Severe nightime headpain

[blueeyze]

I suffer with complex complicated migrains already some i'm pretty good at knowing the difference between one of those and something completely different. For the past 3 nights I have been awakend by this excruiciating pain like i've never felt(and i've had some winners in the past), but this pain was in the top of my head on the right side and all of my migrains in the past have had auras and felt like strokes.. help

[blueeyze]

Wow, why in gods name would they prescribe something that could cause more migrains? This has been going on for many years and now its gettin worse.. In March of 2009 suffered a TIA then the seizures come and then themigrais ack with avengence and at time the siezure and the migrains are har totinguih.. they both mimick the TiA in a small way.. itssooo scary..

[sara12345]

Dr. Santos is right.  You need to get to the doctor and get a CT scan.  When someone has the migraine of their life, it can mean that they are about to have a stroke.  That's what happened to me.  So get to a doctor and be very clear about how bad your migraines are.  Plus you mentioned Fiorinal. Did you know that taking that pain killer more than 2 days a week risks rebound migraines.  It is notorious for that.  And taking any pain reliever, even OTC ones, for more than 3 days a week, you risk rebound migraines.  I didn't know and later fired the doctor for a bunch of other mistakes as well. Wish you better days.

[blueeyze]

Well, since i'm asleep when this starts first I feel the excruciating pain in the top right side of my head then i loose sigy for a moment and the rest is history b/c i just black out (in this time my husband does sit wiht me and i take fiorinal w /codiene for the severw migrains). so not sure what comes next...

[Dr Santos]

Hi,
What other symptoms are present? While migraine variants such as hemiplegic migraine may present with a variety of symptoms, it is important that organic or secondary causes be ruled out. If medications are not helping, you may need to check with your doctor for proper management. Imaging studies such as CT scan or MRI may also help identify the underlying issue. Take care and do keep us posted.