Comments on: Migraine: Does your face hurt? http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/migraine-does-your-face-hurt/ Thoughts and information about the latest news in the world of migraine, cluster headache and other headache treatment around the world. Tue, 22 May 2012 16:06:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rose http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/migraine-does-your-face-hurt/comment-page-2/#comment-181049 Rose Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:54:45 +0000 http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/?p=1105#comment-181049 (cont'd) definitely go see your regular doctor to rule out any thing that could be more serious. I always fear nasal cancer as I have two relatives go through it. (cont’d) definitely go see your regular doctor to rule out any thing that could be more serious. I always fear nasal cancer as I have two relatives go through it.

]]> By: Rose http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/migraine-does-your-face-hurt/comment-page-2/#comment-181047 Rose Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:51:21 +0000 http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/?p=1105#comment-181047 Jane, now that you mention bad molar.... at one time I went to a maxillofacial dentist who xray-ed my mouth and it turned out one of my upper molars were digging right into my sinus cavity. I'd been suffering from sinus pain for years and years. They were surprised I dealt with it as long as I did. I don't know if Christy's problems are of a dental nature, but it wouldn't hurt to have a maxillofacial dentist take an xray and look at it. That relieved my chronic symptoms but I still suffered from what were facial migraines on and off for no reason other than possible barometric changes in weather (not having to do with allergies). I was prescribed a barbiturate and acetaminophen combo when I have these attacks. I rarely get them, but when I do, I take a pill at the onset. Jane, now that you mention bad molar…. at one time I went to a maxillofacial dentist who xray-ed my mouth and it turned out one of my upper molars were digging right into my sinus cavity. I’d been suffering from sinus pain for years and years. They were surprised I dealt with it as long as I did. I don’t know if Christy’s problems are of a dental nature, but it wouldn’t hurt to have a maxillofacial dentist take an xray and look at it. That relieved my chronic symptoms but I still suffered from what were facial migraines on and off for no reason other than possible barometric changes in weather (not having to do with allergies). I was prescribed a barbiturate and acetaminophen combo when I have these attacks. I rarely get them, but when I do, I take a pill at the onset.

]]> By: Pam http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/migraine-does-your-face-hurt/comment-page-2/#comment-179505 Pam Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:17:55 +0000 http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/?p=1105#comment-179505 I had those same symptoms but didn't have a bad molar, or sinus problems. It was migraines. GOod luck. I had those same symptoms but didn’t have a bad molar, or sinus problems. It was migraines. GOod luck.

]]> By: jane http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/migraine-does-your-face-hurt/comment-page-2/#comment-179411 jane Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:37:28 +0000 http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/?p=1105#comment-179411 Christy, that sounds like a bad molar. I had one recently, if you go to a neurologist ask them for a "migraine blast." This is steriods they give you and in 3 days it cleared up my infection and let me target the pain which was coming from my molar. It was an old root canal gone bad. Had it pulled the week after and no more migraines for me!! Soooo happy to be done with those. The longer you leave the tooth, the worse it gets and it gets ugly. Get your teeth checked! Christy, that sounds like a bad molar. I had one recently, if you go to a neurologist ask them for a “migraine blast.” This is steriods they give you and in 3 days it cleared up my infection and let me target the pain which was coming from my molar. It was an old root canal gone bad. Had it pulled the week after and no more migraines for me!! Soooo happy to be done with those. The longer you leave the tooth, the worse it gets and it gets ugly. Get your teeth checked!

]]> By: Christy http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/migraine-does-your-face-hurt/comment-page-2/#comment-178999 Christy Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:19:56 +0000 http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/?p=1105#comment-178999 Ok. I think it might be time to see a doctor for me. I have never been a headache sufferer but for the past 5 days my life has completely changed. #1 is the pain behind my left eye, next comes the pain of my gums/ teeth on my left side, left side of my face (including nose) is last. It is becoming unbearable and exceed run isn't helping. In a weird way it sometimes feels like brain freeze x1000000000. I just need it to go away. SOMEONE PLEEEASEE HELP. Btw I'm a 25 year old woman. Ok. I think it might be time to see a doctor for me. I have never been a headache sufferer but for the past 5 days my life has completely changed. #1 is the pain behind my left eye, next comes the pain of my gums/ teeth on my left side, left side of my face (including nose) is last. It is becoming unbearable and exceed run isn’t helping. In a weird way it sometimes feels like brain freeze x1000000000. I just need it to go away. SOMEONE PLEEEASEE HELP. Btw I’m a 25 year old woman.

