As i said in my last post a few posts down, I have no insurance so any helpful ideas of treatments or diagnosis will help ALOT.
Treatments I have tried- Physical therapy, massage, diet change, job change, excersise, not excersiing, sleeping more, sleeping less, migraine meds, OTC meds, muscle relaxers (this has worked best, but a few people i know have died from using them so I stopped) dental work, eye exams, chiro.
My headache sin a nutshell....Most begin with a couldy feeling in the morning, I almost know Ill get one- its like a stuffy head & sore muscles, a little naseua throughout the day.....otherwise they begin with very dull achey pain in my shoulders....it always spreads to my neck and for an hour feels like a sore neck so I stretch and crack & wait it out....by evening i feel a huge wieght in my upper back, face and head.
Sometimes this is accomanied by sinus pressure & liquid filled yees that when i rub they make sounds..sometimes not depending on the day and the season.
I feel it most in my shoulders now (though i define it as a headache, it goes away if someone squeezes my shoulders or presses my back , but come sback when they stop)
All of my upper back feels like it needs to be popped, VERY tense which of course makes me feel sick & dizzy and drained.
It hurts to open my eyes, it hurts bad when i stoop down or bend over...my neck gets stiff and all along my head feels like i got hit with a huge rock.
Thats about it....oh and the strange thing i have as of a few years ago, which has been discusse don here, is that below my occipital i can volunatrily "POP" it , and it pops when i nod or lean my head back.
Also, I get sick form cig smoke or light (and i do smoke, so i wanted to post that poll to see how many else do) but it never quit when i quit smoking for a year.
They are either everyday for a week or two or at least once a week. Sometimes i have woken up with one, but usually they come at night. The worste is when i wake up at night with one out of nowhere, because then i know it will last all day and keep me form being able to move about.
I think my unique symptoms is the liquid filled eyes, has anyone had this? I sometimes rub my eyes like hard (it osunds crazy) but i also lift my eyelids to break the pressure....it is almost always when i have a headache....in fact, if i rub my eyes or below my eyes and hear the drianage, i know i will have one later.
I told my doctor this, hoping for some sinus treatments like drianage, but she said shes never heard of it.