tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861777360544475411.post1229301115412921327..comments2023-09-27T16:44:05.924+01:00Comments on Permanent Headache: Day 365 - The WeatherUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861777360544475411.post-48648371925635185802012-11-26T21:49:02.973+00:002012-11-26T21:49:02.973+00:00I've had a chronic daily headache for the past...I've had a chronic daily headache for the past 6 years. It is unbearable in heat and humidity. It feels a lot better when I am in a cold indoor ice skating rink... The coldness freezes the headache away. Popsicles and frozen drinks help ease the pain for about 30 minutes as well. After trying most of the remedies you've explained on your blog, I'm going to get tested for mosquito-borne illnesses and parasites I might have contracted while studying abround in Fiji and Australia. Nicolenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861777360544475411.post-38241786462778850872010-04-22T20:17:25.119+01:002010-04-22T20:17:25.119+01:00Have you had any luck with the pain subsiding, Chi...Have you had any luck with the pain subsiding, Chintan?<br /><br />rhfawn2, glad to hear you're better! I have also looked into possible trapped nerves, crooked vertebrae etc. but nothing...Permanent Headachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16589472740414999690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861777360544475411.post-67279689441761093392010-02-17T18:59:39.421+00:002010-02-17T18:59:39.421+00:00It's nice to know that somebody else who share...It's nice to know that somebody else who shares the same fate that's been bestowed upon me. <br /><br />I've been having a constant daily headache for the last 5 years. It's been getting worse every day. I've tried every medication but nothing has worked. <br /><br />I have been recently tested positive for Antiphospholipid syndrome and am currently taking Warfarin. My doctor thinks my headache will subside in a few weeks.Chintan Goswaminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861777360544475411.post-74845396378130922652010-01-13T17:10:25.022+00:002010-01-13T17:10:25.022+00:00I thought I would pass on my experience in case it...I thought I would pass on my experience in case it helps someone. <br /><br />I have had a 3 month headache with similar symptoms: seems like there are 2 headaches (a dull ache and sharp pains) one of which never leaves, alcohol numbs the pain, cold feels better, standing up feels better than laying down, and pressure. I have gotten alot of headaches and migraines since 8-9 years old(also on atenolol), but nothing like my 3 month headache. Last week my masseuse (whom I have been seeing monthly for the last year for all my other headaches and migraines)told me there was nothing more she could do for me, my muscles will no longer loosen. She suggested I see a chiropractor. <br /><br />Last week I went to see a chiropractor and this past weekend I was finally releived of this 3 month headache. FINALLY!!! My neck bends the wrong way and some vertebrae were sitting crooked. The sharp pains were the Trigeminal nerves in my face. I have to go twice a week for adjustments, but well worth the relief!<br /><br />Also, I will be undergoing surgery for a deviated septum and septal spurs. This may relieve some of my other headaches and migraines. Sluder's neuralgia is the name. There is quite a few testimonies of people that didn't have sinus problems (like me) but did have a deviated septum and spurs who after the surgery didn't have anymore migraines/headaches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861777360544475411.post-45163410555847529122010-01-09T09:13:52.022+00:002010-01-09T09:13:52.022+00:00Your blog is amazing. It really document's wh...Your blog is amazing. It really document's what lengths people will go to search for help. I was desperate.<br /><br />I suffered for 4 years every day from migraine. I found taking amitriptyline and a beta blocker (atenolol) worked well together. The real stunner was that suddenly withdrawing the medication (December 32, 1991) had a long term effect. I went a year with no headaches. Then they returned. I took amitriptyline for a month and suddenly stopped. I went three years with no headache. Every few years I take amitriptyline (25mg/day) for a month to kick it. <br /><br />After 18 years of that working, I have some other headache problem that responds to antibiotics, but not amitriptyline.<br /><br />Recently, I came across a mention of high dose riboflavin (Vitamin B2) in the National Headache Foundation blog as an alternative treatment. I am trying it for my present non-migraine problem, but it isn't working.<br /><br />Here is a good review of it. Notice Canadian Family Physician says amitriptyline and beta blockers are the first choices of treatment.<br />http://www.cfpc.ca/cfp/2003/Oct/vol49-oct-critical-1.asp<br /><br />Are you familiar with the Migraine Trust and the National Headache Foundation? <br />http://www.migrainetrust.org/<br />http://www.headaches.org/spritrighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537882876868707497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861777360544475411.post-83735007669851340822010-01-08T11:52:16.436+00:002010-01-08T11:52:16.436+00:00It's all so random with me I just don't kn...It's all so random with me I just don't know what to think anymore! Am still in Europe and headache seems a bit better now although have had the occasional flare-up. It's all so random I can't tie it down to anything anymore.. but will see what happens when I get back to freezing temperatures...<br /><br />Completely agree re stone age - we would have been weather gurus!Permanent Headachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16589472740414999690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861777360544475411.post-58853459784485724622009-12-31T05:51:41.493+00:002009-12-31T05:51:41.493+00:00Ugh. Weather ALWAYS gets me if my head is compromi...Ugh. Weather ALWAYS gets me if my head is compromised at all.<br /><br />But I have to tell you, from the last time I commented, cymbalta has really helped me for my daily pain. I still had a bad flare up on Christmas Eve but I think it was from stress, eating too many Christmas cookies, and going to a loud party. I ended up feeling like I was still run over on Christmas, but it wasn't too bad.<br /><br />The cold actually sometimes makes me feel better, mostly because I think my head reacts more to when I overheat, which kind of goes along with the carsick badness as well. Getting overheated in the car is pretty much instant horrible attack for me within 30 minutes.<br /><br />But yeah, I was a 4/5 out of 10 all the time before, but now I'm at a 1.5 average. Flareups aren't as bad and don't last as long either. And its mostly the face pain that comes through, not the constant temple pain, which I sometimes forget is there now.<br /><br />But whenever I see that a storm is coming on the forecast, I secretly get prepared to wake up in the middle of the night in horrible pain. <br /><br />If we existed way back in the stone age, we'd be useful in predicting weather patterns.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06187496717037537941noreply@blogger.com