Please Help Severe headache over a month?!
Question:
Please Help Severe headache over a month?
OK, first off I have suffered from migraines since I was 14 getting them about 1-2 a month or fewer. In Feb I was Diag with type 2 diabetes and had my gallbladder out 2 months ago... anyway 4 weeks ago I got this headache over my temples (different from MY migraines) took firocet (nothing) took ultram (nothing) wound up in the ER.. after 12 mg of morphine headache went from 9 to a 4. sent me home with vicodin and told me to see pcp. manged to keep headache under 6 with the vicodin. and pcp says no reason it's your sugar (checked my sugar at the ER 122 ) not my sugar BP 130/80 not my bp... I changed drs when she refused to listen to me.... new doc is baffled.... this is a constant pain over both temples steady pressure, and behind my eyes worsening with extreme eye movement, or closing, I am dizzy and as of today am having visual disturbances. (BP and sugar still ok) pain is also worse if I bend over, I have been on augmentin, avelox, (antibiotics) and a steroid taper pack also no sinus symptoms (stuffy nose, drainage, ect...)please help i can't deal with this anylonger
Answers:
jessiekatsopolous should stop answering the same question, especially if he has nothing to contribute. Obviously he has never been in extreme pain before.
To answer your question, you need a referral to a neurologist. This really sounds like a neurological problem to me, especially since the pain is worse when you bend over. I had those same symptoms, and I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. I'm not wanting to freak you out though. 95% of brain tumors are benign. If you have not had a CT scan or MRI of your head, then you need one ASAP. Call your PCP and request a referral to a neurologist ASAP and also tell him (don't ask him) that you need a brain scan (either a CT scan or MRI) to determine if you have a lesion of some sort. If your PCP is "baffled" then why in the hell has he not scheduled you for a simple CT scan or MRI of the head? You can have the scan done and take the results of those along with your other medical records to your first visit to the neurologist.
Good luck.