longest headache ever?

[Bruce Jibboo]

Previously mine would have been probably around 24 hours and that's after the gnarliest night out. Seemingly on the 5th full day of low to moderate headache, intensity varying throughout but very few times it felt like no headache existed.

Hit the urgent care Monday morning and blood pressure was higher than the normal high, got that back down to the normal high, and even to real normal levels w/ medication over a couple days. Grabbed a script yesterday for full blood/urine panel so just donated 4 big vials and a cup of pee. Best case is just deficient in something but hopefully should find out Friday if lab work gets to dr and dr is available.

I knew some people get crazy migraines that can last a full day, but research shows I guess week long headaches exist along with people that claim they have perpetual headaches

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[TCG Member 5219]

You dieting? If you havent eaten in a while or are going into ketosis from a entering a diet, you will get that keto flu headache. Mine last for 2 days when I go out then back into ketosis.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

my diet has been fairly consistent, which is basically blending veg/fruits morning and lunch, then pretty random for dinners. This heat was a fuckin joke but I drink a ton of water every day. I was outside washing the car and did drink that day/night before but not more than I would normally drink and I rarely get hangovers/headaches these days (probably more so cause tolerance is up), but either way obviously I haven't since and don't think its related unless its the straw and camel. Very open with my doctors so we'll see what this lab data comes back as.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Lack of caffeine?

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

Thought about that but never experienced even a little bit of caffeine withdrawl... and I usually will drink a whole pot per morning, maybe for several mornings, then go like 4 mornings with zero. My significant does get caffeine withdraw so I know its possible in some people. I'm pretty keen to stuff like that but maybe the body can change. I also haven't had any caffeine since last week outside a couple soft drinks. I thought about adding stuff back to the diet to see if anything magically takes the headache away. Like a beer or coffee etc.

 

[RICH17]

Not to scare you but my cousin just had a tumor pulled out of his brain. Had a headache for two weeks straight. Really healthy guy. Then one night he felt like shit at hockey practice and decided to take a break and collapsed heading back to the locker room. Went to ER and the did a CT scan and found the mass and operated on a sunday.

Pretty messed up how life can be sometimes.
Good luck

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

Yes that's the worst case but all the providers will say not to worry about that but I'll be ready to jump in line for CT/MRI if needed.

Stress was the other factor that could lead to something like this, although hard to comprehend that physical reaction for that long, to stress. I have been working to reduce it in many ways whether its related or not.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

Lack of caffeine?

w/ BP levels back down I am actually making a pot. In theory if it were some type of withdrawl to anything, consuming it should satisfy the headache right? (anyone who's felt withdrawl from caffeine).

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Yes.

I've been trying to drink a lot more water too. But when I go without a Diet Coke (my poison), I note that I have headaches. A Co-worker I used to work with completely cut out soda and right away started having headaches. So instead of cutting cold turkey, he ended up phasing it out.

 

[Spivitz]

Good luck Man.
I hope you feel better sooner than later

 

[importcrew]

I've cut cold turkey with all soft drinks for about 3 months. No withdrawals besides the feeling of needing a coke or something. Tasted like shit when I started drinking pop again.

As for headaches and/or migraines. I get them frequently. I've had some last weeks. When I was younger (approximately 12) I'd get frequent migraines. Now it's not nearly as much. Just every so often. My cousin on the other hand gets them daily since she was a kid. She's had plenty of tests done and the doctors can't figure out why. She's in her upper 30's and had to deal with it all the time.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

ya 34.75 years in and never heard of headaches lasting days or weeks. I absolutely feel lucky saying its low to moderate vs bad migraines where people are bedridden and even the slightest change in light is painful.

 

[BeerOrGasoline]

I get multi-day Migraines. They've ruined vacations for me before. Room needs to be pitch black, silent & cool. More often than not they're mixed in with the Ocular side-effect too where you get this distorted, northern lights kinda shit in your vision.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

Not to scare you but my cousin just had a tumor pulled out of his brain. Had a headache for two weeks straight. Really healthy guy. Then one night he felt like shit at hockey practice and decided to take a break and collapsed heading back to the locker room. Went to ER and the did a CT scan and found the mass and operated on a sunday.

Pretty messed up how life can be sometimes.
Good luck

surgery was a success and on the road to recovery?

 

[RICH17]

surgery was a success and on the road to recovery?

They could get it all so now he's on aggressive chemo or radiation. Not sure which. Goes in every day for treatment.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

guess what generation is the guinea pigs for these cell phones and technology there was a period of time in my work career I carried two cell phones.

 

[cap42]

I've had some nasty headaches, I will get a migraines a few times a year and you definitely know you have one. You can't do shit, can't think shit you just want to crawl up into a ball and go to sleep.

I've had nasty sinus headaches last a few days, I had one the other day where it lasted the whole day. After about hour 9 or 10 you kind of get used to them.

The sinus headaches you can tell because it almost feels like a cold or allergies, your stuffed up or eyes watering etc.

Not to scare you but if you just had a normal headache for several days strait I'd go to the Dr. and spend the coin on a CT or MRI even it's just for the piece of mind.

 

[SleeperLS]

So you still have the headache even though your BP is down to normal? Severe stress can fuck you up pretty bad. If you have had an abnormal amount of it, I wouldn't doubt that it would be driving up your BP and causing headaches.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

Correct, symptoms didn't change when the blood pressure was down, the duration between the higher intensity seems to be getting longer. I've been masking it with around 600 ibuprofen doses twice a day. I'll know tomorrow morning first thing as its a small bump in intensity then creeps down to low intensity and periods where you don't notice it. One thing to trigger it was bending down didn't notice as much today as I tried to keep physical activity low.

 

[SleeperLS]

How high was your BP when they first checked it?

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

158/113 at 75 was the highest of the 3-4x we took throughout the short stay to get an average, my bottom # is usually my concern being high 80's or more so lower 90's.

Either this is the new chart or one will be circulating where they lower these categories.

 

[SleeperLS]

Your diastolic was definitely quite high. Do you have any dizziness, lightheaded, blurry vision? Since you have continued to have a headache, I would actually ask for a head CT

 

[The Beast]

I had a migraine headache for 5 days and on the 4th day I needed a drink and went out for beers with co workers and the next morning I woke with a small rash above my eyebrow. I went to the doctor and it turned out to be shingles in my right eye. I'm still taking eye drops and it's been over a year.

Fuck me right

 

[Eagle]

Shingles in your eye? Good lord. I had a stress related shingles issue a few years back. It really sucked.

Brad - good luck getting this sorted, man. Gotta get that BP sorted, that seems really high. Hope your docs get you the answers you need tomorrow.

 

[MuffHugger]

I know people that have been married over 30 years, so I think they have you beat.