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XanaDUer2

(15,567 posts)
Tue Nov 26, 2024, 06:38 PM Nov 2024

Hoping the neurology headache clinic

Appmnt is sooner than the ENT appmnt. Headache. Took aspirin, ES Tylenol and 3 ibuprofen. Scared. But hope for imaging.

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Hoping the neurology headache clinic (Original Post) XanaDUer2 Nov 2024 OP
Oh, I hope you can recover from all this. Keep up the good work. Walleye Nov 2024 #1
Thanks XanaDUer2 Nov 2024 #2
Imaging has it's limitations biophile Nov 2024 #3
Darn. Ok ty XanaDUer2 Nov 2024 #4
Take heart- If it is a misalignment, biophile Nov 2024 #15
Best Of Luck To You ProfessorGAC Nov 2024 #5
Ty XanaDUer2 Nov 2024 #6
Sounds like what I went through.... legallyblondeNYC Nov 2024 #7
Ty for your story XanaDUer2 Nov 2024 #8
Wishing you healing. legallyblondeNYC Nov 2024 #9
I hate medical testing i have anxiety XanaDUer2 Nov 2024 #11
New Clinic and new doctors. multigraincracker Nov 2024 #10
Thanks XanaDUer2 Nov 2024 #12
Dang! Hopefully more help & relief to you! electric_blue68 Nov 2024 #13
Great to hear you've had great improvement! I had one, just one migraine when I was ?15 or so... electric_blue68 Nov 2024 #14

biophile

(648 posts)
3. Imaging has it's limitations
Tue Nov 26, 2024, 06:52 PM
Nov 2024

If the problem is truly nerve related, it difficult to see on imaging. But misalignment of the joints and inflammation of muscles, ligaments and tendons might be seen. Wishing you luck and hopefully some answers!

XanaDUer2

(15,567 posts)
4. Darn. Ok ty
Tue Nov 26, 2024, 06:53 PM
Nov 2024

I just feel its nerves. Now I'm getting tingling on the left crown of my head

biophile

(648 posts)
15. Take heart- If it is a misalignment,
Wed Nov 27, 2024, 07:48 AM
Nov 2024

That can certainly cause nerve impingement and still be a source of your pain. So even though the imaging can’t really show the actual smaller nerves, it can still be helpful in revealing a source of pain. Nerves are just not well seen on any imaging modality. But nerve pain can be inferred from other abnormalities made apparent on scans.
Best of luck - I hope you find relief soon!

legallyblondeNYC

(87 posts)
7. Sounds like what I went through....
Tue Nov 26, 2024, 07:13 PM
Nov 2024

Hi there. After a lot of misses on the road to diagnosis, a great doctor finally concluded that I had migraine.

I now get Botox 4 times per year. It has helped tremendously.

For times when the migraine becomes more prominent, my remedies are Advil and Ativan and REST!!! If it starts to get bad, then I take sumatriptan. A similar helpful remedy is water with mint and ginger.

Good luck. I did get better.

XanaDUer2

(15,567 posts)
8. Ty for your story
Tue Nov 26, 2024, 07:17 PM
Nov 2024

I was jaw injured by my dentist a few months ago. He didn't care and I've been waiting for it to resolve for several months. But its getting worse spreading arnd my jaw and skull

XanaDUer2

(15,567 posts)
11. I hate medical testing i have anxiety
Tue Nov 26, 2024, 07:25 PM
Nov 2024

But I can no longer wait for this to resolve no matter what the dentist who hurt me says

electric_blue68

(20,237 posts)
14. Great to hear you've had great improvement! I had one, just one migraine when I was ?15 or so...
Tue Nov 26, 2024, 08:34 PM
Nov 2024

I'm now 71! So like 55 yrs ago; and I still remember it!
Pain, nausea, the crazy internal eye "lights", light sensitivity. Uggghh!

This new eye doctor for possible hard contacts looked into my eye with the light and magnifying glass for sooo long I got crazy colored lights in that eye.
Then it went away, but because my eyes were still dialated my dad had to hold my arm esp when we hit the sunny side of street. I think he drove us home (vs subway).
When I got home the migraine started up. So I know how awful they are.
May you continue to enjoy relief!

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