Increased muscle spasms and migraines postop
 

Is this usual? It just got very severe yesterday and had been moderate up until then. I have only had migraines in my life once and that was after a concussion three years ago.

I feel just sick from the pain at times. I'm taking Vicodin 3x's per day, Flereril 10mg. 3 x's per day and Neurontin 100mg 3 x's per day. I also have to wear my Miami J (hard brace) 24/7.

Any thoughts would be MUCH appreciated. :) Laurie

Hi Laurie:

Others will come along and welcome you also.

I see you have other posts on this website. I hope you find your answers and are getting relief.

Just wanted to say hi and welcome to Neurotalk.

Take care

Melody

HI,

WELCOME TO NT.

I HAVE EXPERIENCED MIGRIANOUS-TPYE HEADACEHES THAT WOULD PUT ME IN THE BED. THEY'RE NO FUN.

I DIDN'T REALLY FIND A FIX. I'M JUST THANKFUL THEY STOPPED. GOT A HUNCH WHY, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER POST.

IINTERESTING POSTS... http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread102211.html

HEADACHE FORUM:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum32.html

THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND ANSWERS.

KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS AND YOU WILL GET LOT OF ANSWERS.

I PRAY YOU FIND RELIEF. THOSE HEADACHES ARE VERY DEBILATING.

TAKE CARE...

I'm going to chime in about headaches. Oh, I have degenerative joint disease by the way. Had it for over 20 years. Used to weigh over 300 lbs and walked with a cane. No longer have to do that.

I rarely had headaches. I did however have nasty TMJ that presented like a toothache. For 16 years. Went to every dentist, doctor. It would come and go. Didn't happen a lot, but once, every few months. Had x-rays, etc. One time the doctor asked me "Melody, do you have arthritis?" I said "oh, yeah" and I explained what type I had.

He told me the joints in my jaw were affected and if I was under stress, or the bariatric temp changed, I might be hit with a bad TMJ attack. He was right on the money.

Well....last year, I was communicating with a family member who so stressed me out, I could not get out of bed for literally 4 days. I held an ice pack to the side of my head.

I thought I would go nuts. I wandered the streets (It was July 3rd of 2010). I was looking for a dentist to pull my back tooth. (This is BEFORFE I found out about the TMJ connection).

Well, I marched into my primary care doctor's office, told him about the stress I was under, he said OH MY GOD, and gave me some samples of various meds. One was an anti-inflammatory med called Arthrotec (I think that was the name).

DID NOTHING.

I took tylenol. Did nothing. I took Aleve, DID NOTHING.

I took them all. DID NOTHING.

I just laid in bed with an alternating ice pack and cold pack to the right side of my head.

Then after 5 days of this, I was able to see my dentist (a specialist in NYC) who is a god to me.

He examined me, took x-rays and said "Melody there is absolutely nothing wrong with your tooth". Doctors had been telling me this for 15 years but when THIS guy speaks, I listen.

He explained that I got a stress related TMJ/headache because of what I was going through. I looked at him and said "This is from stress??? Really??"

and he nodded and said "And the fact that you have arthritis, well it doesn't help the situation"

So what I've done is avoided a certain stressor and so far, I never had another attack like that one. And I hope I never do.

ANd sure, when the weather changes, significantly (like it can go from 40 to 80, and back to 40 in two days (this happened last week, well yeah, my body will respond to that stressor.

But nothing has happened that duplicated what I went through in July of 2010

And I hope it never does.

Stress kills.

I know this because it almost killed me.

And don't let anyone tell you that you have to deal with a certain stressor (like a family member, etc.)

If you can eliminate a certain stressor, (unless it's the weather for example), then do it.

Your body will thank you.

Mine did.

I hope I never go through that kind of pain again.

Take care

Melody