Absolutely, I had already seen medical professionals extensively for my headaches - the family doctor was the first person I visited. Unfortunatey they just don't have the answer for me. He gave me drugs that I was contraindicated to (because I had depression), I can't take any anti-depressants for the headache due to adverse reactions. I tried occipital nerve blocks, the first one worked for only 5 weeks then wore off (and you have to wait months to see the specialist and have it done in an operating room so after it wore off I was weeks and weeks in pain with no help, taking progressively higher amounts of over the counter meds just to cope), the second block didn't work at all and in fact aggravated by nerves and made the situation worse. I went into the pharmacy in desperation and asked what they could do for me and he suggested codeine and a muscle relaxant which worked but then the headache came back every time I stopped taking them and I was getting dependent on codeine. That's not health, it's just covering up the symptoms. I had already become immune to ibuprofen because I took so much of it, it takes a crazy high dose to have any effect.
I went back to the doctor and asked what I should do and all he could recommend was migraine drugs. The headache wasn't migraine and I really didn't want more drugs. He wouldn't refer me to a neurologist as in his opinion the micro-vascular de-compression surgery was too risky and with patchy results. I did ask for it, in fact I pressed him over it because I was so desperate.
I came to the chiropractor after 17 months of almost constant, severe headache because I'd exhausted my options with the medical profession. My first consultation was an hour long and I had the chance to talk (unlike the 10 minutes you get with the doctor) and the treatment stopped my headache for half an hour which was something considering how long I'd had it. The following day it also disappeared for the day which was such a relief. On my second treatment, I could turn my head without pain and felt much more free and less arthritic, I also had no headache all day. Then I got a fever the next day and today I also have no headache so I feel like I am making progress and that is only after two sessions.
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Absolutely, I had already seen medical professionals extensively for my headaches - the family doctor was the first person I visited. Unfortunatey they just don't have the answer for me. He gave me drugs that I was contraindicated to (because I had depression), I can't take any anti-depressants for the headache due to adverse reactions. I tried occipital nerve blocks, the first one worked for only 5 weeks then wore off (and you have to wait months to see the specialist and have it done in an operating room so after it wore off I was weeks and weeks in pain with no help, taking progressively higher amounts of over the counter meds just to cope), the second block didn't work at all and in fact aggravated by nerves and made the situation worse. I went into the pharmacy in desperation and asked what they could do for me and he suggested codeine and a muscle relaxant which worked but then the headache came back every time I stopped taking them and I was getting dependent on codeine. That's not health, it's just covering up the symptoms. I had already become immune to ibuprofen because I took so much of it, it takes a crazy high dose to have any effect.
I went back to the doctor and asked what I should do and all he could recommend was migraine drugs. The headache wasn't migraine and I really didn't want more drugs. He wouldn't refer me to a neurologist as in his opinion the micro-vascular de-compression surgery was too risky and with patchy results. I did ask for it, in fact I pressed him over it because I was so desperate.
I came to the chiropractor after 17 months of almost constant, severe headache because I'd exhausted my options with the medical profession. My first consultation was an hour long and I had the chance to talk (unlike the 10 minutes you get with the doctor) and the treatment stopped my headache for half an hour which was something considering how long I'd had it. The following day it also disappeared for the day which was such a relief. On my second treatment, I could turn my head without pain and felt much more free and less arthritic, I also had no headache all day. Then I got a fever the next day and today I also have no headache so I feel like I am making progress and that is only after two sessions.
November 16, 2011 - 2:16amThis Comment
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