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Posted by crazychickuk on February 4, 2005, at 16:17:12
Hi guys im 24 yr old female ..
For the past 3 weeks ive been experiencing a slight pain in my right ear (its scarred) my right cheek tingling pain round my right eye it hurts to move and to close .. and the bit between my right ear and my right eye has a sensitive spot and it really hurts as if someone is squeezing it my neck on the right hand side is also hurting .. and my eye and ear are really hurting me too..
It went away last week by itself wasnt bad at all i just put it down to sinuses?
then the past 2 days its come back this time really bad, i went to the doctors this morning 11am told the doctor and she took my blood told me to go home to bed with ibrupafen and sleep it all off said migrane ?
well 5 o clock it was really bad again like someone is pinching a nerve between my right eye and my right ear from my eye to my neck it really hurts and was freaking me out so i went back to the doctors seen another doctor he said my bloods was ok all normal .. checked my ear throut eye's neck etc and said sounds like tension headache with a wee bit of neralgia ?and to take ibrupafen?
Im really scared cus its now 10 pm and its still there im really realy sleepy tired and feel kind of dizzy too and am soooo panicking.. am i over reacting ?
plse advice / help
thankyou
Posted by world citizen on February 6, 2005, at 15:39:53
In reply to severe headache plse respond, posted by crazychickuk on February 4, 2005, at 16:17:12
Did your MD probe around your neck and face to see if your muscles were in spasm? If it is a spasm the ibuprofen would get the inflamation down. Do you take any calcium supplements? It's very good for the muscles. If you're inclined to do this you might want to get a Calcium-Magnesium combo, preferably either chelated or Cal-Mag citrate, gluconate etc. Additionally, applying heat-if you ARE in spasm- will help. One of those bean-bag looking thingies that goes in the microwave works very well for me.
I hope this helps.
World Citizen
Posted by Shortelise on February 6, 2005, at 17:23:55
In reply to severe headache plse respond, posted by crazychickuk on February 4, 2005, at 16:17:12
Are you feeling any better. I just saw this post for the first time.
It could be migraine.
Ask your doc if you can try a triptan, which is a med specifially for migraine. The names of some triptans are Imitrex, Zomig, Frova (that's the newest I think) Amerge, Aexert, Maxalt.
There is some question about something called Serotonin syndrome for people taking high doses of SSRI's and triptans. It is very rare, and many, many people take both meds without bad affect.
If a doc sends you home to take Ibuprophen for migraine and it doesn't work, you do need to go back, and go back again until you get some relief. Sometimes it takes some drastic stuff to get rid of a migraine that has been around for a while.
So talk to your doc. You can also go to this wonderful forum (choose "migraine discussion") if you have questions. http://www.migrainepage.com/
I do hope you are feeling better and have the energy to advocate for yourself on this.
ShortE
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