Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Posts: 16 Location: New Zealand
Short, Painful Headaches Posted: 09-04-04 03:10am
Hi
i was just wondering whether anyone else
has had these and what they did to cope
with them.
I get these quick headaches. They last
for anywhere between a split second and
about 3 or 4 minutes but usually around
the 5 to 10 second mark. They are usually
around 7 or 8 on the 1-10 pain scale
though i've definitely had some 10s. I
get them around 50 times a day though
since i've been counting my record is 92.
I started getting them about a year ago
but was only getting 1 or 2 a day. I've
been seeing a neuro since november last
year. I have so far tried beta-blockers,
amiltriptyline (antidepressent),
indomethacin (an anti-inflammatory) and am
now on paradex (sorry don't know drug
type, strong paracetamol I think) as
preventatives, all with no ridding or
slowing of the headaches. My neuro is
talking about epilim next but isn't so
keen because of my age (i'm 20). I've had
ct scan, mri scan (both without contrast)
and lumber puncture which (as far as I
know) came back normal (don't fully know
about mri).
I also have vision problems, with many
floaters developing about february this
year, and monocular double vision (i.E. I
can cover one eye and still have double
vision) developing about 3 months ago.
About 3 times every couple of months I
also get vision blackouts, where it feels
like a curtain has been drawn across 1/2
of one eye. These started a couple of
months after the headaches.
I was diagnosed with optic nerve head
drusen in november this year but that's
supposed to be a pretty much benign eye
condition.
