Occipital Nerve Injection Experiences?
Hello,
After being diagnosed with occipital neuralgia, I got my first greater occipital nerve injection on the 5th of August. I was aware that this might make things temporarily worse before getting better, but I am surprised at how negative my experience has been and wondered how long people have taken to notice any benefit?
After getting the injection, I had two days of feeling quite nauseous/strange before it settled and I thought things were improving however the next day my pain was much worse (back of head/neck pain, pressure in face and behind eyes, some zapping pain), that lasted another two days and then again, I thought things were settling despite my pain remaining slightly worse than pre-injection.
Now at 11 days post injection, I have spent the whole weekend with an incredibly painful neck and head that feels super sensitive to touch and so stiff/uncomfortable to move. Not the experience I was hoping for!
Of course I will contact the headache nurses about this but just wondered if anyone had had a similar experience?