]]> By: Misty http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/migraine-does-your-face-hurt/comment-page-1/#comment-176760 Misty Sun, 01 Apr 2012 07:28:10 +0000 http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/?p=1105#comment-176760 Hello everyone. I have just been reading what everyone has been going through and I feel so relieved because I thought something was truly wroung with me. For the past year straight I havt gone a good day without a migraine but it makes my nose hurt. I thought I had sinus pain so I was living off sudafed and nothing was working. I was allways in the er because the pain was so bad I couldn't live with myself. Nothing would work. Finally they did a ct and said its not sinus and sent me to the neuro and then I was just talking with patients in the hospital I worked in then I thought I had ms. Thurns out I just get my migrains in my face. But I would have such bad anxiety thinking something was wrong with me day and night I couldn't stop crying. Living off vicodine. Now I'm on topomax. Its only been 3 days so I'm hoping it starts to work soon so I can live a normal life again. Hello everyone. I have just been reading what everyone has been going through and I feel so relieved because I thought something was truly wroung with me. For the past year straight I havt gone a good day without a migraine but it makes my nose hurt. I thought I had sinus pain so I was living off sudafed and nothing was working. I was allways in the er because the pain was so bad I couldn’t live with myself. Nothing would work. Finally they did a ct and said its not sinus and sent me to the neuro and then I was just talking with patients in the hospital I worked in then I thought I had ms. Thurns out I just get my migrains in my face. But I would have such bad anxiety thinking something was wrong with me day and night I couldn’t stop crying. Living off vicodine. Now I’m on topomax. Its only been 3 days so I’m hoping it starts to work soon so I can live a normal life again.

]]> By: Nicky http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/migraine-does-your-face-hurt/comment-page-1/#comment-176118 Nicky Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:51:23 +0000 http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/?p=1105#comment-176118 Hi all, I've read every comment and realise that we"re not alone and if there are so many sufferers why don't they invest more money into this terrible disease. I've had migraines for 15 years and I'm 43. Mine are hormonal and also food triggered. I've tried everything but the last time I visited the GP she said that I'd just have to wait till my menopause and there's really nothing else to try. I get the usual body ache like you"re fighting infection and face and specifically nose pain and neck and head paid. I also sneeze a lot, and sometimes I can't form my words clearly which is a bit of bummer when you"re an actress and teacher. I'm now just taking cocodamol (can't spell it)...sometimes it works a bit depending on which type of migraine it is. Ate a red pepper two days ago and had migraine within the hour so won't be doing that again. However, ate a yellow pepper and was fine. I'm allergic to Aspartame and MSG as I get panic attacks. The worst thing about migraines is the fact that you feel utterly wiped out and not at all pretty. The last time I took sumatriptan my face swelled up like a huge potato and my eyes looked liked currants..my daughter was really worried. I think I might have had an allergic reaction. I'm sick of filling in flippin diaries for migraine research and all those so-called preventative medicines that you take 3 days before an attack. I would take them but I don't know when an attack is going to take place. Once I went a whole month without a migraine and for the life of me I don't know what I did differently. Any one else feeling really lost and confused? Hi all, I’ve read every comment and realise that we”re not alone and if there are so many sufferers why don’t they invest more money into this terrible disease. I’ve had migraines for 15 years and I’m 43. Mine are hormonal and also food triggered. I’ve tried everything but the last time I visited the GP she said that I’d just have to wait till my menopause and there’s really nothing else to try. I get the usual body ache like you”re fighting infection and face and specifically nose pain and neck and head paid. I also sneeze a lot, and sometimes I can’t form my words clearly which is a bit of bummer when you”re an actress and teacher. I’m now just taking cocodamol (can’t spell it)…sometimes it works a bit depending on which type of migraine it is. Ate a red pepper two days ago and had migraine within the hour so won’t be doing that again. However, ate a yellow pepper and was fine. I’m allergic to Aspartame and MSG as I get panic attacks. The worst thing about migraines is the fact that you feel utterly wiped out and not at all pretty. The last time I took sumatriptan my face swelled up like a huge potato and my eyes looked liked currants..my daughter was really worried. I think I might have had an allergic reaction. I’m sick of filling in flippin diaries for migraine research and all those so-called preventative medicines that you take 3 days before an attack. I would take them but I don’t know when an attack is going to take place. Once I went a whole month without a migraine and for the life of me I don’t know what I did differently. Any one else feeling really lost and confused?

]]> By: Val http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/migraine-does-your-face-hurt/comment-page-1/#comment-172718 Val Sun, 18 Mar 2012 05:36:13 +0000 http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/?p=1105#comment-172718 I have the jaw pain all the time like I have been chewing gum for hours too. I also have constant headaches. My pain doctor say the jaw pain is due to muscles in the neck overcompensating due to damage from car accidents.. I have the jaw pain all the time like I have been chewing gum for hours too. I also have constant headaches. My pain doctor say the jaw pain is due to muscles in the neck overcompensating due to damage from car accidents..

