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Q: Long Standing headaches

asked by: SilentWitness on August 27th, 2003

New User

I'm hoping someone here has some information on long standing headache/migraine situations - or can point me in the right direction.

I've had a headache for a little over six months now. Medicine doesn't do much for more than about three hours at a time. I went to a doctor after three weeks, but she put it off as allergies and gave me a mess of pills that haven't helped at all. I haven't been back since.

The problem is that I don't know exactly how serious this could be, or not be. I have a number of symptoms that accompany my headache. This headache could just be a side effect of something else, but I don't know. I don't even know where to start looking.

Do any of you have an idea where to go to find information on what kind of condition this could be?

Btw - if it helps anything, other symptoms i've been experiencing on a continual basis are intense constant nausea, frequent dizziness, bouts of shaking, increased heartrate (occasionally)...

Replies(4)

lhileman

replied on September 1st, 2003

Experienced User

Migraines

I have at least two migraines a month, putting me out of commission, vomiting and so on, my physician gave me a medicene that is called fioricet, it really does work. I have tried everything else, and nothing works, but this medicene has helped me. It help to releasr blood vessels that are constricted from the headache, and neck. Ask your Dr. About it.

Lisa Crying or Very sad

samiam111187

replied on September 14th, 2003

New User

Hey, can one of ya'll help me out. I almost 16 years old, and never had a real headache of any kind unitl recently. I'd get the occasional twinge, but nothing major. Well since this past june, I have been getting these terrible headaches either a couple inches next to my left ear or the side of my head. They vary in pain, somtimes not to bad...But other times unbearable. I have a head ache atleast 5 of the days of the week. Just starting in the end of augest my vision has been blurring a little, and i've been dizzy and exhausted (although I don't know how much of that is attributed with school.) I don't know if I should get it checked out, or if im just worrying about nothing. I'm wondering if their migranes. They run in my family, but I don't see spots or get nausea or any of those other symptoms. I was also thinking it could be allergies, but i'm already on a load of medication for them. Other then that I have no clue what it could be. Thanks a bunch.
S

Baby

replied on September 23rd, 2003

Experienced User

Hey, ok my name is brandi and i'm 18 years old. I have had migraines since I was 4. I have tried all kinds of medication and have been through all the test. No one has been able to tell me why I am having these headaches or how I can stop them. Just depending on how bad they are sometimes over the counter things work then sometimes I have to go to the er to get a pain shot. My Dr. And I thought we had found a med. Because it has worked for a year with not as many (or bad) of headaches. Now he has had to double the med. But it is back to working. If you wont to know what kind of med.

Georgia59

replied on July 7th, 2008

Especially eHealthy

An easy fix that might be happening is nutrition- I had headaches for years and finally a doctor recommended nutritional supplements and now I feel better. Obviously , that's not everyone's problem, but it's an easy fix if it works.

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