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Join Date: Dec 2012
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 205
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I'm now in month 8, and I have just begun to differentiate between the dull headaches and the sharp, painful ones that sometimes lead to migraines.
I have tried to push through with some advil on the dull ones, but I take heed and slow down when and if it begins to throb.
However, having said that, I had vision therapy Friday, and the exercises triggered a dull headache, and I mistakenly pushed through them. Now I am with a big, bad migraine!
We all have different triggers and thresholds for pain, but I do think headaches are our bodies way of communicating to our brain. It is just with mtbi/pcs, our brain sometimes over-reacts or mis-interprets these signals.
Trust your intuition-you know best.
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The event: Rear ended on freeway with son when I was at a stop in stop and go traffic July 2012. Lost consciousness.
Post-event: Diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome, ptsd, whiplash, peripheral and central vestibular dysfunction and convergence insufficiency. MRI/CT scans fine.
Symptoms: daily headaches, dizziness/vertigo, nausea, cognitive fog, light/noise sensitivities, anxiety/irritability, fatigued, convergence insufficiency, tinnitus and numbness in arms/legs.
Therapies: Now topamax 50mg daily; Propanolol and Tramadol when migraine. Off nortryptiline and trazodone. Accupuncture. Vitamin regime. Prism glasses/vision therapy. Vestibular therapy 3month. Gluten free diet. Dairy free diet. On sick leave from teaching until Sept. 2014.
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