Almost three decades ago, I began having headaches. So, you say, that's nothing, I've had headaches all my life. But my headaches seemed to have no etiology. I would wake up about 2AM and feel a slight pain at the base of my head/neck area. It would develop into a debilitation headache, that would almost incapacitate me for the whole day. The next day typically I would be OK. The headache would seem to travel around my head, from one side to another, front to back, etc. I COULD NOT wear ANYTHING around my neck, even a t-shirt was too much. I could not lay down, I had to sit up in a chair and it felt like I wanted to raise my head off of my shoulders to get relief. Aspirin allowed me to maintain some semblance of sanity, but (short of overdosing) I would take aspirin and others like Motrin, etc. throughout the day. Again, the next day, I was all chipper. Sometimes, these headaches would come on during the day, and I would have to leave work. At the first I was an industrial electrician. Pain and eletrical work do not go together, whether from getting shocked or from headaches that take away your concentration. I finally went to get help from the medical profession. They checked me out, they did a cat scan (wow, they found out that I did indeed have a brain), but nothing showed up. They sent me to a dentist who thought my TMJ was causing the problem and ground some of my teeth and gave me an insert for sleeping. Nothing helped, and they only gave me stronger medicine like Fentanyl. It was determined that I did not have the classic symptoms of Migrain headaches, but they couldn't explain what the cause was.
I suffered for nearly 14 years. Oh, by the way, these headaches would come on maybe once or twice a month. Nothing regular though. These headaches followed me from Pennsyvania to Nebraska to Germany to Texas. In Texas, where I remain, they seemed to occur a little more often.
Finally a friend asked me a question, and my answer opened the door to enlightenment and relief.
TOMORROW, I will share the answer with you all, but please let me know what the answer might be. I know that I have helped a number of people that have had the same symptoms.
Let me know what you think the answer is.
Adieu, Ciao, Aufwiedersehen, Sayonnara, till tomorrow.
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