• 200ok@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 month ago

    Thought I was having an aneurysm. Nope, an “ice pick headache”. It happens all of a sudden – for me, at my temple for 10 seconds – and then goes away.

    If I don’t comment after this, please send help.

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      1 month ago

      For me, my headache/migraines w/e, are like pseudo ice-pick or I have a high pain tolerance (I also have fibro). But feels ocular, it’s always only one eye or the other that hurts. 🙂‍↔️

      MRI/MRA were clean too so at least there’s that for me.

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        1 month ago

        Same! It’s usually my right eye, and if I close it it helps. Doesn’t stop entirely, but dampens it quite a bit.

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        1 month ago

        I get them frequently around this time of year and found that making myself as cold as possible is the only thing that helps. I usually use an ice pack, water, and a fan first (with my head buried in a pillow to block out any sound) and if that’s not enough, I’ll go sit outside on the porch in a tshirt until I cool off and it goes away. It’s super weird but it works.

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        1 month ago

        I also have fibro, and I get headaches that feel like an ice pick stabbing me through the eye too. I didn’t think it was related, but maybe it is?

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      Lol same, I always think oh crap an aneurysm is gonna pop now. First time I hear of this kind of headache.

      I feel it helps imagining that you breathe into the picking area.

    • Today@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      My dad once caught my mom fumbling through a drawer in the night looking for a gun to ease the pressure in her head.

      I get left side migraines that last a day or two; ice picks behind an ear that last a few seconds - worse if I’m going between hot/cold areas a lot like in/out of buildings; and ocular migraines, usually if I’ve been upside down - looks like I’m looking through camo mesh for awhile and then a dull headache for a few hours. I mostly use cbg, water, and a little caffeine; then Aleve and Tylenol; then maxalt.

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      1 month ago

      “Cluster headaches”

      Sitting in my closet, rocking back and forth waiting for it to be over. Exactly the same, I told my wife afterwards “If I’d had an ice pick, I would have shoved it through my eye.”

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    19 days ago

    In related news, researchers finally found somebody who knows what getting stabbed with an ice pick actually feels like.