cheryl042

I continue to have daily headaches with no relief in sight. Waiting to see if I'll go to another neurosurgeon or what the game plan is if I'm not a surgical candidate. Felt like I was getting sick but I increased my olive leaf for 2 days and now I feel fine. Took benadryl three times a day also. I swear by the olive leaf though... stuff works great and it's natural.

Another rough night with a few hours of sleep! Didn't know where to go with my head other than wanting to cut it off. I tried caffeine, ice and heat hoping that something would work but it didn't even put a dent in the pain. The left side of my neck felt like a huge charlie horse and my head was exquisitely painful inside and out. The pain was at least a 9/10 and now my stomach feels real queasy. That will usually happen when the pain level increases or I've had intense pain for too many hours or both.

Woke up this morning not knowing where to place my head on the pillow. Head pain is ferocious this morning along with neck pain. Nothing that I do seems to help at all. Considering going to the ER for some relief that will last a couple of hours. Some is better than none at this point. Trying to hold out for my appointment with my pain management doctor tomorrow. I've been through multiple injections( facet, epidural, nerve blocks, occipital,and analgesic) in the cervical spine with no success. I've been to see my neurosurgeon and found out that I'm not a surgical candidate. I've seen neurologists who either don't specialize in headaches or refuse to treat them. I've been to a Back and Pain Center to be told that I'm non interventional. I've been to a Headache Clinic where they're idea of treating the headaches is to give me over 11 different meds to take at once. I was so over medicated that I was doing stuff that I wasn't aware of such as eating in the middle of the night, spending money that I had no memory of spending(cashed in 401k money), etc. I'm really angry and frustrated that with all of the meds that I've been on, there's little to no relief. Sorry, I really have to vent today. The pain is so bad that I could scream or cry or both.

Just another day in the life of headaches and pain! My neck is killing me this morning and actually woke me up at 1:00 am in spite of the sleep aids. My lump feels quite large and my neck feels crunchy.

I am looking for some input from sufferers of migraine headaches and/or facial pain. I have suffered from constant, unrelenting headaches for the last 16 months. I've been to back and pain centers, surgery, pain management clinics, neurosurgeons, headache clinics, and neurologists. I'm having difficulty finding physicians who will address my pain without over medicating me. I can't take pain meds because they cause almost immediate rebound headaches. I'm trying to find a balance between some relief and being high all the time.