Does the pain feels like a stab from an icepick, nail, or needle?
Is this pain mainly felt around the eye, temple and parietal area as a one sided headache?
Do you suffer from nasal congestion, too?

thank u for ur reply. its not at one particular side of my head the pain goes all the way through my head, but yes it does feel like someone has stabbed me with an ice pick or something. i do always seem to have a cold but i think that is mainly from the job i do. quite a few people are talking about ice pick head ache's, do u think this is what im suffering from and if so what is the next step, is it basically just learning to live with them or should i go to my doctor. many thanks again.
alani. xxx

You can visit your doctor just to ease your mind.
Headaches felt like ice pick are known as Idiopathic stabbing headache characterized by brief, sharp, severe jabbing pains about the head that occur either as single episodes or as brief repeated volleys.
The pain resembles a stab from an icepick, nail, or needle and typically lasts from a fraction of a second to 1 to 2 seconds.
You can have 1 attack per year to 50 attacks per day.
These pains are usually felt in orbit, temple, parietal area.
Can be triggered by rapid alterations in posture, physical exertion, bright light, and head motion during migraine attacks (usually present in migraine sufferers with aura).