Anyone experience intermittent zapping/pressure that feels different from their normal migraines?
Anyone experience intermittent zapping/pressure that feels different from their normal migraines?
I have chronic migraines and am under the care of neurology, but lately I’ve been experiencing something that feels very different from my usual migraines and I’m curious whether anyone here has experienced something similar.
It’s primarily on my right side and comes and goes. I get a strange zapping/shooting sensation and pressure around my right temple and at the base of my skull/upper neck. Sometimes the temple sensation seems completely random. It can disappear and then come back later rather than behaving like one continuous migraine attack.
I’ve already discussed my headaches with my doctors/neurology and have had imaging. I’ve also tried Botox, a nerve block, Toradol, heat, massage, neck exercises/stretches, Tylenol and ibuprofen. Tylenol and ibuprofen actually help quite a bit, but eventually the sensation comes back.
I also cannot take triptans, which limits some of my migraine treatment options.
One of the hardest parts is that I have health anxiety, so whenever the temple/base-of-skull sensation returns, my brain immediately goes to scary things like an aneurysm or brain bleed. It’s exhausting having that fear every time it happens.
This isn’t a sudden thunderclap or “worst headache of my life.” It’s an intermittent/recurrent sensation that has been happening over time and just feels very different from the migraines I’m familiar with.
For those who have chronic migraines, have you ever developed a completely different type of head pain like this? What was your experience with it, and did you eventually find something that helped?
Just looking to hear other people’s experiences while I continue working with my doctors — not looking for anyone to diagnose me.