vein in brain not receiving enough blood!?!

[kaylamcknz1992]

Hi, I have a friend, she is 18, and she has been getting these horrible headaches for awhile now. She went to neurologist to try and determine why. They found that a nerve in her brain would stop working, but recently they found that a vein that leads to the like the center of her forehead does not receive enough blood. They keep giving her medicine to try and stop the headaches but nothing is really working. Does anyone know anything that might help or. Or tell me options the neurologist may go about fixing this or options she might have? I googled this and I find nothing. Thank you in advance!

[lilbit985]

Please tell your friend, if she/he does get anxiety meds, to please avoid benzodiazepines...xanax, ativan,valium & Klonopin...those are harder to come off of then heroin. Please read the "Ashton Manuel" before seeking these types of medications. Withdrawls can include convulsions, and seizures. I wish someone had warned me. Good luck!

[caregiver222]

It sounds like she is being professionally evaluated and the physicians will come to some sort of conclusion regarding treatment. Keeping a room darkened with the shades down often provides temporary relief.

[Dr Sharma]

Hi there. I suggest your friend to first let go of any anxiety that she might be having. She needs to consult a neurologist with stress related concern and a trial of anti anxiety drug may provide some relief. The other causes of headaches could be migraines or tension headaches, sinus headaches radiating to the ear, headache usually front of head, on one or both the sides of temples along with nausea, vomiting, irritability, low blood pressure, sensitivity to lights, sound, etc. aura associated with migraines could include blind spots, blindness in half of her visual field, paresthesia, weakness or visual hallucinations. Her vision needs detailed testing by an ophthalmologist. Hypertension and hypotension need to be checked. An MRI brain is warranted to rule out any intracranial lesion particularly aneurysm and MRI spine for ruling out cervical spondylosis and degenerative disc disease.  Temporal tendinitis mimics migraines including TMJ pain temporal headaches, tooth sensitivity, neck and shoulder pain. Treatment includes injecting local anesthetics and other medicines, moist heat muscle relaxants and NSAIDs along with physiotherapy. Multiple sclerosis would also need to be excluded. Treatment for migraines include drugs that prevent the attack like anti convulsants and drugs which treat an attack like triptans, ergots etc her queries should pertain to all these possible differential diagnoses. Trigeminal neuralgia needs to be considered. Hope this helps. Take care.