Hi Iam am someone who has had left side of head headaches that are piercing and short. Yet very painful. I have had them more freguently while under alot of stress around a possible major move. I realized I do not want to make the move, yet a bit late as the pruchase is in the process, howeverwe can sell it. But I found it really hard to know what my truth was trying to please my partner. Any ways my headaches have been still on the leftside, while having arm and leg jerks something I do not usually have and the headaches are now pretty steady.

Also I have felt alot of anxiety way more than usuall so I wonder if this is triggering them any thoughts?

Headaches are so random when it comes to the cause of, it's really hard to say. It really depends on the location, the pain type and then what was going on that could be a trigger.

In your case, it could very well be stress. However, if it's in a more defined area to the left side and depending on the area and again, the pain type (shocking) it could be something like TN.

Considering everything you have going on, I'd probably roll with stress.You should do what you can to try and relax yourself some because stress can do a lot of very unkind things to your body. I would try having some black coffee and cut back as much as you can on sweets and sugar. That should help out with your headache.

Keeping yourself tense can cause more pain down the road (I did this, so I'm giving advice based off of my own mistake). I didn't really think of muscles above my neck until I had an actual knot around my temple. Mind you, I have Trigeminal Neuralgia (Right Side) but this was triggering it. I didn't know it was even possible to get knots in some of the areas I have. I'm still in Physical Therapy for the knots in my neck, it's been almost 6 months now (I'm paying out of pocket at this point).

What she has me do (hopefully you can do this to avoid tension headaches) is hold your head straight while sitting up straight (with arms to side). Slowly look to the right while keeping your head straight (aligned, whatever that term is). Then back to the middle, then left. Then put your chin to your chest and hold it for a few seconds, then look up - then roll your head from back to front.

While going through this stressful time, just try to remind yourself several times a day to relax (physically, relax your body) and loosen up your neck and shoulder areas.

As far as the twitches, I have those lots and my doctor even saw them and has no clue!

If the headache stays, try some OTC medicine or ask your doctor for caffeine type of medicine (Butalbital/Fioricet). They work for milder episodes (non-migraines).

Try black coffee first, its cheaper.

Hope the headache fades soon, I just finished moving and it was horrible (I hate my new house).

Thanks Ellie for both posts. I actaully have decided the move is not in my best interest. I started to feel calmer and my headaches and stress got reduced. I still feel fusturated not having known my decision sooner but I am trying to let go of that. So we will have a few things to deal with.

So thanks for your feedback, much appreciated. I just wish others could appreciate how very important stability, less change and knowing one support system is in place really is. I know others with medical conditions are able to move more easily. But not me. I really think the not knowing around making a decision, much more travel being out of my routine has triggered,such high stress and fatigue and anxiety the three main triggers for seizures, headaches and even seizures that only affect my speech so I can not talk, something I have occasional but have had pretty regularly last two months.

So I feel now I am home and staying put, hopefully my partner can agree this is best also.
Thanks,Cedar

Hi Cedar,
It's great to see you back I've missed you. Just like you I've been getting a lot of headaches above my right eye and down the right side of my head where they did surgery. I've also started having tc sz. all of this I found out is do to stress. My neurophysch told me to cut myself off from my family to reduce the stress and sz. and it has helped me a lot. The only other thing I can think of is maybe you should get your eyes checked to see if you need glasses. Before I started wearing glasses I would get terrible headaches that wouldn't go away no matter what.
I agree with Ellie drink some black coffee or plain tea and see if that helps your headaches I know it has helped me a lot especially when I get migraine headaches. Here's wishing you well and May God Bless You!

Sue

I get migranes from time to time, but I also get "cluster" headaches. Midrin really helps me a lot. It has a mild tranqulizer in it to boot!