Daily headaches from hell-help needed

Thank you everyone for your suggestions and kind words.I have booked an optician appointment for tomorrow because I still have this dreadful pain in my eye which can radiate out.am at my wits end.

It could be hormones. I used to get dreadful migraine after having my first baby at twenty, severe pain behind my right eye, nausea and my head felt like a ton weight. It would always go on for 3 days continual at the start of a period. I felt like I could murder someone. lol. It finally went when I went on HRT patches when I was 50 ish. Can't remember exactly. I would go back to another GP though and as others have said, make an appointment with an optician. I feel for you, I really do and hope you get sorted out very soon.

I really feel for you. I don’t know if the following is at all helpful but I have found buying an ice kap ( correct spelling) helpful - it wasn’t cheap but fits snugly over the head and the combination of all pressure and intense cold seems to counteract the pain of my severe migraines. I got one after trying out wrapped freezer gel packs on the forehead and/or back of neck, and getting some relief. Other than that as preventatives I always try to make sure I’m hydrated, wear sunglasses if a bright day and am aware tiredness or certain foods can act as triggers. I hope you can get some relief.

You could be getting cluster headaches which I believe to be extremely painful. My nephew gets them periodically and they are agonising. Oxygen therapy has given him relief... you will/may need to attend A&E initially to get it

Once everything ruled out by optician and medical team - you are entitled to a second opinion - you might want to consider this: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47831576?fbclid=IwAR3C8mz26OBFwy1uS_jeAOLQ6umEbtXsRtl8VKNMUOthHULX1UkaLdIiZjw - or perhaps not. It's not for me but I have friends here in Orkney with various health issues who regularly swim in the sea locally and seem to benefit.....

So glad you're going to the optician. My experience was the same as nanny123 I had a blinding headache which nothing could relieve and it was sudden onset glaucoma. They brought a surgeon from his bed in the middle of the night and he saved the sight in my left eye.

They can do wonderful things and I hope you get a diagnosis and treatment for whatever is causing the pain.

I’ve been a migraine sufferer since I was 10. Clusters of migraines have been awful. Please ask your gp to check your platelet level as it may be too high. This is what I have and I’m now receiving treatment via a haematologist. Wish you well.

I stopped ringing coffee & my migraines stopped too. It was the caffeine causing them
I now have Decaff Rea & no chocolate or coffee & no migraines. Such a relief.
I notice you said they make you want to cry.
This may be the message your body is also trying to send you via the pain Locked in grief. can be released thro shedding a few tears & voila the pain is released too.

Drinking not ringing Duh spell check !

I very much sympathise Kentish. I had terrible PMT and headaches from age 13 till I went on the pill age 18. I stopped taking at 38, had 3rd baby and then in mid 40’s had such horrendous migraines and heavy periods I was wiped out for 2 weeks a month which made working virtually impossible. Terrible peri menopause but once it was over all my symptoms vanished. I agree with other posters not to ignore your symptoms though.

If indeed your headaches are related to the menopause (i.e. lower oestrogen production) replacing the missing oestrogen should give almost immediate improvement in symptoms. I suggest oestrogen patches for a week or two and if they work you can decide whether you wish to continue with the HRT. Long term HRT would have many additional benefits such as protecting you from osteoporosis, vaginal atrophy, etc.

My OH had severe head pain for two days. Out of hrs suggested he fone for an ambulance. Straight to A&E. MRI scan to check for a bleed on the brain. Blood tests galore. Spinal tap. Turns out he had Viral Meningitis.

Never mess with severe head pain.