]]> By: Val http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/migraine-does-your-face-hurt/comment-page-1/#comment-172716 Val Sun, 18 Mar 2012 05:30:54 +0000 http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/?p=1105#comment-172716 Compazine itself has has the specific side effect of arm, leg, and/or facial reaction as described in its side effects, "twisting or twitching movements; uncontrolled muscle movements (eg, twitching of the face or tongue; loss of balance; uncontrolled movements of arms or legs; trouble speaking," and the uncontrolled muscle movement can become permanent. I know this because I failed to read the side effects listed on the print out when it was given to me for nausea related to a severe kidney infection. I had been in so much pain and feeling so sick I just took what was prescribed. I had taken it for several days before the reaction started and it started with my lips curling back to my teeth and tightening. Then it progressed to my jaw moving right or left without me doing it. I tried to rest so I could be free of this symptom, but it was over father's day and I decided I needed to leave the party and go home. I drove until I was crying so hard with both thumbs in my mouth to keep it from clinching one direction then the other cutting my cheeks and making them bleed. I was lucky my boyfriend at the time was in the car and he took over and drove me straight to the hospital. I waited there for a short time as the nurse was sympathetic to my crying. It took two shots in my butt, one was benadryl, and I was soon fine. I was also told to stop taking the compazine immediately and tell every doctor I have that I have a dystonic reaction to the drug. I have been in so many car accidents that I don't know when or why exactly they started, but I do know that one evening I attended an event where fire spinning was being preformed in a two story open space. After that night I woke with a headache and a severe pain with the movement of my eyes, either open or closed. I have had this reaction again after the event several times. I don't feel like I need to cry, but the pain is so great I want to. I am in a constant state of headache it changes in severity, but I have learned to live with them without medication. I haven't found a medication to help with the eye pain, nor have I seen a doctor who has heard of this reaction with migraines. Would love to hear if anyone else has had this reaction and what their doctor does to help. Compazine itself has has the specific side effect of arm, leg, and/or facial reaction as described in its side effects, “twisting or twitching movements; uncontrolled muscle movements (eg, twitching of the face or tongue; loss of balance; uncontrolled movements of arms or legs; trouble speaking,” and the uncontrolled muscle movement can become permanent. I know this because I failed to read the side effects listed on the print out when it was given to me for nausea related to a severe kidney infection. I had been in so much pain and feeling so sick I just took what was prescribed. I had taken it for several days before the reaction started and it started with my lips curling back to my teeth and tightening. Then it progressed to my jaw moving right or left without me doing it. I tried to rest so I could be free of this symptom, but it was over father’s day and I decided I needed to leave the party and go home. I drove until I was crying so hard with both thumbs in my mouth to keep it from clinching one direction then the other cutting my cheeks and making them bleed. I was lucky my boyfriend at the time was in the car and he took over and drove me straight to the hospital. I waited there for a short time as the nurse was sympathetic to my crying. It took two shots in my butt, one was benadryl, and I was soon fine. I was also told to stop taking the compazine immediately and tell every doctor I have that I have a dystonic reaction to the drug.

I have been in so many car accidents that I don’t know when or why exactly they started, but I do know that one evening I attended an event where fire spinning was being preformed in a two story open space. After that night I woke with a headache and a severe pain with the movement of my eyes, either open or closed. I have had this reaction again after the event several times. I don’t feel like I need to cry, but the pain is so great I want to. I am in a constant state of headache it changes in severity, but I have learned to live with them without medication. I haven’t found a medication to help with the eye pain, nor have I seen a doctor who has heard of this reaction with migraines. Would love to hear if anyone else has had this reaction and what their doctor does to help.

]]> By: jane http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/migraine-does-your-face-hurt/comment-page-1/#comment-170005 jane Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:10:01 +0000 http://headacheandmigrainenews.com/?p=1105#comment-170005 my doctor told me today that medicines dont work and that I should have sex before sleeping. If I do not have a partner there for sex I should use a hand or invest in toys. He stopped my medicines for migraines except for the prevention medication but on the instruction papers he stated I should continue taking the same prescriptions but I am out of the prescriptions. Has anyone else gotten this advice for face pain, muscle spasms or nerve jolts behind the eyes?? Curious? Jane my doctor told me today that medicines dont work and that I should have sex before sleeping. If I do not have a partner there for sex I should use a hand or invest in toys. He stopped my medicines for migraines except for the prevention medication but on the instruction papers he stated I should continue taking the same prescriptions but I am out of the prescriptions. Has anyone else gotten this advice for face pain, muscle spasms or nerve jolts behind the eyes?? Curious?
Jane

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