Stabbing pain & vascular "spasms" over and behind
Posted: 08-20-08 20:56pm
If your like me, you are searching the internet for what is going on with you.

I suddenly started getting intermittent (a couple 3 stabs or spasms) slightly above and behind my right ear... hell, i would gasp when it hit and had no idea what was going on. I started to cut back on sodas and coffee and that didn't work, it started to get worse. I stopped smoking and quit soda and coffee and I thought I was having a stroke!

It started as a once a week thing, then a few hits a week then an everyday thing. After reducing cigs and sodas it became constant.

Anyway, an MRI and Catscan later, I found out that MILK was the problem. I cut out milk and was pain free for months. I am 40 and milk was part of my daily diet as I ate cereal almost daily and drank milk almost daily along with cheese.

This happened right after I was diagnosed with low potassium. I currently have to take potassium supplements or I go into irregular heartbeat (still being tested for what is wrong here but somehow I think this new MILK allergy is related to my new found Kidney problem (I am passing potassium in high doses through my urine).

Even a little bit of milk product can cause it to come back. Usually about 6-8 hours after consuming milk, the vascular spasm / stabbing will start.