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Old 04-11-2013, 08:12 PM
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Hi,
Sorry you are suffering from this. I have never had a migraine last anywhere near that long. I get acute migraines. These are totally incapacitating. Complete debilitation. With acute migraines, it starts out with vision problems- wavy lines and then you get complete vision loss or partial vision loss. This is where your central or peripheral vision is black. All you see is black if you look directly at something or black on the sides of your vision. Then your head feels like it is cracking. You literally start moaning and squeezing between your nose and rubbing your forehead. Then you start violently throwing up. This is an acute migraine headache. They can last for up to 3 days but I have never had one last that long. Thank god. If you have a headache that you are able to see, think, talk, get up and function, this is not a migraine headache. It is possible you could have a bad headache that is lasting months due to PCS. Not acute migraine. If you can type and read this. Not migraine. What you can do is to put a cold washcloth on your forehead. The colder the better or behind your head. Depending on where the pain is coming from. It helps me to put one over my eyes with ice on it. Also wearing sunglasses helps to cut down on the number of headaches and the intensity. I have to wear sunglasses all the time now. And ear plugs. Our hearing is very sensitive now. Especially when we have headaches. Good luck. Hope your headaches clear up soon. I know they are miserable.
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Had MVA in 2006 resulting in post concussive syndrome manifested by cognitive impairment, chronic pain/ fatigue. Chronic pain of head, neck, back, left leg.
Other problems include REM sleep behavior disorder, nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, chronic migraines associated with nausea/vertigo, episodes of passing out, hypoglycemia, liver dysfunction (had accidental overdose of acetaminophen in 2009) had liver and kidney failure, hernia, degenerative disc disease with compression of nerve root, PTSD, and other problems associated with functioning problems from traumatic brain injury (light, sound sensitive, easily overloaded, easily distracted, cannot focus, anxiety problems etc.)
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