Can a migraine last over 2 wks? please help?

I just wanted to tell you that YES a headache can last two weeks.

I was motivated to find this forum when I had a headache that lasted 8 days a couple months ago.

I felt like there was something seriously wrong with me.  I went to bed with it and even woke up with it (which isn't typical for me).

Then I did some research and found that there are others who have had headaches for that long.

I commonly get tension headahches daily but I did have that horrible constant migraine for 8 days or so recently.

Be patient.

I would definitely suggest you see a doctor so you can start getting on a program to deal with your headaches.

There are several new medications out there and you might just need to get a strong pain reliever/muscle relaxer to knock it out once and for all.

You might have to take a strong dose and go to bed and hopefully you could wake up feeling better....

Let us know how it goes,

Lauren

the med that my doctor gave me during that long headache was midrin.  It has some muscle relaxer and pain med in it and I think it helped because a lot of mine was extreme tension in the forehead that I could not for the life of me release.

 

Yes, Yes and YES!!!

I had one that lasted 33 days!!! I was not sure that I was going to survive the pain that I was in, and then the depression that caused.

Please stop taking the advil or any over the counter pain medications, that MAY be contributing to your headaches. You need a proper diagnosis before taking anything like that.

If it is a migraine that is lasting that long you need to take the right medication to stop the head pain and then figure out if you need something to prevent the headaches. If they are, advil may be causing rebound headaches like Nicky said. If not, you could still be causing more harm than good.

I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers as I am not sure what else to tell you at the moment. Please find out the results and take it from there.

I had a false positive result for MS, with optic nerve swelling...see a good doctor who knows what they are talking about.

Take care and promise to let us know, ok???

Sara

Forum Moderator

Yes, it can last months even.  I've had migraine for 2+ years, now.  It sucks.  If advil isn't helping, then you should probably discontinue it, because it's not good for the tummy anyway, if you're using it as much as you say you are. 

Another thing to consider is that you may be having rebound headaches, which can be migraines and are extremely painful.  Have you stopped drinking coffee or have gone on a diet recently?  Are you taking a new medication or has something changed in your lifestyle in the past month?  Look up Rebound headaches and you'll see that they can even be more painful than migraines.  What you'll want to do is add back whatever changed in your life, if possible.  Then, if it's something you're trying to cut out, cut it down a tiny bit each day, instead of all at once.

 If it's not rebound I'd recommend finding a good pain management doctor, if your neurologist is unable to help you.  In my experience, Pain Management doctors are WAAAAAAY better than neurologists for treating migraines of any duration.  That's jsut mho, but I've heard the same from alot of other people, too.  Good luck and I hope you'll feel better soon.

Jessica

http://migraineforefront.blogspot.com/

crap..

I have been having migraines and the longest i have had is two days, but normally i loose part of my eyesight and half of my body goes numb...

 

but lately i have had this sharp ache'y pain 'behind my eyes'... and this is keeping me off school during the 'GCSE period' and i also have a holiday coming up...

 

anyone help me get rid of it quickly?:/

Hi Maggers,

That is rough. I feel for you.

Ann is absolutely right. You NEED to see a Headache Specialist. The reason we are suggesting this is because your symptoms are indicative of one of several rare migraine variants. Some with different treatments than others. With a complete history and a more detailed understanding of your particular symptoms, a Headache Specialist is the one who will be able to give you a proper diagnosis.

It sounds like this is a common/recurring experience for you. But, if you have not been evaluated for this by a neurologist or GP before, you need to go have this checked out ASAP. This is for your safety, to rule out anything more serious (non migraine related). The chances of this being something more serious are small, but being safe is better than being sorry.


Best of Luck!

Post Edited (EvilFluorescents) : 2/7/2011 10:36:43 AM (GMT-7)

