Strange Headaches... somebody, please help!?

Question:

Over the past few months I've been having odd headaches. They're originating from the top of my neck/base of skull region, mostly on the left hand side. It's a pulsing throb kind of pain, and it's not exactly super-painful as it is a dull kind of achey throb. It's moving around my head to the front now, and I've been to three separate doctors who each believe it's a tension headache, with little to no real worries. The fact that it's been almost two months now, and that the headache keeps reoccurring makes me frightened that it's something else. I do have a stiff neck, and I do work with computers, which would make me think, for sure, it's a tension headache - maybe I'm being a hypochondriac, but I'm worried there's more to it. Anyone have any input?

Answers:
Go see a principled family chiropractor...this is right up their ally..

go to a hospital.. the emergency room or something and make them take tests and like scans of your head...i had a friend once in about 6th grade that she had a bad headache over a few weeks and passed out one day and went to the hospital and DIED. so i would deffently get that checked out or scanned or something.

feel better!

Go see a chiropracter or doc. And maybe try pressure point I heard it works.

I get the same thing on the back of my head directly behind my eyes. Try noticing if you do things like clench your jaw and see if that helps.

Might be a mild radiation overdose from your computer screen: is it flatscreen or glass? If the the latter then look into a visor you can buy for abut a tenner which screens most of the radiation. As for the crick in your neck, nows the time to invest in an electronic massager for the neck!

Other than that, it sounds like a migraine.

Two things came to my mind.

First off, are you sure it's not a migraine? Have the docs ruled out migraine?

Also, are you a coffee/soda/caffeine drinker? Because what you're describing could also be a "caffeine headache", I get them (I'm a Starbuck's JUNKIE) - and I'd describe them as "crawling" around my skull (not fun!)

Ok, my wife gets these headaches. This USUALLY works. In between your pointer finger and your thumb, put a lot of pressure on the skin in between, about an inch in. Until it hurts pretty bad. Try and have somebody else do it. Stand the pain until it goes away in your hand, then do the next hand. It is a pressure point and it takes the attention of of your head, and your headache should go away.

Sorry for your pain!

Have you ruled out a cluster headache? These are serious headaches that are more common in males than females, often involving the rear or side of the head.

How's your intake of fliuds? You should be drinking plenty of water, avoiding caffiene, with a vasodilator such as an aspirin to allow blood flow to the cranium to maximize.

I recommend finding a massage therapist (like myself) who specializes in cranial massage. By manipulating the flow of blood and cerebrospinal fluid on a minute scale, within the cranium, headache problems can be relieved. By unlearning holding patterns in posture and levels of fitness, solutions to headaches are easily reached.

Strange Headaches... somebody, please help!?

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