I am a chronic pain guy, a neuroligical thing I think, but then there are headaches that seem unrelated to the other pains.
This summer was the most headache-free period in at least two years for me... now it is starting again, with three 8/10 [severity] headaches in two weeks [which isn't too bad, but it is likely going to get worse.
I had a diagnosis of "Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia" but then the Neuro started having doubts and, well, she lost interest when things eased up - I will push her again now though!!
There is a spot at the base of my skull that is ALLWAYS involved when I get headaches - it is halfway bewtween the spine and the ear, there is a little bony bump there {do you have that bump, anyone? - a few bumps along the base of the skull is normal, right?]
Straight below that bump is neck tendons and muscles that are also painfull, but not as painfull as the headache that ensues once that area starts up.
The left eye, my left nostril, and rarely now the left upper jaw ["top teeth" - but I have dentures, but it still feels like a toothache]. And, the left temple has a bit of pain too.
So thats all very much the Trigeminal nerve path, but the headache is all through the brain/skull.
Light bothers - I wear an eye patch on the left eye.
Allways in the autumn things get worse.
Now, what was my question?? Oh - does anyone relate, and what to do? [I get pretty thick when it hits, lol]
This summer was the most headache-free period in at least two years for me... now it is starting again, with three 8/10 [severity] headaches in two weeks [which isn't too bad, but it is likely going to get worse.
I had a diagnosis of "Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia" but then the Neuro started having doubts and, well, she lost interest when things eased up - I will push her again now though!!
There is a spot at the base of my skull that is ALLWAYS involved when I get headaches - it is halfway bewtween the spine and the ear, there is a little bony bump there {do you have that bump, anyone? - a few bumps along the base of the skull is normal, right?]
Straight below that bump is neck tendons and muscles that are also painfull, but not as painfull as the headache that ensues once that area starts up.
The left eye, my left nostril, and rarely now the left upper jaw ["top teeth" - but I have dentures, but it still feels like a toothache]. And, the left temple has a bit of pain too.
So thats all very much the Trigeminal nerve path, but the headache is all through the brain/skull.
Light bothers - I wear an eye patch on the left eye.
Allways in the autumn things get worse.
Now, what was my question?? Oh - does anyone relate, and what to do? [I get pretty thick when it hits, lol]
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