u/Alternative_Pace_526

Hi! I’m looking for some advice from the community. I’m 90% sure I experienced some occipital pain yesterday. I was driving and got a super sharp pain which came on suddenly on the left side of my occipital bone near my ear. It lasted about 4 minutes and when the pain subsided there was some throbbing. Took Tylenol and then it happened again last night. After doing some research I’m pretty sure it’s occipital neuralgia. I’m no stranger to migraines but this was very different. It was painful and so scary. It actually gave me a panic attack and I was at a nail appointment and had to stop my appointment and I drove home crying 😭- downside is I don’t have insurance. Got denied for having hypertension while pregnant 😂. Until I can get it figured out I’m wondering what home remedies that help you all. Thank you!

So I’m wondering if anyone has had the same experience as me. I F(26) had my son last July and he’s 10 months now. I got induced at 38 weeks due to preeclampsia. They tried so many ways to induce labor and I ended up C-section. During one of the things they tried- they used cervadil. I did fine before I had that- cervical checks were uncomfortable but not terrible. After they took out the cervadil and gave me a cervical check, I legit screamed and cried and begged the dr to stop. Every type of induction method after (foley balloon) was so painful. Probably the most painful thing I’ve ever experienced in my life and I’ve had a ruptured ectopic. To this day the thought of having sex/having sex gives me almost like ptsd and I tense up and get really bad anxiety. I only use pads now and not tampons. I’m just wondering if anyone had the experience with cervadil. They did the foley balloon after and they had to give me dilaudid. It was hands down the worst pain I had ever felt in my life :(