Constant headaches 7 months

[Jackrabbit]

You could be suffering from migraines. Everyones migraines are different, I would maybe get some blood tests for it and talk to your doc about that being a possibility. Then perhaps they can prescribe you something to help.

[anx mum]

These headaches came suddenly and have been pretty much constant for almost 2 years now. I'm seeing a headache specialist just wanna b diagnoised so can get right treatment. I'm worried sick

[anx mum]

Really struggling at moment many of u know me from no panic. I suffer with health anxiety but also now struggling with a physical illness and under a specialist. I'm getting chronic headaches had them constant for 16 months now my specialist seems to think cluster headaches? All this going on my health anxiety is through the roof extremely worried about having a stroke as my mum did age 53. Life is so hard at mo

[anx mum]

I see dr silver at liverpool he is the best. I've recently had a nerve block and a multi cranrun block. touch wood headaches have eased. all this has effected my life everyday u don't know how your be. it's so hard to be physically and mentally ill. if anyone would like to chat about these headaches maybe we can b support for each other

[anx mum]

So much has been going on in the last year. Firstly I have had chronic headaches for 16 months constant I'm under a headache specialist he thinks I'm getting cluster headaches the pain ive never had nothing like it. Ive been on o2 medication and headache injections. Just lately my specialist did some injections in my head and thankfully my headaches have turned off. Now about 3 weeks ago I started getting severe chest pain its been mostly in the centre of my chest the pain is awful its heavy stabbing and sharp is how I would describe it. It moves over to my left at times over my left breast and I have pain and numbness under my left breast. I know in the past ive had chest pains which have been due to anxiety but this feels different. I have seen my gp many times and they don't think its anything to worry about ive had a chest xray ecgs and a heart bloodtest. I'm being referred to a cardio clinic and a pain clinic in the mean time this pain I'm getting is horrid it scares me painkillers don't work and my anxiety has come bk its sky high I'm convinced its my heart I'm overweight and have smoked in past and abit lately. Is anyone else going through a similar thing? Maybe we can try and help eachother?

[susie1]

Hi
I kn ow how you feel. My HA started 20 years ago with severe headaches everyday. I was convined I had a brain tumor and it was only after doctors, consultant and finally an MRI that I was convinced otherwise. they were so painful and I was certain I was dying.
I am online at te moment posting about pain between my shoulders that goes into the muscle at the top of my left breast. I am in total meltdown believing I have lung cancer or similar. I KNOW how you feel and when we are not in the grips of HA we can see it for what it is - our brains adding up wrongly, catastrophing everything - but in the midst of it all we can't see the wood for the trees. How many times have I said 'but this is different' and 'm saying it again now. You have had chest x rays and bloodtests. Something would have been picked up. Try to think logically. We are masters at focussing on bits and making the pain worse. At the start of my recent fears I went to the GPith tingling and numbness in my fingers and toes. Blood tsts threw up a raised liver enzyme. I was so focussed on that that the tingling has stopped - and I hadn't even noticed. The mind is all powerful and plays mind games. I am sounding so logical. I can see that yours is HA but me - I can't see it. You are not alone.

[anxious848]

Sorry to hear you're having a rough time 😥 A couple things come to mind if you've had normal cardiac testing...

If it's in the center of your chest...you've been in some medication could it be heartburn/gerd?? I had some very nasty gerd after being on antibiotics and went to the hospital because I had such terrible chest pain. The pain was in the center of my chest and would radiate to the left side.

Maybe muscular in nature? Sometimes anxiety really makes you stiffen up...

Hope you feel better soon.

[anx mum]

Thank u both I'm really confused whats going on had heart blood tests which have come bk ok. But my white blood cell and esr and crp have come bk high the dr said something about infection and inflammation. Feel like they haven't got to the bottom of it. Its one good thing my cluster headaches are giving me a break touch wood. I know from the past what anxiety can do to u ive had it since 17 on and off I'm now 38 but these pains in chest are nasty

[anx mum]

I’m back it’s been a while. I’ve been so poorly last two years with chronic headaches they been 24/7. I’m under a specialist in Liverpool who is trying to help me with treatment been having nerve blocks. All this is affecting me mentally as well as physically. Does anyone else have this terrible condition?

[Mindprison]

Just wanted to say I sympathise. While I don't suffer cluster headaches myself my grandfather suffered them daily for months at a time. He couldn't quite express how much agony he was in and resorted to hitting himself on the head to try and knock himself out for even a brief respite.

Thankfully treatment options have gotten much better since then (he passed away a long time ago) so you've made the right choice seeing a specialist.

Wishing you a speedy recovery or long remission soon!