I have been battling a migraine for several weeks now. The first 3 1/2 weeks were so severe that I would want to gouge my eyes out...felt like cutting my head off. The pain was nothing like I had ever experienced before. I suffered migraines all my like. I had an anterior cervical fusion in May 2010 at levels C5 & C6, with a plate & screws. It stopped the migraines although I still had muscle spasms quite often, which were very intense. I took Diazepam for that, and finally had some relief. It was the only muscle relaxer that did not make me
sleepy. November 2010 I had a lamenectoy at levels L5 & L6. I healed from that surgery. I had not driven since Feb 2010...at which time I fell on the ice, had a concussion, & lost my memory for a couple of months. Yes, you can say that I've kinda had a bad year or so now. about 2 months ago on the first time I started driving again, I got out of my car, turned my head very sharply to look behind me & got a severe pain in my head. I felt very dizzy, nauseated, and thought I was going to pass out. My son, immediately drove me to the closest ER. They did a CT scan, gave me about 4-5 different shots and were not able to relieve the pain. They prescribed some tramadol and a muscle relaxer and sent
me home. That night I was up all night in pain. The kids went to school the next day. That next night I could not take it any more and begged them to take me to the ER again. There they gave me about 3 different shots. Which took away the pain for several hours so I could go home and sleep. During the 3 1/2 weeks, I went to the ER another time and received some Norco....which only dulled the pain for a few hours, but it was nice anyway. I went to my primary care Dr., who referred me to the same neurologist who referred me for surgery in May 2010. They did an MRI and Xrays to make sure the hardware was still in place.
I felt such pain in my neck also, that I thought for sure something went wrong where I had the surgery. The neurologist sent me home with Tylenol 3. I got no relief, so he then prescribed the Norco, which helped. He referred me to Pain Management. So far I have had 2 series of 2 shots in the back of my head,
which they called a nerve black. It did lessen the pain somewhat...but the pain is still constant. I go back in a week 1/2 for the 3rd series of shots in my head. They hurt pretty bad. The doctor was talking about a epidural with the same type of medication they put in the nerve block. I don't understand this. The neurologist diagnosed me with occipital neuralgia. From what my primary care Dr. said, this would last for the rest of my life. When I looked up that diagnosis...it said that the pain would only last 3-4 minutes at a time. That's not my case. The pain management docs prescribed Celebrex and Gabapentin. The Gabapentin went from once a day, to now 3 times a day. If that doesn't
work, they want me to try a muscle relaxer Tizanadine. It does make me sleepy, but right now at this point I welcome sleep!! When I sleep, I don't feel the pain. I want to know if this is a nerve, why can't they just cut me open, and fix it. I am so tired of hurting, being a pin cushion, and taking so many pills. This has been such a long journey. I have been out of work since Feb. First workman's comp and later disability. Which is about half of what I was making. It's been so rough on the family and kids.

Does anyone know anything about this?

My son suffered from a condition called Chronic Daily Migraine Syndrome where he had a continuous migraine with associated abdominal migraine pain for 5 years, from when he was 11 until he was 16. We took him to 3 different neurologists and 2 different therapists. It was actually my Lyme Disease specialist that realized he also had Lyme Disease. We have both been treated for Chronic Lyme Disease now and his headaches have improved immensely. He only gets them when he is very stressed. While I am no longer getting sicker overall, my migraines are actually getting worse and I now have daily migraines, whereas I used to have them only 15-20 days a month. I have no idea why mine are getting so much worse, but I have recently had a sinus CT scan and am going to see an ENT specialist to see if there is anything they can recommend.

Hello,

I'm new here since just a few minutes ago. I'm in the eighth day of a migraine. The last one I had was over ten years ago, and have never had one which lasted more than two or three days. I became really alarmed this morning when the headache was still here, so I decided to see if there were others out there who have had long term migraines.

This is off the migraine topic, and it's for babiblueyez 121. My wife has restless leg syndrome. She's on Clonazepam, but that doesn't always work. I would watch her at night when her legs would go out of control. It looked to me that they were short circuiting.

Knowing that we are electrical beings, I got some copper wire and an electrical clamp. I soldiered the other end of the wire to a copper bracelet which I bent so that it was large enough to fit on her ankle. I then clamped the wire to the pipes under the bathroom sink. I grounded her. The leg movement stopped almost immediately. None of her doctors had the slightest interest in this discovery.

babiblueyez 121, you might give this a try. In the meantime I'm going to explore this forum I just joined.

One more thing about my latest migraine, it seems to be related to C2 and C3 in my neck. If I put pressure on the right side of my neck in that area, the pain retreats. I'll keep you posted.

have them order a western blot for lyme

I have also had a severe headache on the left rear of my head for 2 weeks now and my left side keeps going numb or Tinggley and I have been very dizzy and nausea and any stress makes it lots worse and it is like I can't pay attention to anything for more than 10 minutes it took me a long time to write this I have been to urgent care and they gave me a painkiller that don't do any thing and the next day I went to the e-r and they did cat scan and a Mri and they didn't find anything it refer me to my primary care Dr I went to her and she gave me anti depression pills that only made me very sobby and depressed and I have been off work for 2 weeks now my wife doesn't understand and is trying tribute out how to pay the bills and gets upset at me because I can't understand that I can't work with this and the hr lady hasn't called me back whitch makes the pain increase

Hello,
I have had a migraine now for 3 weeks. At almost 2 weeks I went to my primary and they gave me toridol in the office the first visit, it decreased pain for 2hrs and then pain was back at full force. They also put me on raglan, benedryl, and ibuprofen. That didn't help, it just put me to sleep. That was a tuesday, I went back Friday. Then I was prescribed rizatriptan to take with raglan. It helped decrease pain but pain keeps returning. I just went back Monday and now they have me on a muscle relaxer, prednisone, raglan, and rizatriptan. It literally takes 2hrs to kick in and then it knocks me out after making me feel extremely drunk. So now I am here in week 3 of migraine pain. I've been talking to a friend about my situation and since meds are clearly not giving me any sort of relief from the migraine symptoms I think it is time to be referred to a specialist. I am not happy about my experience with my primary, too many drugs. So any advice???


Thank you,
Krystal

Check your iron guys! I've Ben coming to HW for a while now, reading, and checking things. I recently, like 2 days ago, found out my iron was low after months of thinking I just had this crazy head pain and migraines. Now after 2 days of taking iron pills, I feel 80% better.