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Q: Help for headaches

asked by: garoid on February 14th, 2008

New User

My advice to all you young headache sufferers: keep trying to get help. Insist on being heard. Persist in telling the docs that your symptoms are ruining your life. Head pain and other head symptoms are a medical jungle, and many docs are lost in that tangled mess.

Head pain, pressure, dizziness, grogginess, burning, muddled thought, allergies, and muscle tension have ruled my life for over a half century. My condition is still undiagnosed, and I'm still trying to get real help.

Eventually you will be too tired and beaten down to fight it. Alcohol and illegal drugs are tempting. And try to get help for anxiety & depression while all of this is going on.

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illustriously fickle

replied on February 14th, 2008

Experienced User

Has anything worked for you?

garoid

replied on February 15th, 2008

New User

I lived on Darvocet for years, till it stopped working. Booze stopped working, too, and I quit that 10 years ago. I didn't respond to migraine meds years ago, but recently I started Depakote and amitriptylline. They seem to help a little. After 30 years of allergy shots, I stopped them to see what would happen, and I got worse, so I'm going back on them. I also take Neurontin. For pain, right now I have Ultram, which I take with prescription-strength ibuprofen.

Living with constant pain can easily lead to anxiety & depression. Makes you a tad pessimistic, too.

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