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SHock/jolt type headaches - need some input from others - 11/17/2008 5:00:05 AM
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optimusprime
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JUst wanting to know if other people here have or know people with these kind of headaches.
These headaches of mine started last year, but on and off, I do get them persistantly, sometimes many days. They are a mild shock/jolt. I also suffer with chronic pain 24x7, always a constant dull pain on my left side of head/face, usually moderate in severity, but can be severe at times.
Now I was not long ago confirmed as having TMJ Dysfunction, and Myofascial Pain, but the interesting thing is I have come into contact with some others, who when I mentioned about shock type headaches, they could relate as they have Trigeminal Neuralgia.
Does people here know of others with Trigeminal Neuralgia that have indeed shock type headaches, and sinus like pain, yet its not the sinuses ?
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RE: SHock/jolt type headaches - need some input from ot... - 11/17/2008 12:15:39 PM
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stellaluna
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Have you investigated cluster headaches at all? I haven't heard of the condition you're talking about.
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RE: SHock/jolt type headaches - need some input from ot... - 11/17/2008 1:20:03 PM
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Focusing
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I haven't heard of this term. I was referred to a headache specialist and was diagnosed with cluster headaches several years ago, and while most of them were migraine (4-5 a week consistently for a few years), I would also get tension headaches, and the kind that was a sharp stabbing pain. (Is this what you mean by "shock/jolt"?) Normally it was behind my left ear, and felt like an ice pick stabbing me. The pain was excruciating and would cause me to collapse. There was never any warning before they happened, and it was really frightening.
The doctor gave me meds that helped tremendously, but what actually solved the problem was chiropractic. After six weeks of treatment, they were gone. In the past nine years, I have had only three migraines and not a single incident with the stabbing headaches.
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RE: SHock/jolt type headaches - need some input from ot... - 11/17/2008 1:29:36 PM
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optimusprime
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Focusing, yes the shock like headaches I have experience can relate to a stab. Last year I had an extremely painful stab headache at the back of my head that felt like an ice pick stabbing me. Thankfully that has never come back.
Stellaluna, funny enough, but some of the symptoms that I have experienced, more than when I went to different doctors at the time mentioned it could of been cluster type.
Thing is with certain types of headaches, you can have symptoms that are the same, but the headache type is different
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RE: SHock/jolt type headaches - need some input from ot... - 11/17/2008 2:16:08 PM
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Calea37
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Hi optimusprime,
I have TMJ and the pain from that is usually actually in my jaw. However I have some sinus/allergy issues too, and I have experienced the blinding ice pick stab behind my left eye as well; it is horrible pain. Mine is caused by sinus pressure that doesn't release...hard to believe it could feel like an ice pick, but that really is what it feels like. Have you been to an allergist and/or an ENT? An ENT might be able to help you. I wouldn't rule out sinus issues if I were you. Have you noticed the stabbing pain after eating certain foods? Sometimes your sinuses can be congested far up in your eyes and it doesn't seem like sinus because the nose will feel clear, etc...
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RE: SHock/jolt type headaches - need some input from ot... - 11/17/2008 6:39:52 PM
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MrsTracy72
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Are you by any chance taking anti depressants?" Some of those types of medications can do that to you. I think they call them brain zaps. But I am not sure.
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RE: SHock/jolt type headaches - need some input from ot... - 11/17/2008 11:04:41 PM
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heavencomedown
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I just saw a show on this same thing a couple days age. The same symptoms and they thought it was tmj for a while. i think the show was Mystery Diagnosis. Turns out she had some problem regarding her brain. Good news was that it was easily fixed by medication.
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RE: SHock/jolt type headaches - need some input from ot... - 11/20/2008 1:04:17 AM
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optimusprime
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MrsTracy72, I used to be on a small dose of anti dep medication, never again will I return to them. I found they did nothing but cause other issues. I tried 3 different types, and then enough was enough. This was with my previous doctor at the time, as at the time I not even aware of a TMJ Dysfunction.
Calea37, almost 2years ago, a Sinus CT scan was done and at the time, it did pick up Sinusitis, and at the time of diagnosis, surgery was recommended. I didn't agree to it as I felt I had other issues that was unexplained. A few months ago I had another done of SInus scan, and there appeared to be no trace of Sinusisits, just part of my right side (I think its the turbinate) feels like its a bit swollen now and then. ANd yet I still have pain in those sinus areas (which most likely be because of the TMJ/Myofacsial issue).
I went to a allergist last year, waste of time, as to me it looked like my allergies were being blamed as the cause, suggesting I get allergy shots, which personally I didn't believe it. Never went for it, as my instinct told me that wasn't the problem. It was only that one year in 2006 that my issues started, and yes my allergies were way out of control than it should be, but all my other years prior, they were well kept under control. Thing is at the time, it wasn't investigated whether my sinusitis was either fungal or viral, as antibiotics really didn't help.
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RE: SHock/jolt type headaches - need some input from ot... - 11/24/2008 10:14:07 AM
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stamper_ben
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I have suffered with cluster headaches for a number of years. Had tried everything to prevent them with limited to no success. Finally thought that the only thing to do was to use the oxygen to get rid of it when it happened.
But recently I had started taking ginseng, and rather than have the rare night without a headache it is now the rare night that I do get one! It's been about six weeks now.
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