(July 6, 2017 at 5:50 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:(July 6, 2017 at 5:02 pm)mlmooney89 Wrote: I have tension headaches and have since I was a teenager. My headaches come with tunnel vision, sparkles in my vision, and severe pain but never any emotions. (other than wanting to cry of course) I can't tell you what happened but I can tell you it was nothing like the tension headaches I experience.
I will add though that if it IS tension headaches exercise is helpful. I just got done going to a physical therapist for mine and the lacrosse ball is amazing. You can use it against a wall to rub your back and shoulders which can help. Also stretching your shoulders, neck, and back help a lot too.
Sounds like some of my migraine symptoms.
I also get what feels like a finger being pushed into my brain and the side of my face and my hands going numb.
Macoleco: if the headache is that acute and that severe, I would seriously advise seeing your MD.
Not trying to panic you, it's probably something minor, but it's better safe than sorry.
Yeah mine aren't considered migraine because I'm not sensitive to lights or sound. People don't always know that migraines are not just severe headaches so sometimes if I don't feel like explaining that yes my chronic tension headaches are just as bad as a migraine I just tell them it's a migraine. lol
(July 6, 2017 at 5:52 pm)Macoleco Wrote: I just went to the doctor. It seems to be a tension headache due to stress.
I did not suddenly got angry. I just let my emotions take over me.
I'm glad you spoke with your doctor. I will tell you right now that after a decade of tension headaches, neurologist visits, a LOT of medicine, the best help is knowing your triggers and going to a PT so they can work out the tension. My PT taught me that it has to do with the stuff that surrounds your muscles and when it gets bunched up it can be painful and the only way to get it smoothed back out is by massaging it out. I went for 4 weeks to a weekly appt and half an hour was his targeting my tension spots and rubbing them out (massage is a deceiving word because it DOES NOT feel good- it hurts) and the other half hour was working on certain exercises that helped work out the tense spots. If you can try and stretch when you are in pain it might help. You don't want to depend on medicine for the rest of your life if these continue to pop up. I had to stop taking my meds due to pregnancy and I went an entire weekend crying because my head hurt so bad.
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