I've had a severe migraine accompanied with vomiting and shoulder/neck pain…?
Last night around 9 PM, I started getting a headache. Over the next few hours, it started getting worse. I couldn’t sleep all night, and at about 4 in the morning, it was at its worst. I ended up going to the bathroom because I was feeling sick to my stomach. I threw up a lot – twice. My neck and shoulders hurt really bad, but the headache and sick feeling overpowered it. After I threw up, I was pretty exhausted, and ended up falling asleep after a while. Throughout the night I had taken some Tylenol PM and later, just an off brand extra strength pain relief. Today I still have a pretty bad headache, not as bad as last night, but my shoulders and neck hurt really bad. I don’t feel very sick, but I’m afraid to eat because I don’t want to throw up again. Anyway, I can’t get into the doctor for another hour and half, does anyone know anything I can do to help with the pain until my appointment??? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
All of the questios are very helpful so far – I don’t think I’ll be able to pick a best answer. Anyway, I went to the doctor and she said it’s probably just from tension and that’s why I have the neck and shoulder pain. However, she’s just a doctor at our school who seems to shrug off a lot of things. The person who answered that it might be meningitis…is it really possible? Should I go to another doctor and bring that up to them? I read somewhere that meningitis is also accompanied with a rash. A couple weeks ago, I went to the doctor about a rash type thing that I keep getting on my legs and arms, but she said it was eczema. Could these symptoms be connected? I just want to be sure because meningitis is very deadly isn’t it? Before I came to college about 1.5 years ago, I got the shot…so I’d think that I’d be safe, right? Anymore advice on this subject would be helpful.
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It sounds like menegitis, you should go to your doctor/Er right away, this is serious…good luck!
sit in a dark room, without any sounds, that helps me when i have a migraine
I worked for a chiropractor for nearly 12 years and you could have something as simple as a neck vertebra out of alignment. You should still go see your doc but you might ask if you would benefit from chiropractic. Sometimes I get out of whack and the pressure on the nerves under my skull is enough to make me barf, but with one adjustment I’m good as new.
Maybe put an icepack under the base of your skull and see if it alleviates the nausea.
Good luck!
I’ve had these headaches before. I found out I wasn’t drinking enough water during the day and had mild symptoms of dehydration. Drinking gatorade or some similar sport drinks actually makes most of my headaches go away. Some people also have a potassium deficiency and eating a banana can make a headache go away. Try the sport drink first. Hope you feel better. Let me know what happens.