04.12
I was right in the middle of a horrible hormonal one today, firing at both temples. 5 hours later my triptan still hadn’t worked, when I suddenly got a vice like, crushing pain - all over the back of my head. It really felt unbearable like my head was going to explode. I took two Co-demol which I think is the same as your Tylenol and it miraculously lifted after about 30 minutes and reverted back to the normal migraine.
I’ve heard of tension headache leading to migraine, but do you think the sheer length of a severe migraine could lead to your body becoming so tense as to cause this pain as well? The impact felt more how I’d imagine a cluster headache to be. Strange the way they change position and mess about.
I will check it out with my doctor, but value hearing people’s experiences here.
My migraines often lead to my back and neck becoming so tense that I need a muscle relaxer to relieve the tension. The tense muscles often don’t start until my headache is well underway (a few hours to a day or so after the symptoms start). I have never had a tension headache that turned into a migraine, in fact, I can only remember having a tension headache once in my life so far….