flonase stuff and it did not work. No affect at all. Then I went back last week, and they put me on oxygen to check for Cluster Headaches. No luck...now they have me on Ibuprofen, 2 every 8 hours. No affect what so ever. So my question is, any ideas? What should I do next? And should I be concerned.

[sara12345]

I am so relieved.  I would be interested in what the neurologist thinks.

All the best to you.

Sara

[kate1995]

Thanks. I returned to the doctor today...they are sending me to a neurologist. They are looking to put me on a prophylactic as a last resort. I am 16 and they don't want to cause any brain damage. We have ruled out migraines and cluster headaches. So now it is in the hands of my neurologists.

[sara12345]

Yes, you should be and you have received negligent medical care so far.  It is very important for you to see a neurologist who will probably put you through some tests to see if there could be anything more serious going on.  Probably there won't be anything serious, but you should be checked.

You don't say how often you get the headaches.  If frequently, then you need to try a daily prophylactic medication to prevent the headaches.  If you are taking the Ibuprofen 3 or more times per week, you simply perpetuate headaches with rebounds.  

And if your headaches are severe, they are NOT being caused by any sinus condition.  That's the bs that I was given when I had severe migraines.  I fired both my internal medicine doctor and the ENT doctor when I found out from a pulmonologist and two neurologists that my sinus infection could not possibly cause my severe migraines.

And if the daily prophylactics don't help you, which they didn't help me, there are many other treatments available to treat headaches.

Get to a neurologist right away.

Good luck.