swiffer61
27-10-08, 11:17
So I still am having trouble sleeping, even on the Amitriptyline that my doc prescribed for my head pains. Last night was not fun at all, and I'm still feeling rather tight in my head and neck, but it could be because I only slept 4 hours tops.
Anyway, doc told me I'm having some nerve problems on the left side of my head because my TMJ has been exacerbated by stress and a recent virus turned sinus issue. I'm supposed to start seeing my physio again, but I don't have an appointment until Thursday so now I'm left to my own devices and the Amitriptyline.
Last night I was trying to sleep when all of a sudden I had those sharp, shocking, pressing head pains in the upper-left side of my head (a bit near the back as well), my temple, forehead, and even my neck. It also looks like the left-side area near my cheekbone and above my ear is swollen more than the other side. What is that about? It hurts. Could it be TMJ problems? Of course I've been playing with it and now it feels like a thick mass, and that side of my head now feels heavy and bigger than the other. It also seemed like last night my left temple area was twitching or pulsing more than the other side. It was so aggravating. I could also hear my heartbeat in my other ear when I was laying on it. These things made it really impossible to sleep.
Last night before bed, I was also playing with some swollen node behind my left earlobe and then another one in the left-back side of my neck,which caused them to sting and hurt. I don't seem to have sinus issues anymore, so why are these nodes still inflamed? Could it be tension from my nerve pains? TMJ? I don't know! (The pains in my head usually begin at the base of my skull and shoot on up my head to the top areas and temple.)
Oh, then of course I started getting pains on the right side of my head too. But these were like a stabbing pain in my eye and a bad stabbing, burning pain along the right side of my nose. Why, I have NO clue. These also interupted my ability to get to sleep because they just hurt so much.
Sorry for the long post...I'm getting anxious again because I don't want it to be Temporal Arteritis or an Aneurysm. I'm just so scared of these things, especially because this week my fiance will be working nights, and I have trouble with being alone at night when I feel like this. It makes me feel so trapped - like something is going to go horribly wrong and I am going to die.
Has anyone had these things before?! :shrug: Please help me!
Anyway, doc told me I'm having some nerve problems on the left side of my head because my TMJ has been exacerbated by stress and a recent virus turned sinus issue. I'm supposed to start seeing my physio again, but I don't have an appointment until Thursday so now I'm left to my own devices and the Amitriptyline.
Last night I was trying to sleep when all of a sudden I had those sharp, shocking, pressing head pains in the upper-left side of my head (a bit near the back as well), my temple, forehead, and even my neck. It also looks like the left-side area near my cheekbone and above my ear is swollen more than the other side. What is that about? It hurts. Could it be TMJ problems? Of course I've been playing with it and now it feels like a thick mass, and that side of my head now feels heavy and bigger than the other. It also seemed like last night my left temple area was twitching or pulsing more than the other side. It was so aggravating. I could also hear my heartbeat in my other ear when I was laying on it. These things made it really impossible to sleep.
Last night before bed, I was also playing with some swollen node behind my left earlobe and then another one in the left-back side of my neck,which caused them to sting and hurt. I don't seem to have sinus issues anymore, so why are these nodes still inflamed? Could it be tension from my nerve pains? TMJ? I don't know! (The pains in my head usually begin at the base of my skull and shoot on up my head to the top areas and temple.)
Oh, then of course I started getting pains on the right side of my head too. But these were like a stabbing pain in my eye and a bad stabbing, burning pain along the right side of my nose. Why, I have NO clue. These also interupted my ability to get to sleep because they just hurt so much.
Sorry for the long post...I'm getting anxious again because I don't want it to be Temporal Arteritis or an Aneurysm. I'm just so scared of these things, especially because this week my fiance will be working nights, and I have trouble with being alone at night when I feel like this. It makes me feel so trapped - like something is going to go horribly wrong and I am going to die.
Has anyone had these things before?! :shrug: Please help me!