Do u feel better when you lie down??? Do you notice a major difference in the head pain wehn you bend over or go to the bathroom? Does it feel like your head is going to explode?? If any of these...
By the way I have your same symptom and have been diagnosed with a spontaneous spinal fluid leak. based on your history though I would assume you are suffering some residual effects of the lyme. That...
Hey I'd like to more about your Lyme experience. Is it possible to get bitten like a year ago and then one day start to have extreme symptoms. Or maybe have symptoms all along just not that severe...
I too am about to get an lp. I think they will ahve you lie down for a few hours after amd tell you to do the same thing at home. I would try and stay as flat as possible for 3-5 days after or you...
All of this started after your accident so it would seem to me that that is obviously the cause. I don't know waht could have happened but people with whiplash get a lot of weird syptoms. The...
Yeah amytriptiline makes you really hungry and tired. I think it takes about a month to really start working so you are right around that point. It didn't do much for me but I know some people that...
What do the migraines feel like??? Exertional Headaches makes me nervous. I have been diagnosed with a spinal fluid leak which often happen from weight lifting. The fact that when you yawned this...
Also in your mind what do you think is wrong? If you think something is really wrong it prob is. If you think it is anxiety it prob is. If you think it is your heart or blood pressure it prob is....
Wow i am shocked you have not been to a neurologist yet. The first thing i did when i started getting my HA's awas to get MRI's CT scans the works. Some people are scared to get these tests but i...
Also how did all this start??? Was it gradual or did you just wake up one day with a headache??...
My first thought would be anxiety but you said anti-anxiety meds don't work and excercise makes it worse. My second thought would be mu7scle tightness. Is your neck stiff?? My neck is really stiff...
Yes batman I have heard o f Diamox and lumbar punctures. I am not quite sure what you are looking for. There is no point in speculating about all these wierd things without getting checked out, you...
Hey Batman hope you are doing well. No my blood patch did not work but they had not id'd the leak so it was abit of a crap shoot. I am not as well versed in hypertension as I am hypotension. From...
Ksalley, how was your diagnoses made. Did they see a papillidemia on your MRI? Pseudo Tumor Cerebri is kind of serious I think. Csn;t they do more than just draining your spinal fluid? that doesn't...
Hey are you ready to be really confused??!! ksalley mentions benign intercranial hypertension well I have just the opposite and have the same symptoms you have. I have a spontaneous spinal fluid...
do the get better when you lie down. If you do u may have a leak. yes it is possible to be leaking for 30 years or be leaking intermittintly. See a headache specialist....
Do u have a stiff neck? Does caffeine help? You say from the minute you wake up until you go to bed. Does it get better when you lay down? What you describe sounds exactly like my headache. I am...
Have you guys ever looked into the possibility of a csf leak. Wooshing sound is very suspicious. If you have headaches constantly see if there is a positional aspect. Is it better when you lie down...
Thats what I have. Spontaneous leaks are different than traumatic. Traumatic can be alot worse but are much easier to fix (because it usually soobvious there is a problem). I would get a blood patch...
Is you leak spontaneous or traumatic?...
Yeah it sucks, well at least your docs know what it is. a lot of people ,have headaches their whole life and never get a diagnoses. I have heard that blood patch is effective in about 2/3rds of...
Sounds like a leak to me. I have had a leak for 4 months now. I can relate to the other "weird" symptoms that you get. Don't get discourage by negative results on test they often can't find the leak....
I noticed something the last couple of days. I have been feeling a different kind of pressure in my head lately. I check weather.com a lot and found that the barometric pressure was very high and...
I think you mean Dilaudid which is a powerful narcotic. If thats what it is you should not be taking this and 3 percocets at the same time! Unless of course you have been on pain meds for quite some...
I was wrong its on at 9pm and 1 am and its entitled the woman with a knife in her head, sounds about right....
very strange indeed. The best thing i can say is think of what happened during that period they were gone. What cahnged if anything. Lifestyle, weather, diet, excercise, meds, vitamins. I am sure you...
So did the HAs get better and then come back. Or are they better and you want them completely gone. Have you tried antidepressants? I am on one and it helped with the tightness in my jaw that i got...
Discovery health Channel (Channel 52 where I live) is airing a story tonight(5pm and again at 1am) about a woman who was struck with debilitating headaches. Turns out it was a CSF leak. May be a cool...
need to be much more specific...
Actually head MRI can often pick up csf leak if the radiologist knows what to look for. Many are not detected though which is sad and many probably just go away on their own. I have a csf leak picked...
JUST a reminder. CSF leaks often mimic symptoms of Chiari Malformation and are much more common!!! Research my friends...
Spontaneous CSF Leak(Cerbrospinal Fluid Leak) Symptoms: Orthostatic HA which is CONSTANT Stiff Neck Tingling and Numbness on face Nausea Depression (obviously) But what does it FEEL like?? Many...
Actually i know constanthead pressure and last time I talked to her she said the candida thing was completely bogus. I have also been through this diet. If you look at any headache diet most of them...
Well I would think that alcohol would make anything feel better but I am not sure ifn that points to anything specific. I haven't had a drink since this happened b/c I was terrified that I had brain...
There have been cases of people getting worse while lying down but caffeine pretty much works for everyone although sometimes nothing works. When i say caffeine i mean like 3 shots of expresso all at...
I went to Georgetown to get a second opinion on my CSF leak diagnosis. For all those who don't know my symptoms started out as tingling and numbness in face and arms 4 months ago with accompanied...
I have always felt likem the muscles near my occipital area were tense/ inflammed. It feels so weird and uncomfortable. Not painful just like a dull ache and it spreads to the top of my head and...
were u on any medications when this started?...
I recently discovered a stretch on line that is supposed to be good for tension headaches. You stand up and arch your back as if to touch your shoulder blades together behind your back. I have done...
Okay so I have been posting on this board for the last week but never really told my story. I am 23 male and live at home with my rents. Iam in great health exercise 5 days a week and have recently...
inflammed optic nerve usually points to pseudo tumor cerebri. This is very rare and it means there is an increase of spinal fluid pressure. It could also point to a blod clot. There was an article on...
I would be pretty confident its not a tumor. That is the one thing these stupid doctors actually look for. That and MS or some auto immune disorder. Have you ever gotten your eyes checked. They could...
People do get exertional migraines. I have a friend that would get a migraine every time he orgasm. Fing miserable. The fact that any movement irritates it is weird though. People in this forum are...
I experienced the same thing with doctors. Took me 2 neuros, ENT, 3 ER doctors, cardiologist. Toward the end I felt like I was going crazy and it was all in my head. Finally got a diagnoses from a...
I am not sure but I would like to talk to you further about your symptoms as many of our experiences are the same. I would like o know more of your symptoms especially when this all started. Shoot me...
have you ever had any type of head injury? Ever?...
if it was pc your headache would get better upon standing, worse while resting....
sounds like an csf leak or low csf pressure which would be tyhe opposite of pc....
IVE HAD CONSTANT BHEAD PRESSURE FOR 3 MONTHS. dOC THINKS IT IS CSF LEAK. i KNOW THE COLD WEATHER MAKES IT WORSE SOMEHOW...
I have the exact same thing. Do you sleep fine? Like you kniw the pressure is their but just not as annoying for some reason when you lay down to sleep for the night. Do you have a stiff neck. When...