Head pain - need diagnosis

[bspad]

Suddenly in Sept. 2000, on the left side of my head, I felt a pain that bounced around to different areas.  The bouncing lasted one day, but the pain localized to a spot about 2 inches above the back part of the ear. The next day, I had transient, very excruciating jabs of pain shooting from the area above the ear forward to the hairline (never hit the face).  These lasted for about 3-5 seconds each and occurred about 5 times total. I never had those jabs again.  The left cheek was slightly numb for about 1 week.  The pain has been with me constantly, every minute I am awake.  I had no head trauma or illness prior to this.  On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the worst, the pain is mainly in the range of  4-7.  

In October 2000, an MRI with and without dye and a CT without dye were negative; neuro exams were normal.  During the 1st 2 yrs., I was given muscle relaxants, Tegretol, Effexor XR (came off both in a week because of reactions), 3 days of Prednisone.  Sed rate normal.  Recently given Indocin. Nothing helps,including OTC medication.  

The pain is a strong ache

[Gcali82]

By jose: hi well im a 23 year old male and a couple of months ago I started having this stabbing pain on the left side of my face mainly around my ear. This pain comes along with sensitivity all along my right side of my head. The line of the sensitivity is perfectly down the middle.   I bad figured it was just may b a headache because I had gotten to much sun that day.  But I got the same exact pain two weeks ago on my left side.  It worried me but went away in 2 days so I payed no mind to it.  Two days ago I got it again on my right side the stabbing pains come and go but the sensitivity stays. The sensitivity is mostly on my face and top of head. Now what's making me more scared was that today I woke up And now it's my left side again not my right.

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