headaches

[kashmir]

Ok so for the past eight years I have had intermittent headaches. With the start of nursing school (I'm in the end of my junior year of a BSN program) they have been getting worse. I've seen an ENT and he states they are not sinus related, and I've seen a primary care doc and have gotten an MRI and she says that they are stressed induced. The thing is I had them before all the stress of nursing school! They are usually on top of my head (can be both or either side) and can start from my forehead up (if that makes any sense). I have seen eye doctors since I was eight and have been told my headaches are not from vision problems. I also have a neurologist appointment this coming Friday. Anyone have any ideas or comments? I would greatly appreciate them as OTC meds and the few prescriptions I've been on (ultram and amitryptilline) have not helped! It's really hard to concentrate when you have a headache and as it's getting closer to finals, I need to fix it soon. At least until the summer!

[dee78]

That is awesome!! Well not that you have migraines but that you have a diagnosis. I wonder if your doctor watched Discovery Health last month. They had a lady 2 weeks ago that had migraines and it was due to her heart murmur. She spent years dealing with debillitating headaches before finally being diagnosed.

I have migraines and it took me years to finally go to the doctor. I haven't been to a specialist, just a primary. I was taking Seraphim for PMS/PMDD last year and realized that I didn't get massive headaches during those 14 days so with my OBs permission I started taking it every day. But I had a massive attack last month, I didn't have any Excedrin so I let it go and ended up going to the afterhours clinic after work. She gave me a shot of Topomax (miracle drug) and a script for Maxalt. I only get them once or twice a month now and I keep Maxalt or Excedrin with me at all times. I try the Excedrin first but if that doesn't help, I take a Maxalt. I try not to take it too much.

Congrats on the final diagnosis, I bet nursing school will be much easier without the headaches to distract you.

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

A lot of good advice has been shared here, and the OP now has a diagnosis. I love happy endings!

Closing thread now as it has served its purpose.