Sharp Sudden Severe Pains In My Head Posted: 08-23-05 18:07pm
I've noticed for the last couple of years
I get what seems very frequent headaches,
at least 2 a week. Recently in the last
year or so I have been experiencing
severe, sudden & sharp pains in my
head. They come & go, it's not a
consistent pain. For example, last night
I went to rent a movie & out of
nowhere on the right side of my head,
above the tip of my ear I felt this sharp,
stabbing pain. For the next hour the
sudden pain would come & go, & it
would hurt extremely bad each time. Of
course my immediate reaction, or reflex
was to grab at that side of my head, my
boyfriend asked if I was okay each time.
Late last year I saw a local neuorologist
who wanted to do either a ct scan or an
mri on me, I wanted to except that I don't
have great insurance and it was going to
be $600.00 out of my own pocket after
insurance covered what they would. I'm
wondering if there is any cause for
concern to have the testing done. I know
there are so many headaches out there like
tension, cluster, rebound & sinus, so
I don't want to confuse one of these as a
possibility to what I may have and waste
$600.00. I'm also not sure if the
frequent headaches tie into the sharp
pains. Please reply soon.
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mommy of 1
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 291 Location: traverse city michigan
Posted: 08-23-05 18:23pm
I get those sometimes, my doc told me they
are ice pick headaches lol funny name,
anyways he saud it could be caused be some
foods like msg is that what its called???
:lol: anyways I can not eat chinease
food without getting them, but they do
hurt and I have not found anything to help
them, I also have migraines, I have had
catscans done so I nothing is there :lol:
that sounds wrong hope this helps
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J_Roc
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Sep 2005 Posts: 4 Location: las cruces
Posted: 09-10-05 20:19pm
Hey........Yeah ive been having those
too....I they are referred to as ice pick
headaches.......They could be do to a food
allergy.......Stress,sinusproblem or a
pinched nerve......My wisdom tooth is
growing and I think its gettin one of my
nerves and causing these sharp
pains......Im gonna have my wisdom tooth
removed cause its affevting my sinuses it
cause anxiety......Ill get back to you
after operation and let you know if they
are still happening :wink:
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Storywriter
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 42 Location: New York
Posted: 09-19-05 00:20am
I get them
sometimes too it started months back on my
left side above on my forehead above my
eye everytime I bent,sneezed or coughed
i'd get it.It than stopped and I now get
it sometimes on the right side everytime I
bend,sneeze,cough.When I take advil it
stops it.I wish it would just go away
now.It's very annoying and I don't know
why I suddendly get them sometimes.
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kellyrae5
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Sharp Pain In Head Posted: 09-29-05 20:30pm
I get those too. My doctor told me that
it was "probably" some type of nerve
damage. Sometimes, but not all of the
time, I get a cold after I have these
episodes. And often they occur when I am
in contact with a sudden change to cold
air. I also grind my teeth at night
sometimes. I think that there may also be
a link there. During this time when I get
the ice pick pains, my head is really
tender/sensitive in a small area where the
pain occurs, even though I am not
currently experiencing the sharp pain. So
if my hair gets pulled it hurts pretty
bad.
I have had these for a couple of years, I
am 27.
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Mizzoula
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 25 Location: , ca
Re: Ice pick headaches Posted: 06-16-08 13:57pm
My boyfriend just started getting "ice
pick" headaches the other day. Once we
figured out what it was, we gave him one
24-hour Claritin-D and the headaches
stopped immediately. He'd had them on and
off for two days... it's now been a week
since he took the allergy pill and he
hasn't had one since.
We started using decongestant allergy meds
on his migraines after a friend of mine
told me they worked for him. Now whenever
he starts to get a migraine, he takes an
allergy pill and it stops the headache.
If you decide to try it, remember to get
an allergy pill WITH a decongestant... the
regular allergy pill isn't enough. So get
Claritin-D from the pharmacist, not
regular Claritin from the shelf. Target
also offers a Target brand generic, but
you need to ask the Target pharmacist for
the decongestant allergy pill... don't
just pick up the box on the shelf.
(I'm posting this on multiple forums at my
boyfriend's request... the headaches
freaked him out and he wants to share what
helped him in case it helps other people.)
