Thanks Kayley, I will give it a go as you say $10 is worth a go

I tried melatonin and it did work for me. I took half hour b4 bed. Sublingual peppermint version available even in 1 mg dose at amazon which is lowest I guess? With that u can experiment what dose works for you.

Cheers!

When I was first injured, horrible horrible headaches were one of my worst symptoms. If you can't get ANY medication, here are some other things you can try:

1) Put your feet in hot water - VERY hot, as hot as you can stand. Put ice packs on your neck and forehead. Sit in a quiet, dark room.

2) Avoid triggers such as TV, computer, reading, loud noises (this meant I spent about 6 months lying quietly in my darkened bedroom).

3) Take max dose of tylenol and max dose of aspirin together. This is the "home-brew" migraine cocktail.

As far as medical treatment goes, these are the things that ultimately helped my headaches the most:

1) vision therapy - find an eye doctor from http://www.braininjuries.org or http://www.nora.cc who can do a vision efficiency evaluation. THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS A REGULAR MEDICAL EYE EXAM.

2) headache preventives - the two that worked for me were elavil (though it got less effective over time) and topamax (this is working great for me now)

Hope you can get some relief soon. I know it is SO SO miserable.

I just back from Massage therapy and feel like it's not working. I've been in therapy for 5 weeks now.

I went in feeling sore and stiff and came out feeling the same as I did going in but have begun a headache.

She pushed on my scalp which is sensitive and massaged my skull which sent like an impulse pain towards my brow....OUCH!

I wonder if I have a pinched nerve or something.....

Plus I have a new symptom my right shoulder has uncontrollable spasms and was jerking thru out the session.

Very sore today

Pinched nerve is definitely another possibility. Have you been assessed by a spinal specialist?

Mist,

Have you received any physical therapy? I believe that light traction will benefit you. My physical therapist also lightly massaged my upper shoulders/ neck area because of the muscle spasms. Can you get a prescription for PT? Does the heating pad help at all?



I was assessed by a neurologist a similar way. Pressure causing a lot of pain on the bottom of my head. I believe it was something to do with figuring out how much of my pain is related to my neck injury and the muscles leading from the neck up over the head. When I do a lot that area burns like its on fire.

best wishes everyone

Thanks everyone,

I think it just might be a pinched nerve.

Last night was just awful. I couldn't sleep coz of the pain.

Neck, shoulder, arm felt like it was asleep and my fingers felt like they were tingly. My shoulder like I said earlier had muscle spasms.

My massage therapist said the jerking was normal but I think she's nuts.

I don't see any other therapists other than her. She held my head and pulled to straighten out muscles and maybe that's what happened. IDK.

I know I'd rather see my regular therapist as she was the only one available this week. This sucks tho.

Sorry to vent