pretty healthy until last 2 months

[Hampster101]

28 yrs old female overweight, however have currently lossing weight due to constant moving at job (server). usually i am healthy not having to miss much work or visit an er. however in the last 2 months my health has decrease from a dull every day headache and once a week i get a sharp stabbing cold pain in the right side lower base of the skull that only last for a few seconds sometime a few minutes however is painful enough to make me stop what i am doing and grab the back of my head.  But in April 2010 i was getting only the sharp stabbing pain in the right lower base of my skull  maybe once a month and no dull constant headache that over the counter pain killers wont take away. Now in the last 2 weeks things have gotten worse, dull headache constantly, sharp pain still occurring, now however i have numbness and prickly sensation in my arms, hands Leg and feet and my skin in these same areas turn a light shade of purple and are cold to the touch, always tired, cant get enough to drink, had hard time sleeping and when i do sleep it is for three to five hrs and then i wake and can not sleep, do not have the want to eat,  eating little when i do

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Welcome to the MedHelp forum!
This could be a case of occipital neuralgia. This usually happens due to spinal nerve compression because of overuse of computers, work involving straining of neck, herniated disc, canal stenosis, bone disease, spondylosis, poor posture. You should have a MRI focusing only on C1-3 and also look at C1-2 instability.
A stiff neck due to muscle contraction can also cause occipital headaches. These can be treated with occipital nerve blocks.
Other than that it could also be anxiety and stress along with depression. I think you should discuss these possibilities with your doctor. It is difficult to comment beyond this without examining. Take care!

[Chalky_396]

Before you jump to conclusions of stress and anxiety go and see your Doctor. You may require neurology and vascular examinations to rule out anything sinister. You mention change of colour and cold to touch, this gives warning signs.
Hope this helps.

[cheshchesh819]

i was the same ubtil anxiety and stress set in,my headaches were so bad i thought i had a tumour,it was tension headaches which in turn made me tense up and that caused alot of muscular problems to the extent i have now damaged the nerves in my neck also was caused through carrying my new born child,i gets numbness in my arm pins and needles in my fingers and floaters in my eyes,i also lost over a stone where i would gag on the smallest of foods,please go to your doctor to discuss anxiety.Also try to figure out what is causes you to be so stressed out

[camerronm77]

It sounds like your dealing with stress issues.  I just recently went through it ans so did several other people where I was working.  We all had stress from the job.  The job itself may not even be stressful, but you may not exactly like the job or feel that you should be somewhere else or it could be things outside of work.  It's proven that stress causes health problems.  Believe me when I say I got headaches just like that, I was sick, fatigued, eating very little, I had a migraine for 11 days at one point and had to get 3 shots in the butt and 6 shots in my head to actually get rid of it, later things got so bad I started to have panic attacks.  It sounds like you need to figure out what's stressing you out so bad and confront the issue, figure out how to deal with it. The doctor prescribed me a very low dosage of lorezapem, it's very mild and I only used it when I found myself getting worked up, but it helped me.  I finally just left my job 2 months ago, and have been feeling ALOT better.  I decided no money was worth all I had been through.  I have never really got sick before that job, was sick constantly during the job, and am no longer sick now.  What's that tell ya??  Good luck