The pain started a week ago just after I lay down to go to sleep. The pain began on the back left of my head, at the base of my skull, behind my left ear.
My ear also hurt the first four days. My head feels like it is going to explode if I cough or bend over.
At first the pain comes and goes but I am taking about 975mg of acetaminophen and 800 mg of Ibuprofen, but today it has not gone away since I got up. I have had no injures to my head. The pain is severe and it hurts more when I turn my head to the left or the right.
There is a spot where the pain began that really hurts to the touch.
I have been sick for about 4 weeks. It started out as an allergy ; itchy throat, sneezing, nasal drainage but then it progressed . I was diagnosed with Bronchitis on on Dec 26. I was prescribed doxycycline as an antibiotic along with some cough medicine pills in gel form called “pearls”. (I don't have the meds with me here at work) My cough is under control. No fever, no sore throat. I thought at first that maybe I was a little sore from coughing so much over the last 3 weeks. But the head ache has gotten worse.
The head pain really began on Dec 24. My vision has been slightly blurry, my balance is off and my muscles have that "I need to stretch" feeling. I also have a sharp pain in my stomach that comes and goes. Goodness I sound like I am falling apart! I am going back to the doctor again today but I would like to know what you think.
No diagnosis of diabetes or arthritis.
Thanks